Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
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Labour’s Britain is at war with Palestine
Starmer is going to go down in Labour history as as much a warmonger as Tony Blair – and the issue will prove his nemesis, says HUGH LANNING
Mohammad Naser, sits by a fire as he takes cover from the rain under the destruction of his house caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, February 6, 2025
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
DIANE ABBOTT debunks claims made politicians drumming up support for an enhanced militarisation of the British economy
The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Esmond Romilly horrified Britain’s Establishment by turning from privileged schoolboy to anti-fascist fighter, writes MAT COWARD
WE ARE part of the axis of war fighting to deprive the Palestinians of their birthright. We have been for decades. We are not just passive observers, supporters and suppliers — we are active participants in that war.
Most obviously, we supply and buy arms, but more importantly we co-operate on signals and other intelligence, on military systems we provide operational support and equipment, we allow the use of Cyprus as a supply base, we use the air force and navy for flyover and other logistics support. We trade, we supply unfettered access to finance and we fund and aid the occupation.
We need much more than an arms embargo — although it would be a start. We need Britain to withdraw from its long-standing alliance with the US and Israel to eliminate Palestine from the political and, now, the physical global map. We need to decouple from the US and decolonise from Israel.
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