THIS week has clarified battle lines in the war being waged against working-class people in Britain and beyond.

US President Donald Trump’s blitz of executive orders, shredding obligations including over global warming and international co-operation on eradicating disease, set the tone in the world’s most powerful country — as did the fascist salute given by the world’s richest man Elon Musk at his inauguration.

But our immediate concern must be how Britain’s Labour government is aligning totally with the corporate assault on civic, social and environmental rights.