SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
THIS Saturday, activists from across the country are coming together for an emergency day of action, calling on our political leaders to step back from the nuclear brink and work to secure peace talks in Ukraine.
A majority of Ukrainians now urgently want a peace settlement, yet Britain is continuing to recklessly escalate the conflict there.
Starmer’s decision to follow Biden and allow Ukraine to fire its long-range missiles into Russia has precipitated a rapid and dangerous escalation. These missiles can only be targeted using US GPS technology, which means that the US is decisively participating in the conflict.
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the PM is channelling the spirit of Reagan and Thatcher with a ‘two-tier’ nuclear deterrent, whose Greenham Common predecessor was eventually fought off by a bunch of ‘punks and crazies’



