There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES

PERHAPS it is not surprising that the general election campaign has so far mainly been about racism.
There is no reason to think that Britain, simply because it has left the EU, is immune to the trends reflected in the elections to the EU parliament, which registered the growth of right and far-right forces.
Here, the two major parties are locked in an inane contest in which neither can actually articulate how they differ from the other. It is democracy degraded to slideshow presentations to win a management contract.

Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party

If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott


