TUC president and POA leader STEVE GILLAN speaks to Ben Chacko on the eve of Congress 2026
UNABLE to win arguments, centrists like to rely on “the rules” instead — even if that means making up “the rules.”
Take the attempt to stop the End the Siege of Gaza march this Saturday. The leadership of the Labour and Conservative parties and much of the national media want to back the IDF’s war on Gaza, so they oppose the march.
But they are struggling to find persuasive arguments to get people to back a war which so clearly seems to kill so many more civilians — including children — than Hamas fighters.
ALEXEI SAYLE speaks to Angus Reid about a lifetime of protest, how to hone political art – and what to do now
Burnham’s ministerial appointees, to the right of himself, might indicate the direction of his government, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
IAN SINCLAIR examines the curious memory lapses across liberal media when it comes to British government crimes


