PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE explains why opposing war is inseparable from defending jobs, wages and public services – and why readers should come to the London Peace Conference on Saturday June 20
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Could we face a Labour-Tory ‘national government?’
Ramsay Macdonald’s betrayal of 1931 is a warning to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves not to try and ‘out-orthodox’ the Conservatives on cuts and spending, writes JOE GILL
NO EXAMPLE: Ramsay MacDonald’s compromises damned Labour
As protests erupt over Henry Nowak’s murder, ANDREW MURRAY argues that anger is being exploited to advance a wider racist and anti-immigration agenda
CARLOS MARTINEZ explains the sound case for car manufacturing co-operation with China
The National Emergency Briefing outlines the need for urgent action to address environmental crisis, says PAUL DONOVAN, warning that there’s no time to indulge the arguments of the fossil-fuel-funded climate-change deniers
Campaigners say criticism of Labour MP Stephen Morgan’s position on Gaza has been met with police intervention and cancelled opportunities for debate. HESTER WOLFE reports
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights warns of escalation danger in Iran war
COULD a future prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves follow the disastrous example of Ramsay MacDonald in the crisis of 1931 and go into coalition with the Conservatives?
It sounds unthinkable now, but if Labour does not win a big majority in the next election, and faces ongoing financial difficulties caused by global economic headwinds, a Labour government could be under pressure to cut spending. A minority of MPs from the left of the party could well oppose such moves to assuage the financial markets and vote against them.
Starmer has tried to control the selection of MPs to weed out anyone who would potentially oppose him in office, but that still leaves a number of Labour MPs who could vote against further austerity measures in future.
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