ROB WARZYNIAK recalls the emblematic 1906 book, The Jungle, in its analysis of the crisis presently engulfing the US Food and Drug Administration
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‘National Conservatism’ and ‘Progressive Britain’ — is there really such a difference?
BEN CHACKO argues that behind the deliberate dog-whistle provocations of the loony right and the vacuous ‘aspirational’ rhetoric of Blairism is a united front to lower our expectations — and our living standards
Two sides of the same coin? Both Labour and the Tories are engaged in lowering our expectations of life and work
Welsh wanderings showcase fiery destruction, alternative water ways and revive memories of a local mining legend, writes MARK SEDDON
As thousands die in the eastern DRC, a global health emergency is being starved of funds, says S KRISHNASWAMY
MAT COWARD explains how in the 17th century a row over whether to kneel at communion became a battle over religion, class and royal power
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
TWO May conferences painted a bleak outlook for Britain’s working-class movement — unless it can wrest control of the political agenda back from politicians.
Both were conservative. That is, one was run by a group called Progressive Britain, but its keynote speech by Keir Starmer stressed Labour as the party of true conservatives.
The other was called the National Conservatism conference, though it wasn’t national in the sense of being home-grown like Therese Coffey’s turnips, since it was a project of the Edmund Burke Foundation, a US think tank.
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