YANA PETTICREW explains what’s behind the strike and how the entire sector rests on super-exploiting an unorganised workforce
Human rights and trade deals
The Westminster government needs to be pressed constantly to be transparent on discussions it is having around post-Brexit trade deals, argues ARTHUR WEST
MURKY BUSINESS: Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and former trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan
BILL KIDD MSP says increasing Britain’s nuclear arsenal at this time is dangerous and expensive folly
ROGER McKENZIE asks whether the US’s shift to targeting everyone at once will instil greater co-operation among rising powers
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs
DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media
DURING Britain’s time as an EU member the British government was a party to 40 trade deals which covered 70 countries.
In this post-Brexit period Britain is focused on trying to secure trade deals that replace arrangements made when it was a member of the EU.
One of the concerns of organisations such as Amnesty International is that the current Tory Westminster government would be prepared to overlook human rights issues and labour abuse concerns to secure trade deals.
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Before voting we'll be well advised to look at the various political parties' stance with regard to nuclear weapons, suggests ARTHUR WEST
As political rhetoric tilts towards militarisation from both major parties, we must push on to redefine the role of the international courts and the very concept of ‘security’ itself, writes ARTHUR WEST
