With the rise of Reform and the flag-raising phenomenon, it’s hard not to recall my family’s struggles with racism, from Teddy Boys attacking my pregnant mother to me being told to ‘go back to the jungle’ at only five years old, writes ROGER MCKENZIE

AS socialists, whose side are we on? Are we on the side of Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, which is attacking trans rights and undermining devolution?
Or are we on the side of trade unionists, feminists, civil society and human rights organisations standing up for trans rights and defending democracy?
The answer should be obvious.

Our economic system is broken – and unless we break with the government’s obsession with short-termist private profit, things are destined to get worse, warns Mercedes Villalba

The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight

