In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
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Drought Britain: radical solutions are the only reasonable solutions
The hostility to the environment from the remaining two Tory leadership candidates is truly terrifying — we have the solutions to the looming water crisis in front of our faces, but who will fight for them, asks ALAN SIMPSON
Parched grass on Parker's Piece in Cambridge, as a drought has been declared for parts of England following the driest summer for 50 years
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Burnham’s billions for defence while councils and local services struggle will not deliver the change that Britain’s working-class communities need, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
Millions of elms were wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, transforming the landscape forever – yet pockets of hope are keeping this beloved tree alive. MARK SEDDON explains
CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at the facts behind US persecution of Fergie Chambers
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
EASTER ISLAND may now be a world heritage site, but its once complex and integrated society finally collapsed in an orgy of civil war and cannibalism. In today’s Britain, this is replayed in the Conservative Party leadership race. The direction of travel is not much different.
In Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive, Jared Diamond described how arrogance and overconsumption brought a once-prosperous society to its knees:
“Easter’s chiefs and priests had previously justified their elite status by claiming relationship to the gods and by promising to deliver prosperity and bountiful harvests. They buttressed that ideology by monumental architecture and ceremonies designed to impress the masses.”
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