Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
AT 9.30pm on Tuesday last week, five hours after the Royal Courts of Justice were supposed to have closed for the day, the Court of Appeal granted an injunction preventing the Home Office from deporting refugees to Rwanda.
What lawyers call “interim relief”, the question of whether individuals can be deported, will be back in that court on June 28.
Meanwhile, the High Court will have a further hearing in July which will assess whether the Rwanda scheme needs to be scrapped in its entirety.
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
STEPHEN ARNELL wonders at the family resemblance between former prince Andrew and his great-uncle ‘Dickie’
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE



