ALEX HALL interviews PAUL HOLDEN, whose bombshell book uses leaked documents to expose how the Starmer faction used systematic dishonesty to seize power and reopen the door to the corrupting ecosystem of corporate lobbying and sleaze
The ideals of the Levellers are alive and well
NICK MATTHEWS recalls the founding of the annual Levellers Day and its stalwart supporters Dudley Edwards and Tony Benn

THE third Saturday in May is a great time for those on the left to pay a visit the Cotswolds, if only for a chance to disturb the quiet of its modern chocolate box image, and where better than Burford for Levellers Day.
I find it hard to think of Levellers Day and not think of Tony Benn who was a regular attendee.
The beautiful Cotswolds churchyard of St John the Baptist is perhaps an unlikely spot for a socialist pilgrimage but in May 1649 it was the scene of historic events.
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