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?
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Let’s not forget paedophile Savile was a Tory
It's not Labour who should face opprobrium — the sick celebrity's reign of terror was enabled by top Tories who saw him as a political ally and gave him access to hospitals and prisons where he would abuse his victims, writes PETER FROST
Rapist Jimmy Savile poses with Thatcher as he hands her two cheques during a characteristic publicity stunt for ‘charitable causes,’ London, 1988
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
IN ALL the Boris Johnson-inspired nonsense about Keir Starmer not prosecuting Jimmy Savile, one important fact seems to have been missed in what have otherwise been excellent Morning Star articles.
Ws should never forget that paedophile Savile was an enthusiastic Tory and a close friend of some very top Tory ministers. He enjoyed a particularly warm and close friendship with prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Like Johnson, Thatcher loved her parties although she never asked guests to bring their own booze. Savile was an honoured guest at no less than 11 of her new year parties at Chequers as well as many other celebrations where he mixed with the high and mighty of the Tory government.
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