The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
PANORAMA’S recent documentary on how different nations tried containing Covid-19 told, in a few minutes, how the Indian state of Kerala responded.
These few minutes of television also made very clear why so many died in Britain.
I’d thoroughly recommend watching Panorama’s documentary, Covid: Who Got it Right, because it underlines how Britain’s response contained so many weird, unusual Thatcherite programmes, which break with very basic public health messages.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
Under Modi’s hard-right regime, India is going backwards — but not in the state of Kerala, where the communist-led government continues to deliver remarkable results in infrastructure, economic growth, healthcare, welfare, education, science and social harmony, reports PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACY
ALAN SIMPSON warns of a dystopian crossroads where Trump’s wrecking ball meets AI-driven alienation, and argues only a Green New Deal can repair our fractured society before techno-feudalism consumes us all



