The NEU kept children and teachers safe during the pandemic, yet we are disgracefully slandered by the politicians who have truly failed our children by not funding a proper education recovery programme — here’s what is needed, explains KEVIN COURTNEY
The BBC uses contrived Covid controversy to back its ‘one-party state’ stance
There is no popular demand for ‘anti-lockdown’ policies, in fact quite the opposite — but you’d never know from the overrepresentation of Tory groups and gripes in the media. Even dissent is now limited to the ruling party, laments SOLOMON HUGHES
EASY RIDE: Even Johnson’s critics come from the pro-Tory press
The appalling bigotry and bias of London’s police force has been obvious for years – and the police leadership does not appear inclined to do anything about it, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
As Holyrood elections approach, BRIAN LEISHMAN MP argues that Labour’s time has come — to open a new chapter which puts an end to the years of managed decline
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
In the face of funding cuts, closures and a shift into women’s centres providing criminal justice-only services rather than a holistic approach, RUTH HUNT urges women to protect existing resources, volunteer and build new networks of support
THE other day I woke up to the BBC Radio news. The headline story was that “dozens of Conservative MPs have written to the Prime Minister to demand that he commit to removing all Covid-19 legal restrictions by the end of April.”
It was a bizarre, reckless, self-defeating plan, which even Boris Johnson rejected. But how it became such big news tells us something about the artificiality of mainstream politics right now.
The letter calling for the lifting of all lockdown measures by April was created by what the BBC termed the “lockdown-sceptic Covid Recovery Group (CRG),” with around 63 members. If you look at BBC news, this minority group of Tory backbenchers are regularly asked about their demands to lift the lockdown.
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