Nearly two decades after leaving office, the former PM is still trumpeting the same futile militarism and failed free market dogmas. The question naturally arises: why does anyone still listen to him, says ANDREW MURRAY
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The Covid crisis has been brought about by the bumbling of an inept Prime Minister but a rush back to the classrooms is not the answer, writes NEU rep ROBERT POOLE
Very modest growth in membership serves to underline the need for a change of recruiting strategies, posits NIGEL FLANAGAN
DIANE ABBOTT debunks claims made politicians drumming up support for an enhanced militarisation of the British economy
The Morning Star’s AGM tour comes at a critical moment for both the British left and the newspaper itself, as it battles political fragmentation and media industry upheaval. Editor BEN CHACKO issues a clarion call to readers to play their part in the coming period
The growing argument that welfare must be sacrificed for ‘security’ is built on nothing but myth, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Esmond Romilly horrified Britain’s Establishment by turning from privileged schoolboy to anti-fascist fighter, writes MAT COWARD
I WROTE last month that the National Education Union had won a major victory in once again pushing the government into following the advice of its own advisers and moving schools onto remote learning.
Although no teacher wants to be away from the classroom; no teacher wants to spend their days talking to a computer screen rather than a class of lively and inquisitive children; no teacher wants vulnerable pupils to fall through the cracks and miss out on valuable weeks of education.
Despite all this I still stand by my union’s decision to push for in-person teaching to be suspended for the majority of pupils.
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