A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
We must oppose the government’s divide and rule tactics
Fear-mongering over Muslim celebrations spreading Covid-19 and an invasion of illegal immigrants across the Channel must be resisted, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
Years of austerity and political failure have left classrooms overcrowded and staff overstretched – now educators are organising across roles to demand change, says ED HARLOW
While US restrictions tighten economic and social pressures on Cuba, international allies and grassroots campaigns are stepping in to support the island’s resilience, writes BERNARD REGAN, secretary of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Labour’s approach to Scotland reveals a long-running tension between rhetoric and reality, warns PAULINE BRYAN
THE concept of “divide and rule” has been a tried and tested conservative technique, stretching back to the days of formal empire when colonial powers would pit indigenous groups against each other as part of their brutal, extractive regimes.
In recent weeks, we have seen our Tory government engage in multiple examples of this brutal tool of governance.
The first is the government’s farcical public-sector pay increase, which claimed to be “in recognition of their help in tackling Covid-19.”
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