The UK Prime Minister may have the regal touch in northern England, but he’s been wrong-footed on the constitutional challenges posed by the Celtic Alliance of first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, argues KENNY MacASKILL
MINNEAPOLIS and other US cities are in flames after the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed and immobilised black man in police custody.
He is alleged to have committed fraud. Campaigners have contrasted his treatment with a number of US serial killers who all made it safely from apprehension to arrest to the court room without injury, who were all white.
Donald Trump has intervened in the process, effectively encouraging a shoot-to-kill on unarmed civilians.
DIANE ABBOTT provides an analysis of the reasons for EU and British voters’ dramatic swing to the right
The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE


