With the death of Pope Francis, the world loses not only a church leader but also a moral compass that spoke out against inequality, discrimination, war, and climate destruction, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
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LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
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We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
BORIS JOHNSON won and Jeremy Corbyn lost. Labour will need to look hard at why.
Brexit was obviously a big part of it, but, Labour were not able to build on the 2017 campaign, which made progress by offering economic change.
The “insurgent” campaign of 2017, that was made on the hoof and out of sticky tape and spit, worked better than the more planned programme of 2019.
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