In his fortnightly column MARK SEDDON reflects on the death of Major Oak and why such ancient trees matter to us
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We stand on the verge of momentous change
MARK PERRYMAN explains why Brexit can’t be the sum total of a winning Labour campaign
The world’s largest communist party marked its 105th birthday this week — and remains true to its principles and firm in its course, says OLIVER VARGAS
The left has become too reliant on persuasion and too detached from the workplaces and communities it seeks to represent, argues NICK TROY
RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
The drive to strengthen European defence is reshaping relations between France, Germany, Italy and Britain, says NICK WRIGHT
BREXIT’S impasse has become all-pervasive. It isn’t to decry the importance of the issue, however, to point out that just down the road from Labour’s Brighton conference venue in Lewes, where I live, schools being threatened with forced academisation has precious little to do with whether we stay in the EU or not.
Nor is it to do with the EU that head teachers, wrongly in my view, have been driven to this most desperate of measures because of the chronic lack of resources all primary schools now face.
Lewes is a small market town of 16,000 persons. Unless Brighton and Hove Albion are at home or it’s our annual bonfire, there is no permanent uniformed police presence, the police station has been closed and turned into a glorified phone box.
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