The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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Where have all the insects gone?
PETER FROST notices fewer bugs on his windscreen and decides to investigate
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
IF YOU drive a car you may well have noticed fewer insects splatted on your windscreen after a summer drive.
It is just one of the indications that British insects are finding it harder and harder to thrive.
Matt Shadlow, chief executive of British insect conservation charity Buglife, explains: “This is part of the wholesale loss of small animals in recent decades.
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