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Is Corbyn already facing a 'very British coup'?
Corbyn already faces a dirty-tricks campaign from the capitalist class — and it will only worsen if he comes to government, writes NICK WRIGHT
When only wealthier families can afford nursery, childcare becomes a class divide - financially and developmentally. REBECCA CARTER reports
Can the unity built between the Camden People’s Alliance and the Green Party make an electoral breakthrough on the PM’s home territory this week? ANDREW MURRAY talks to some of those involved
Plaid Cymru’s Caerffili by-election win raised hopes on the left — but the complex realities of Wales suggest the Senedd election may be far less predictable, argues CATRIN ASHTON
Politicians must seize the opportunity to act boldly and tackle land inequality, delivering power to local communities, writes Dr JOSH DOBLE
Disabled tenant RUTH HUNT found herself evicted by her landlord of 10 years after asking for repairs. She explains why the end of no-fault evictions is cause for celebration
IN CHRIS MULLIN’S televised 1982 novel A Very British Coup, Harry Perkins — played by an entirely convincing Ray McNally — is a left-wing Sheffield MP.
Set in the last decades of the 20th century the story has Perkins becoming prime minister and breaking with all Labour tradition by implementing a progressive programme.
Inevitably dismantling media monopolies, nuclear disarmament, withdrawing from Nato and measures to change the balance of class power galvanise the ruling class to plan his downfall.
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