The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Bombs and Blairites - the continuing adventures of New Labour's old boys
SOLOMON HUGHES reports on the reappearance of Peter Mandelson and the arms company former defence minister Geoff Hoon would like you to forget
Peter Mandelson
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
PROGRESS, the Blairite faction inside the Labour Party, has a new financial backer — Peter Mandelson.
Progress has been New Labour’s shock troops since its foundation in 1996, but its members and supportive MPs have become marginalised since Jeremy Corbyn’s rise.
Last year their former “sugar daddy” Lord Sainsbury announced he was stopping his regular donations of £260,000 a year, so it has been looking for new financial backers.
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