The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Arriva and the world of crony capitalism
Passengers and a Northern train at Newcastle upon Tyne railway station
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
LOOK at the meltdown on Northern Rail and most people will think somebody should be sacked for this. But what is actually happening is somebody — meaning a top, connected Tory — is getting hired.
Faced with their own failure to run trains, Arriva is hiring David Cameron’s former adviser Ameet Gill. The company hasn’t hired somebody that’s better at running trains. It’s hired somebody, a key insider, for “strategic communications.”
Arriva needs to communicate with a Tory government and persuade it that it should keep the contract despite its terrible performance. So it has hired a former Number 10 adviser.
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