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Editorial / 6 May 2018
McDonnell's willingness to debate Marxism is a shot in the arm for our democracy
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Editorial / 18 November 2022
At root this crisis is a war between capital and labour
18 November 2022
Editorial: / 1 November 2022
Bumper BP profits and more pain for working people 
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Editorial: / 11 October 2022
Sam Tarry's deselection and a Labour left under siege
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Editorial / 10 October 2022
The Ukraine war grows more dangerous daily. We must revive the search for a settlement
10 October 2022
Editorial: / 3 October 2022
Kwarteng's tax U-turn is a win for popular resistance – but only a partial one
3 October 2022
Editorial / 28 September 2022
A ‘lesser-of-two-evils’ Labour won't help working-class people
28 September 2022
Editorial / 11 September 2022
The police killing of Chris Kaba tells a different story about the British state to that being celebrated in the media
11 September 2022
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ONE of Labour’s greatest achievements since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader in 2015 has been to open up new space for political debate.

Years of Establishment consensus hollowed out our democracy.

When Margaret Thatcher said her greatest achievement was Tony Blair, she was not merely referring to a shift in the “centre ground” away from social democracy and towards unrestricted neoliberal capitalism.

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