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IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Self-deluded Lib Dems
The fickle ways of the coalition's junior whipping boys
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
They're a fickle bunch these Lib Dems. A few weeks ago they were looking to lynch Nick Clegg from a lamp post, or at least give him a stern ticking off. But this week at the party knees-up he got a reception such as is normally reserved for a returning messiah or a prophet set to lead the tribe out of the wilderness.
Giving his leader's speech on Wednesday he got standing ovations, gleeful applause, fawning sycophancy and they even guffawed delightedly at his God-awful jokes. It was almost like it was choreographed ... but no, that's just being cynical.
The Lib Dems could never co-ordinate anything that well.
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