Latest editorial
Myths and “downright lies” about immigration from right-wing opportunists are set to distort the run-up to next month’s Euro elections and beyond, the TUC warned yesterday.
General secretary Frances O’Grady accused right wing politicians of driving an “increasingly toxic” debate on the subject.
Addressing the annual TUC black workers’ conference in London yesterday, Ms O’Grady said that a climate of fear was “slowly poisoning” life in Britain.
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues that Labour’s proposals contained in the recent white paper won’t actually bring down immigration numbers or win support from Reform voters — but they will succeed in making politics more nasty and poisonous