THE government sometimes needs a “kick up the arse,” Labour’s Cabinet Office Minister told TUC Black Workers’ Conference today.
Abena Oppong-Asara said that black trade unionists continued to be the vanguard in the fight against racism.
“The two wings of our movement must work together to tackle racism,” she said.
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP



