Education belaboured?
ROBERT POOLE dissects Labour’s plans around education
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
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HAVING spent my entire career almost working under Tory rule the idea of a change of government should be a welcome relief.
The right-wing press is attempting to whip up hysteria talking about curriculum changes turning schools into sites of social engineering while tax “raids” on private schools are being compared to 1980s pit closures in the Telegraph.
This sounds to me like the Labour Party is upsetting the right people. Can the Labour Party, should it win, be trusted to make real change, though?
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