The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Tories out to win over the heart of the ‘common man’
By focusing on ‘cultural issues,’ the Tory cultural warrior hopes to shift the terrain so that the Conservative Party, looks like the party of the ‘man in the street,’ writes SOLOMON HUGHES
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE Tory right are trying to launch a “culture war.” But it keeps stuttering.
One reason it’s not breaking through is that the left already fought some gritty, grassroots battles that are stopping the culture warriors from seizing territory.
A “culture war” is a US description of a backlash politics that shifts the argument from economics onto issues of “traditional” culture. It means trying to bind voters to the right through arguments about family values, patriotism, law-and-order and race.
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