The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The US and Britain's special relationship has not been so special
A freedom of information request into the US 1986 bombing of Libya reveals how much Britain was kept in the dark but pretended otherwise, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
A US warplane takes off from RAF Lakenheath on April 1986 to participate in an air strike against Libya
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
WE ARE currently the US junior partner in two bloody, foolish military engagements and the questions keep coming.
When did the Prime Minister volunteer us for war? Why? On what terms?
I don’t have the answer to those questions on Iraq or Afghanistan, but some papers I received under Freedom of Information address the same issues for an older British-backed US military adventure.
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