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by Steve Sweeney
FORMER prime minister John Major warned of the “tyranny of the majority” over Brexit at a private dinner on Thursday night.
Mr Major said that Parliament, not the government, should make the final decision on any new deal and argued that there was “perfectly credible case” for a second referendum.
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
STEPHEN ARNELL casts a critical eye over the sudden rash of challenges to the two-party system on both sides of the Atlantic, noting that today’s performative populist politics sadly lacks Roosevelt’s progressive ‘Bull Moose’ vision of the early 20th century
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026