Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
Latest editorial
Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives
TABITHA JOHN, 17, gives her take on the coronavirus crisis – and thanks those who are assisting society amid difficult times
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
UNTIL the first confirmed case within Britain, January 30 2020, Covid-19 seemed little more than a fly buzzing in the background that occasionally popped up on the daily news.
However, as the toll began to spike, Boris Johnson and his gaggle of a Cabinet had to hastily pull together a pandemic action plan — a few years too late, if you ask me.
After 12 years of cutbacks, shortcuts, clipping the curb of what is necessary, the Tory party is finally acknowledging the dire need for a thriving public healthcare system.
Similar stories
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’
