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Labour leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during their BBC Head-to-head debate in Nottingham, June 26, 2024
SOCIALIST Emma Dent Coad today warned the main political parties have “lost their humanity,” with the war in Gaza a “very personal” issue for voters in her west London constituency.
The former Labour MP and now independent candidate for Kensington and Bayswater said the majority of its constituents were not white British and that Palestine was coming up”pretty much everywhere” she canvasses.
She said: “From the Palestine families that I know, 300 local people have lost family members in the war. That’s really shocking.”
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
The unifying victory of Irish progressive forces in the presidential campaign should be a salutary lesson to the left in this country, argues MARY GRIFFITHS CLARKE
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government