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
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The Ben Elliot experience
SOLOMON HUGHES introduces the Conservative Party co-chairman who loves money, loves those with lots of it, and loves to lobby on its behalf: a fitting rogue for the role
The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince of Wales and Ben Elliot in 2015
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
IN one of those revealing moments, the Tory party leadership managed to annoy even their own membership with a bit of unpleasant arrogance. Conservative Party co-chairman Ben Elliot wrote to all their members demanding money.
“I’ve been reviewing our supporter list and it looks like you haven’t yet made a contribution to our campaign,” Elliot’s email said, under the passive-aggressive headline “does this look right to you?”
The “header” of the email had an equally haughty tone: it was just a bald instruction, saying “Please read and confirm.”
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