The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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China’s legendary mermaid now extinct
PETER FROST reports on yet another species it seems we shall never see again
Dugongs are the source of many legends of the sea
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In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
AS YOU sail into Copenhagen harbour in Denmark, you spot its famous Little Mermaid statue.
My reaction, like everyone else I’ve spoken to, is that the statue is much smaller than you expected. “Much smaller than a real mermaid,” I hear them say. Real mermaid. Urgh?
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