All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
RENEGOTIATION of the Northern Ireland Protocol signalled the desire of the British ruling class for rapprochement with the EU.
Most of big business and its Tory government never wanted Brexit. The CBI, the Institute of Directors, the City banks and all the major employers’ federations urged the electorate to stay in the EU and its single market.
They put their money where their mouths were, helping the Remain campaign outspend Leave by £19 million to £13m, while the Cameron-Osborne government spent £9m sending a pro-EU brochure to every household in Britain.
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
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
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare


