Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO says assessing a Labour leader whose mission was to smash the left must involve addressing the delusions that fuelled his rise
THE risk of nuclear war is posed more sharply now than it has been for six decades. The trading of nuclear threats has shattered the “nuclear taboo.”
Leaders of nuclear-armed states have repeatedly proclaimed that a “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” yet they seem unwilling to engage in serious efforts to reduce nuclear tensions. The situation is perilous.
President Vladimir Putin’s warnings of “consequences greater than any you have faced in history,” President Joe Biden’s warnings of “Armageddon” and public comments by Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, that Russia would face “catastrophic consequences” in the event of nuclear use demonstrate the deadly state of affairs. Each of these comments amounts to a threat of megadeath.
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
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
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
Europe is acquiescing in Trump’s manoeuvrings — where Europe takes over the US forever war in Ukraine while Washington gets ready for a future fight with China. And it’s working people who will be left paying the price, says DIANE ABBOTT MP


