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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Open letter to Tom Watson: Stop claiming to speak for us on Brexit
A second referendum would tear our country apart all over again
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
A SIGNIFICANT number of Labour Party members have experienced ever growing disgust over your determination to represent your views as our own over Brexit, when in truth, the membership has very complex and diverse views on this difficult subject.
To claim with certainty that you speak for us all is both disingenuous and wrong and alienates those of us who do not share your views.
It is also hypocritical. You did not care how the membership felt about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership back in 2016 when you urged him to resign, but now suddenly, it’s the most important thing to you.
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