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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JOAN TWELVES explains why Zero Covid must be a priority at Labour Party Conference
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
THE sun is out and the parks, beaches and countryside are packed as lockdown is relaxed.
Shielding — and its related statutory sick pay — ends today and Johnson and Sunak are urging people back to the office, regardless of the safety of their workplace, because even though the Easter school holidays are just starting, stressed, overworked mums and dads have had enough “days off.”
At the same time, the third wave is surging across Europe. Whether half-vaccinating half the population will protect us from variants and mutations is yet to be seen.
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