The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
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Gavin Williamson: should he stay or should he go?
We cannot let PM Johnson continue to erode accountability for those who rule us so badly — the exam scandal should mean the end for the Secretary of State for Education, argues HANK ROBERTS
A student protests against the exam results debacle outside Gavin Williamson’s constituency office
Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
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The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
FIRST the head of Ofqual Sally Collier went. Now the education permanent secretary Jonathan Slater has gone. Two down — any others to go?
The magnificent victory that we have achieved in preventing the outrageous and pernicious attack on working-class children’s education warrants further reflection and analysis.
Was it incompetence? Certainly. Was it deliberate? Well it certainly wasn’t accidental was it?
The class nature of education policy in Britain, particularly but not exclusively of Conservative governments, is well illustrated by the fact that out of 55 prime ministers, 46 (including Tony Blair) have come from a very small number of elite “public schools.” Boris Johnson is the 20th Old Etonian to be PM.
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