Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Britain’s ‘de-twinning’ China hypocrisy
Councils across the nation are taking a stand on human rights in China — but not one they made against the US, Saudi or Israel. Jingoistic prejudice is not hard to find in the background, reports MARK BLACKLOCK
The union flag and the flag of the People's republic of China
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
CUTTING your links with China is increasingly a thing for councils across Britain, as a number of local authorities end town twinning relationships. These principled stands share a common purpose — to punish and send Beijing a message — and to question their rationale could leave critics accused of enabling genocide or excusing human rights abuse.
But there seems a dissonance between aims, actions and evidence which makes it reasonable to ask what’s really going on.
There was a time when municipalities sweated only the unglamorous but important small-town stuff like building houses (those were the days), fixing potholes and emptying bins. Today, some are on an international front line where they can effect global change.
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