HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
TWO responses have emerged on the left to the decision of Keir Starmer to bar Jeremy Corbyn from continuing to represent Islington North as Labour MP.
They have been neatly expressed. Take first Jon Lansman, Momentum founder, who I first encountered when he ran Tony Benn’s narrowly unsuccessful campaign to be Labour’s deputy leader back in 1981.
Jon’s persistent campaigning on and for the left through sunshine and rather more rain should command general respect.
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestine only as long as Israel continues to massacre its inhabitants has been met with outrage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026


