The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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Coronavirus, domestic labour and Dominic Cummings
LAURA BRIGGS explores how women’s oppression in the form of sex stereotypes serves a dual purpose to capitalism
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
Keir Starmer’s resignation speech seemed to be coming from a different universe, or maybe it was just a fanfaronade of falsehoods, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
LAST WEEK, the senior adviser to the Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, found himself at the centre of a media storm after breaking lockdown rules to visit family hundreds of miles away.
Cummings has repeatedly asserted that this 260-mile trip was essential to ensure his child could be cared for by her grandparents while his wife was unwell.
An official statement from No 10 said: “Owing to his wife being infected with suspected coronavirus and the high likelihood that he would himself become unwell, it was essential for Dominic Cummings to ensure his young child could be properly cared for.”
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