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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There is more at stake than Brexit
CHELLEY RYAN pleads with Leave voters not to forget the bigger picture at this election
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
I CAN understand why leave voters are angry with the Labour Party right now.
At the last general election, Labour pledged to respect the EU referendum result. But in the intervening two-and-a-half years the party has changed its position on Brexit.
A combination of pressure from the grassroots, in conjunction with pressure from Remain-supporting MPs, has resulted in a policy to hold another referendum on any deal, including one that has been negotiated by our own party.
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