Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
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If the people of Streatham wanted a Lib Dem MP they’d have voted for one
Until Umunna resigns his seat and stands in a by-election, he’s in no position to be calling for a second EU referendum, says Streatham CLP member MARLON FERNANDEZ
Latest wheeze: Labour defector Chuka Umunna with Vince Cable, who himself deserted Labour for the SDP in 1982
Editor BEN CHACKO looks at the invaluable contribution the paper makes, and the headwinds it has to struggle against to get by, following the Morning Star’s 80th AGM this month
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
The nationalisation move to Great British Railways (GBR) must be about more than just changing the livery, writes MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
Activists will urge MPs to protect the five-year settlement route and cut visa costs, warning reforms risk deepening inequality and labour shortages, says HARSEV BAINS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the issues of liberty, safety and risk in relation to people receiving psychiatric treatment
WHEN Chuka Umunna gave up his Labour Party membership earlier this year I was ecstatic.
Finally, I thought, the Blairite soundbite machine that had misrepresented my home constituency of Streatham in Westminster for years was going to be replaced.
One of the many anti-Corbyn MPs who has done nothing but attempt to undermine Jeremy since he became leader of the Labour Party (despite his vote tally being increased by a whopping 11,738 when standing under Corbyn’s manifesto in 2017 as opposed to Ed Miliband’s in 2015), Umunna has long been out of touch with working-class and popular opinion in Streatham.
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