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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Once-in-a-generation chance to nationalise the railways
A new review is open to ‘all options’ including public ownership – this is our first chance in 25 years to nationalise the railways, writes ELLEN LEES
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
YOU would be hard-pressed to find anyone in Britain who thought that our railway wasn’t a complete shambles.
And in fact, recent survey results published by Transport Focus show that the vast majority of commuters are unsatisfied with their rail journeys. Unsurprising, when punctuality has hit a new 10-year low, after the chaos of this summer’s timetable fiasco.
For the past 30 years, we’ve been sold the lie that privatisation of railways (and all our other essential public services) will make them cheaper and better. At this point, nobody believes the lie any more — but it keeps getting repeated.
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