Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Being poor should be no barrier to participating in Labour
CHARLOTTE HUGHES was deselected as a Labour candidate for a local by-election for having an outstanding council tax debt. She explains why she hopes the party will change to improve working-class participation
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
I WAS recently chosen to stand for selection to be a candidate for a local by-election as a councillor.
As a well-known community activist, I was overjoyed and even more so when I won the vote and was selected as the local labour ward’s chosen candidate.
However my joy was short-lived. Following a meeting held by my local Labour Party Campaign Forum, it was decided that I would be deselected, because, in their words, “it would bring the council and local Labour Party into disrepute.”
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