Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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The Tories and the bankers are still ‘hand in glove’
SOLOMON HUGHES delves into the links between the Conservative Party and the bankers who broke the system
Theresa May at the Conservative Party Conference last year
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
The link between the Conservative Party and the bankers who broke the system is still strong.
Jeremy Isaacs remains one of the Tories bigger donors. Since 2010 he has given the Tories £426,000.
In 2008 Isaacs was the chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia — he left it, one of the world’s largest investment banks, just a week before it collapsed.
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