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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With Henry VIII powers, May is still a threat
NICK DEARDEN warns that the PM’s ministers could be on course for sweeping powers to rewrite laws without normal parliamentary scrutiny as Britain leaves the European Union
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 Grenfell Tower fire has come to symbolise everything rotten in modern Britain. Deregulation and privatisation have turned the class divide into a gaping chasm. The government exists for the richest, while the rest are thrown on the mercy of the market.
Theresa May may have failed to secure a mandate for her extreme version of Brexit, low-tax, low regulation Britain, but today she sets out a programme to take it forward nonetheless.
At the heart of the two-year programme is the Great Repeal Bill. On the surface, the Bill is straightforward — transferring EU law into British law so we don’t have a legal vacuum on the day of Brexit.
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