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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Theresa May’s desire to have her cake and eat it is a threat to Brexit, writes PAUL DONOVAN
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 pronouncements of Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit are at face value economically incoherent.
Can the Prime Minister seriously be contemplating cutting links with the single market — Britain’s largest trading area — because she really believes that “securing the borders” is a more important priority?
The need to secure the borders, a hardly concealed code for keeping out immigrants, is total nonsense. The borders are secure or if they aren’t a lot of public money is being expended on the Border Agency and a myriad of private supporting companies charged with attaining that goal.
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