IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
Join the activists hoping to smack down the sexist landlords
Women are hit especially hard by the housing crisis – but there’s no good reason why they have to stay silent about it, says REBECCA WINSON
One, it was arse-clenchingly cold.
Two, I warmed up due to a mega blush caused by asking Jeremy Corbyn — one of only two Labour MPs who showed up, we invited them all — if he was from the Labour Party and him drily responding: “Your research precedes you.”
Three, the lukewarm but heart-wrenching lack of surprise I felt when I saw the story on a fellow protester’s placard: “Evicted For Being A Woman Who Answers Back.”
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