SHADOW chancellor John McDonnell’s decision to set out a different approach rather than simply different policies from those of George Osborne is a master stroke.
His insistence that “austerity is not an economic necessity. It’s a political choice” smashes Westminster orthodoxy and prepares the way for an economic alternative.
He and Jeremy Corbyn have a battle to persuade the electorate that reducing the deficit can be achieved without huge cuts to public expenditure.
Your Party can become an antidote to Reform UK – but only by rooting itself in communities up and down the country, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY


