Latest editorial
by Peter Lazenby
and Conrad Landin
NEW revelations of the government’s conspiracy to frame the Shrewsbury pickets are just “scratching the surface,” Ricky Tomlinson says in the Star today.
In an interview with the Morning Star, the actor and political activist jailed after the 1972 builders’ strike suggests that still more shocking details would reach the public’s eyes if secret documents were published.
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Labour may owe more to Methodism than Marxism, but the wider non-conformist tradition that shaped British democracy is under pressure as protest rights come under increasing attack, warns MARK SEDDON
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
