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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Extra, extra read all about it, Tory belatedly develops conscience shocker!
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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
Yes as you will no doubt be aware Yorkshire peer Baroness Warsi quit the Cabinet and her position at the Foreign Office this week citing the government’s pusillanimous approach to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza.
In a fairly incendiary resignation letter, extracts of which have appeared in the media, she described the government’s inaction and failure to criticise Israel as “morally indefensible,” “Not in the national interest” and argued that it would serve to foster terrorism and undermine British influence in the Middle East.
So far so good you may think, finally a member of the coalition with a few scruples and certainly it’s hard to dispute any of those points.
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