New deal for private renters
THE government yesterday published its white paper, in what it described as the biggest shake-up of the private rented sector in 30 years, to improve the rights and conditions for…
Deep-rooted racism in Australia
Farmers argued that the standards applied to European employees were out of place when dealing with Aboriginal workers. Some weren't paid, or paid very little and treated poorly.
Don’t believe the Tories – Labour is not suddenly on the side of RMT strikers
WHILST the Tories are busy flooding social media with a petition to ‘Stop Labour’s Strikes’, saying that Labour is backing ‘the biggest rail strikes since 1989’ and that dozens of…
UN condemns fatal shooting of WHO worker in Myanmar
THE United Nations yesterday condemned the fatal shooting of a World Health Organisation (WHO) employee in eastern Myanmar in what is the latest in a string of atrocities which have…
Johnson survives to lie another day
BORIS JOHNSON last night survived the vote of no confidence but with a too-close-for-comfort result which will leave him and the Tory party in a state of disarray as they…
The climate crisis is here, but energy giant Shell has Jackdaw plans approved
JUST last year plans to develop the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea were rejected after the government considered the environmental impact, but yesterday energy giant Shell was was…
People are dying of hunger – and we have the food to feed them
FROM Bangladesh to Britain, with many countries in between, people are facing starvation and food insecurity due to the climate crisis, COVID, the cost of living crisis, and conflicts around…
Another young Palestinian killed and fears of more violence during upcoming Israeli march
EARLY on Wednesday morning yet another Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces, and at least 80 others were wounded on Tuesday night during clashes with the Israeli army and tensions…
Diplomacy or bloodshed? What exactly does Zelensky want?
AS the war in Ukraine continues, we heard Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, saying at the weekend that it would only end through diplomacy. Some politicians, notably Jeremy Corbyn, have often…
When is a war crime not a war crime? When it’s committed by the West
Ukraine is putting on trial soldiers from the Russian army for far lesser crimes than their allies have committed. Or quite probably they themselves, for we are still only being…