Highly skilled negotiator is motivated by ‘simple beliefs’ that unions exist to fight bad employersSharon Graham’s victory to replace Len McCluskey and become the first woman to lead Unite, one of Britain’s most powerful trade unions, may have come as …
A Scottish Green-SNP alliance could transform the country, and the climate | Caroline Lucas
It’s not enough for Greens to have bold ideas, to deliver them we need to be in power. This deal could be a turning pointCaroline Lucas is the Green MP for Brighton PavilionNo one gets into politics to be in opposition for ever, especially people in a …
US special relationship still alive after Afghan evacuation, says Dominic Raab
Foreign secretary also says that ‘with hindsight’ he should not have been on holiday during Taliban takeoverAfghanistan withdrawal: live updatesBritain’s failure to persuade the US to extend the evacuation from Afghanistan into September does not mean …
Who’s to blame for the Afghanistan chaos? Remember the war’s cheerleaders | George Monbiot
Today the media are looking for scapegoats, but 20 years ago they helped facilitate the disastrous interventionEveryone is to blame for the catastrophe in Afghanistan, except the people who started it. Yes, Joe Biden screwed up by rushing out so chaoti…
「緑の党」党首の学歴詐称、盗用疑惑で急減速。与党党首も「被災地で不謹慎な笑い」情勢混迷【ドイツ総選挙】
9月の総選挙を区切りに引退するドイツのメルケル首相。次の首相は、環境政党「緑の党」から出る可能性も……との見方もあったが、情勢は一転して不透明になってきた。
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【佐藤優】自民党が勝ち続ける理由、選挙の仕組み…小学校の教科書と「裏の知識」で日本政治は理解できる
選挙の仕組みや自民党が勝ち続ける理由が分からない……日本の政治を理解するにはどんな本を読んだらいいのか？ 読者からの質問に佐藤優さんが回答。
UK in Brexit climbdown as safety rule deadline extended
Manufacturers will have an extra year to start using UKCA mark, which is replacing EU’s CE markThe government has pushed back a deadline for the launch of post-Brexit product safety standards by allowing companies to follow EU rules until 2023, in the …
極右とのつながりが発覚… ヒトラーの忠実な部下ゲッベルスが住んでいた家の再開発計画が取りやめに
芸術家のための”環境に配慮した村”になるはずの計画が…
Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
Former England cricketer and crossbench peer will ‘bat for business down under’, says Liz TrussIan Botham, the former England cricketer and crossbench peer, has been appointed a UK trade ambassador to Australia, the government has announced.He is one o…
‘It felt like political persecution’: Labour’s Apsana Begum on the trauma of her criminal trial
The MP was cleared last month of housing fraud. Finally able to speak about her ordeal, she opens up about her controlling ex-husband, the family that disowned her and her political futureWhen Apsana Begum found out she had been acquitted of housing fr…