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Co-op’s demonisation of Israel
On 28 April, the Cooperative Group voted to stop trading with Israeli companies that source some of their products from Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. It is the first British supermarket chain to do so. For those of us who support a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and who oppose the building of …
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Hope for European recovery
François Hollande’s victory in Sunday’s French presidential election will change the dynamic in Europe, away from an exclusive focus on austerity, towards a commitment to create jobs and growth. Shortly after the results were declared on Sunday evening, France’s first socialist president since 1995, addressed a jubilant crowd patiently waiting in the rain in his …
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Good, but more to do
Ed Miliband’s tone was exactly right on Friday when he came to the west Midlands to recognise the successes of the council elections. In Birmingham, where Labour had regained control, he spoke of the Labour councillors working every day to repay the trust placed in them. In Worcester, where Labour had made gains but not …
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Now for Hollande’s real challenge
Bienvenue et bonne chance à Francois Hollande. Like Aesop’s tortoise he watched for three decades as the smarter, smoother, more eloquent hares of French politics raced past him. But now he has become the most politician with the most power in the west as the president of France exercises more authority than a US president …
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Battles ahead remain
‘To resist is to win!’ That was the rallying cry that Dr Juan Negrin, the socialist prime minister who led the insurgency against Franco’s coup, used to inspire the forces of Spanish democracy in their last stand against the nationalists. It could – almost – have been the call given out by the left as …
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A defeat for Livingstone, not Labour
Ken Livingstone’s defeat in the London mayoral election on Thursday was both shocking and unsurprising. Shocking because, despite the presence of a large number of marginal seats, London remains a ‘Labour city’ as the party’s strong performance in the London assembly elections, and the narrowness of Livingstone’s eventual loss, demonstrated. Shocking, too, because, in …
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