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Labour MPs set out plan to try and push Andy Burnham leftwards

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Labour MPs set out plan to try and push Andy Burnham leftwards

The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs believes that changing the party’s leader isn’t enough. Instead, it is trying to encourage Andy Burnham (or whoever else becomes the next Labour leader) to pull the party back towards more left-wing positions. In a statement, the MPs criticised the dominant Labour right for ‘chasing Reform voters‘ with right-wing positions. The small minority of 24 left-leaning Labour MPs want “immediate bold steps” that understand the “deep structural changes” Labour should be pushing to “reverse over forty years of neoliberalism“. MP Ian Byrne shared an image of the key changes the Socialist Campaign Group are…

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BBC and Sky unite to push defence spend propaganda

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BBC and Sky unite to push defence spend propaganda

Over the past few months, we’ve been told that we have to massively increase defence spending. While the media — BBC, Sky and others — usually shouts down calls for spending bumps, they haven’t just accepted this line of thought; they’re actually bullying politicians into agreeing: #TrevorPhillips interrogating Steve Reed on why the govt isn't increasing 'defence' spending by more and doing it faster. This is the narrative our mainstream media is pushing. pic.twitter.com/uH48PPFNUU — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 28, 2026 The Military Industrial Complex If you’re wondering why we need to increase defence spending, the most common answers are: Vaguely gesturing…

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Yemen at the heart of Israel’s push for a military foothold in Somaliland

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Yemen at the heart of Israel’s push for a military foothold in Somaliland

Israel’s alliance with Somaliland is gathering steam. The settler-state appears is expanding its military footprint in the region and, as diplomatic relations grow closer than ever, Israel seems likely to  get what it wants. On 13 June, Drop Site News reported that in an unprecedented display of support, the Muslim-majority nation witnessed “the public waving of Israeli flags—not in protest, but celebration.” They added that: Videos shared on social media from Somaliland’s day of independence on May 18 showed Israelis dancing in the streets of Hargeisa alongside locals, with blue and white stars of David flying beside Somaliland’s red, white, and…

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Greens grassroots push back: Burnham is ‘not what we stand for’

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Greens grassroots push back: Burnham is ‘not what we stand for’

A Green Party membership coalition has hit back at senior party figures, urging the Greens to stand aside in the Makerfield by-election. Their letter‘s message is unambiguous: the grassroots will not be managed into irrelevance. Green grassroots hitting back at Burnham The Canary can reveal a letter signed by Green Party members, circulating in response to a joint statement from high-profile party figures including former co-leader Jonathan Bartley and ex-councillor Rupert Read. It calls on Zack Polanski to rule out stepping aside for Labour’s Andy Burnham in Makerfield. Over 120 members and counting have so far signed the open letter, launched…

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