President Trump’s executive order against refugees and Muslims should shock and appal us all. Theresa May should have stood up for Britain and our values by condemning his actions. It should sadden our country that she chose not to. After Trump’s hideous actions and May’s weak failure to condemn them, it’s more important than ever …
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This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day theme – How Can Life Go On – could not be more apt in these increasingly intolerant times. I recently visited the Terezin concentration camp memorial. More than 150,000 Jews were sent there including 15,000 children. Many were later transferred to certain death at Auschwitz or Treblinka. Some children at …
I’m so sad to hear of the death of my good friend and comrade Tam Dalyell. Our thoughts are with his family. Tam was a titan of parliamentary scrutiny, fearless in pursuit of the truth. From Iraq to the miners’ strike, he doggedly fought to expose official wrongdoing and cover ups. The title of his …
Theresa May must stand up for our country’s values when she meets Donald Trump and oppose his support for torture, which is inhumane, illegal and delivers false intelligence. There can be no indulgence of the US President’s renewed threat to ban Muslims or build a wall on the Mexico border. The Prime Minister must assure …
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This report underlines just how rigged our economy and country actually is in favour of the wealthiest and the privileged few. While the Conservatives look after the interests of their friends, they are closing down opportunity for the many by slashing funding for education. Labour is committed to a country that works for all, a …
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Questions to the Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn I join the Prime Minister in expressing the condolences of, I am sure, the whole House to the family of the police officer who lost his life over the weekend in Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister has wasted 80 days between the original judgment and the appeal. She …
