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Join the conversation: Will voters turn to Corbyn and socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance love-in?: openDemocracy readers discuss whether voters would back a socialist government, and Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-thoughts-corbyn-socialism-new-party-starmer-finance-labour/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Identifying ‘modern slavery’ can damage asylum claims: The UK’s modern slavery identification system slows down asylum claims. It can even undermine them https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/identifying-modern-slavery-can-damage-asylum-claims/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

How a new Corbyn/Sultana-led party can win voters as Labour flounders: With inequality rife in the UK, there are three main policy areas that a new left-wing party should focus on https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/jeremy-corbyn-new-policy-zarah-sultana-left-key-policy-areas-labour-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Exclusive: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying of Tory ministers: openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra’s activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/varun-chandra-hakluyt-investigation-lobbying-keir-starmer-kwasi-kwarteng/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Tech start-up aiming to ‘end rape’ at UK universities spoke at far-right rally: Ambassador of anti-rape company Enough took to stage after Tommy Robinson ally who called for ‘re-migration’ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-end-rape-bristol-far-right-rally-tommy-robinson-democratic-football-lads-alliance/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The City’s big investment in Starmer’s Labour is about to pay dividends: Reeves’ Mansion House speech shows the corporate takeover of Labour is complete https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rachel-reeves-keir-starmer-labour-finance-private-equity-takeover/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Trump’s support of Israel’s war aims will scupper his hope of a Nobel prize: The US president is desperate for a peace prize. That doesn’t align with Netanyahu’s plans for ethnic cleansing in Gaza https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-israel-gaza-iran-ethnic-cleansing-nobel-peace-prize-netanyahu/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

‘One in, one out’ Channel deal is just another cruel gimmick: Don’t be fooled by Labour’s show of providing safe migration routes. It’s justifying a cruel trade in people https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/one-in-one-out-channel-deal-is-just-another-cruel-gimmick-uk-france-migration/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Are grooming gangs the far right’s golden goose?: The far right cynically uses child sexual exploitation to push an anti-migrant and islamophobia agenda https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/are-grooming-gangs-the-far-rights-golden-goose/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS