Shield young from racists
Government acceptance of the Maurice Smith review recommendation not to ban British National Party members from working in state schools is a dereliction of duty.
Guantanamo's forgotten prisoner
Shining a spotlight on a man trapped inside the most notorious prison camp in the world
Left's soft ride for Foot leaves three questions on his record unanswered
While not surprised about the way the British Establishment and the mainstream media dealt with the death of Michael Foot, I was a little put out by the soft ride some on the left gave to the former Labour Party leader.
Lack of action against directors led to this train strike scenario
The proposed strike by thousands of rail workers might not have been necessary had the Labour government passed legislation to make directors of companies criminally responsible if they fail to maintain health and safety standards, or in the case of network rail, track maintenance.
The way to fund effective health care
In its working life the NHS internal market costs £8 billion every year with streams of form filling and excessive management salaries.
Foot's '83 manifesto lives on
The late Michael Foot remained committed to the great cause of socialism to the end, unlike many of his predecessors and successors. His short time as Labour leader was, in my opinion, much maligned.
Chernobyl was bad, but imperialism's crimes are evil
I remember when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in April 1986. Reports started coming in of clouds of toxic waste. An estimated 70 per cent of fallout landed in Belarus - an area between Russia and Poland, but the fallout also travelled around the world - in parts of Cumbria and Wales lambs were not allowed to be marketed as a result.
One reader dips their toes into the paper's past
In response to Jim Gibb's recollection of the Daily Worker children's section (M Star February 16) I enclose an image of the paper's 1957 children's annual.
Come on Jowell, let's repeal
Let all fair-minded people take Tessa Jowell's concern about low turnouts in postal ballots for industrial action (M Star Editorial, March 7) at face value.
What song would best suit the next general election?
In 1997 the new Labour election campaign theme tune was D:ream's Things Can Only Get Better.
Knocking off points punishes innocent fans
I think deducting points from football teams going into administration should be abolished.
There's no limit when giving compassion
In her rant against the fox-hunting debate, Laurie Penny (M Star February 19) gives the impression that people have a limited amount of compassion which they must allocate to either people or animals. How shamefully misguided.






