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SIR KEIR STARMER was accused today of doubling down on a failed strategy with his shadow cabinet reshuffle after a disastrous election campaign for Labour last week.  Left group Momentum criticised the replacement of Anneliese Dodds as shadow chancellor with rightwinger Rachel Reeves, who is notorious for pledging to be “tougher than the Tories” on benefits at the height of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s attacks on the jobless and disabled in 2013. And former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the Labour leader was trying to make his deputy, Angela Rayner, c...

Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. In threat to Russia, EU grants U.S. troops ‘unhindered’ movement across continent May 7, 2021 3:05 PM CDT By Ben Chacko A U.S. soldier directs armored vehicles and tanks of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and 1st Calvary Division, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, as they are unloaded at the port of Antwerp, Belgium. | Francisco Seco / AP LONDON—The European Union aut...

THE European Union authorised the United States, Canada and Norway to join its Military Mobility project today – allowing their troops “unhindered” movement within the bloc. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the move would “make EU defence more efficient and … strengthen our security” by speeding up the transfer of armies across the continent. The US has over 70,000 soldiers stationed in Europe and is currently leading nearly 30,000 allied troops in the Defender Europe 2021 military manoeuvres along Russia’s borders from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The decision is lik...

MCC denies talk of 'revolt' over Heyhoe Flint statue plan Issued on: 06/05/2021 - 21:04 'Home of Cricket' - London's Lord's ground is the headquarters of MCC GLYN KIRK AFP/File 2 min London (AFP) Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Thursday plans to install a permanent memorial to women's cricket great Rachael Heyhoe Flint at its Lord's headquarters have not sparked a reported membership "revolt". Clare Connor, who in October will become the first female president in MCC's 234-year history, told an online forum on Tuesday she wanted the club to c...

PAUL SIMON speaks to some of the 40-plus communist candidates about their policies, their campaigning methods and their reception from the public