Mayor Jamie Driscoll has quit the Labour Party and is running independently — with large amounts of backing from Labour supporters who condemn Starmer's iron hand.

The British tradition would be for Starmer to resign, but at the very least he should welcome back all the Labour officials and members that he has purged — including Corbyn, who is no antisemite.

Bernie Sanders: *The US Senate is now debating an $886bn defense authorization bill. Unless there are major changes to the bill, I intend to vote against it. Here’s why.*

Robert Reich presents the Republicans' fake crises which they use to distract attention from the real crises that Republicans make bigger.

*Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show.*

*Climate scientists' horror and exasperation as global predictions play out.*

*We last raised the US federal minimum wage 14 years ago. This is unacceptable.*