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WORLD: P6 | REFUSE THE VISIT: P11 | STAR COMMENT: P12 Pic: Will Fisher (Flickr CC, modifi ed) Pic: Will Fisher (Flickr modifi CC, www.morningstaronline.co.uk HUNTHealth union hits out HAS at minister who TO made crises GO normal BEFORE HE DOES MORE DAMAGE by Lamiat Sabin almost 5,000 ambulances had to Alternative services such as walk- Parliamentary Reporter wait more than an hour to hand over in centres are very busy in taking on a patient to hospital in the fi nal week other hospital work including treat- UNIONS are demanding Health of 2017. ment and advice for minor illnesses Secretary Jeremy Hunt resign for Mr Hunt, who issued a non-com- but they too are in need of more staff, turning the NHS winter crisis into mittal “apology” for postponed he said, and many patients are found an annual event. operations earlier this week, must to be so ill that they need more seri- GMB national offi cer Kevin take full responsibility for his fail- ous hospital care. Brandstatter said that Mr Hunt has ures and the subsequent risks to “Theresa May apologised for the ignored warnings every year from public health by stepping down, mess the NHS is in, but unless she Lessons NHS doctors, nurses, campaigners, GMB said. orders the Chancellor to devote unions, opposition parties and “Everyone apart from the Health more money to our health service health experts. Secretary seemed to see this crisis that apology will have a very hollow spurned Mr Brandstatter also warned that coming a mile off — it repeats the ring for the people of Britain,” Mr the NHS crisis could “tailspin into pattern of previous years,” Mr Brandstatter continued. catastrophe” with low morale and Brandstatter said. “Meanwhile her Health Secretary severe stress among health work- “In winter it is cold, people get is clearly not up to the job, and must Constant Tory interference ers, a shortage of staff, funding and fl u, have accidents, illnesses and step down before the NHS crisis leads to fall in new teachers beds for patients, dangerous ambu- require treatment. That is well tailspins into catastrophe.” NEWS: P3 lance handover delays and A&E known. Mr Hunt has overseen the NHS closures. “However because the govern- since he took on the role in 2012. Just weeks into the new year, tens ment has starved the NHS of “Asking already stressed and Shadow health secretary Jonathan Class remains a taboo word of thousands of emergency opera- resources, a foreseen event, which overworked staff to undertake more Ashworth said that the underfunding in educational analysis tions have been cancelled because should have been planned for, has shifts, as some have done, will lead of the NHS has stretched back to of lack of space. become a crisis. to more staff having to report sick when the Tories took power in 2010. OVENDEN: P12 Latest NHS fi gures show that though exhaustion and stress.” Turn to page 4

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EDUCATION Scottish teachers could strike for better pay off er by Felicity Collier addressed, pay had to improve. EIS general secretary Larry TEACHERS in Scotland are Flanagan said: “The era of ready to strike for the fi rst real-terms pay cuts must end. time since the 1980s unless For far too long, teachers have pay is “restored to pre-auster- been paying the price of aus- ity levels,” the country’s larg- terity-driven cuts prompted by est teaching union warned a fi nancial situation that was yesterday. not of their making.” The Educational Institute of Scottish Labour education Scotland (EIS) said a below- spokesman Iain Gray said that infl ation pay rise would be 10 years of SNP government “unacceptable,” ahead of nego- had left Scottish teachers tiations with the Scottish gov- £6,000 worse off. He accused ernment and councils on the Nicola Sturgeon’s administra- 2018-19 settlement. tion of “incompetence in educa- Finance Secretary Derek tion and neglect of teachers.” Mackay has committed to lift- Mr Gray called for “a sig- ing the 1 per cent public-sector nifi cant improvement in pay, pay cap and giving a 3 per cent career structure and workload, rise to NHS staff, police, properly funded by government teachers, and others earning to re-establish the Scottish pro- up to £30,000, with 2 per cent fession as world-leading. for those earning more. “Failure to act will see SNP The union, representing ministers reap what they have more than 80 per cent of Scot- sown over 10 years of incom- land’s teachers, said the 2 per petence in education and cent offer was “not accepta- neglect of teachers. But it is WATER MAYBE: A man walks along ble” and that, if recruitment pupils who will pay the price.” the edge of Bewl Water reservoir problems were to be [email protected] near Lamberhurst in Kent. Southern Water applied for a drought permit yesterday amid fl ood alerts and following days of heavy rain. POLITICS The company said “exceptionally low rainfall” has prompted its decision to ask permission to pump Labour candidate wins fi rst water from Kent rivers to top up the council by-election of 2018 reservoir near Tunbridge Wells.

LABOUR has won the fi rst fi rst elected in 2015 but quit council by-election of 2018, the party in January 2016 to taking a seat from the Tories sit as an independent. in Borehamwood. There was a 7.4 per cent ENVIRONMENT Rebecca Butler won the swing to Labour from the Con- Cowley Hill seat to become servatives since the last elec- Labour’s fourth councillor in tion in 2015. the Hertfordshire town, where Ms Butler said: “I’m so Green campaigners hail big her husband Richard Butler grateful and thrilled to win. I already has a council seat. felt that when we were cam- The by-election was called paigning, we were really in after David Burcombe was touch with the residents. forced to resign in November “It feels good to represent fall in sales of diesel vehicles after losing his appeal against where I live and this result a sexual assault conviction. gives Labour a good platform by Felicity Collier a vital part of our economy, Mr Burcombe represented looking forward to the local directly employing up to the Tories in Cowley Hill when elections next year.” 170,000 people. ENVIRONMENTAL cam- “Labour’s industrial strat- paigners welcomed the news egy will set out a radical pro- yesterday that sales of new gramme of investment and diesel cars have plummeted, genuine partnership between as drivers increasingly choose industry and government to LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES greener vehicles. protect vital jobs and build an HOW THE WORLD IS SHAPING Last month, sales for diesel economy that works for the UP UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP models fell by 31 per cent, many, not the few.” while overall sales for the year SMMT chief executive Mike were down by 17 per cent. Hawes predicted that the mar- Speakers include: A total of 2.54 million new ket would continue to decline Brian Becker live link-up with cars were registered in 2017, in 2018, partly due to Brexit US anti-war campaigner, Enquire compared with 2.69 million the that has made our cities’ air announced a rise in tax on new uncertainty. JANUARY 13 Castillo Costa Rican ambassador, previous year, indicating the toxic and harmful to breathe. diesel cars from April 1. The news follows the 2018 Jim Hoare UK ex-ambassador to fi rst drop in sales for six years, “Electric vehicles and But Labour warned that the “dieselgate” scandal of 2015, 12 NOON DPRK, Catherine West MP, Molly the Society of Motor Manufac- hybrids are better for both air drop in sales could be another when Volkswagen was found TO 5PM Scott-Cato MEP, Sami Ramadani turers and Traders (SMMT) quality and the climate and if sign of a failing economy. to be fi tting its diesel vehicles SOAS, Iraqi Democrats, Kim Sharif Yemen said. the UK car industry fails to Shadow business secretary with devices which cheated THORNHAUGH Human Rights, Bruce Kent CND Greenpeace UK said con- invest in the technologies that Rebecca Long-Bailey said: emissions tests. STREET, sumers were “sending a clear consumers want, then they will “The government’s misman- It also comes as the govern- WC1H 0XG message to the car industry” be left behind in the race for agement of the economy and ment has been ordered by (NEAREST ALL WELCOME that it must move on from “pol- this trillion-dollar industry.” mishandling of the Brexit courts to issue its plans for TUBE BOOK YOU FREE TICKET NOW AT luting diesel.” Alternatively fuelled vehi- negotiations has shaken con- meeting European Union lim- RUSSELL TINYURL.COM/LONDONCND The charity’s clean air cam- cles reached a record market sumer and business confi dence its on nitrogen dioxide, much SQUARE) paigner Paul Morozzo said: share of 4.7 per cent last year. and it’s concerning that the of which comes from diesel “Diesel cars have been fuel- In November’s Budget, sales of new cars are falling. vehicles. www.londoncnd.org฀•฀[email protected]฀•฀020฀7607-2302 ling a major air pollution crisis Chancellor Philip Hammond “The British car industry is [email protected] Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 HOME NEWS 3

EDUCATION Teaching union blames low pay for training crisis Number of applications down by a third, as government misses target again by Felicity Collier branded the recruitment crisis STRESSED OUT: “a time bomb.” Heavy workloads He said: “There’s a real LOW pay, excessive workloads also deter would- worry that we won’t have the and needless bureaucracy are be teachers, said longevity in teaching careers to blame for a huge yearly the National with experienced senior lead- drop in teacher training Education Union ers. recruits, the National Educa- “We need professional, high- tion Union (NEU) warned quality teachers in front of yesterday. children if we are going to do The number of teacher the best for the children we training applications shot serve.” down by a third from 19,330 The Department for Educa- in December 2016 to 12,820 in tion said applications opened 2017, according to fi gures from a week later in 2017 than in Ucas. 2016, claiming that “it This includes around 25 per wouldn’t be right to draw cent fewer trainees in English, direct parallels” between the maths and science. two fi gures. It represents the fi fth year A spokeswoman said: in a row that the government “There are now a record has missed its teacher training number of teachers in our targets. schools — 15,500 more than in The drop comes after tens 2010 — and the fact that more of thousands of teachers left than 32,000 new trainee teach- England’s schools before reach- ers have recently been ing retirement age last year. fi gures are “the biggest drop “Every teacher feels like in citizenship and design and recruited in a competitive The main problem is a high I can remember of applicants they are under scrutiny the technology, at 67 per cent fol- labour market, with historic workload caused by over-scru- in one year. whole time. It’s mind numbing, lowed by music and history low unemployment rates and tiny and a “lack of trust” in “It’s not the hours but the it’s demeaning and that needs which dropped by 45 per cent. a growing economy, shows that teachers, NEU joint general nature of the work — producing to be addressed.” National Association of the profession continues to be secretary Kevin Courtney said. evidence for bureaucrats is The biggest decline in Head Teachers senior policy an attractive career.” Mr Courtney said the latest taking hours of teachers’ time. recruits to the profession were adviser Ian Hartwright [email protected]

BREXIT FALLOUT TRANSPORT Labour blasts Branson’s £2bn bailout Ministers urged TAXPAYERS have been years ahead of schedule, spar- Andy McDonald said: “This EDUCATION “short-changed” by up to £2 ing the privateer the embar- bailout is yet another example billion through the government rassment of being forced to of the Tories defending prof- decision to let Richard Bran- hand the keys back to the gov- iteering train companies and Stats show to prevent fl ood son’s failing East Coast rail ernment. the rich elite at the expense of franchise off the hook early, The Transport Secretary the British public who pay for huge rise in Labour warned yesterday. said a new East Coast Partner- and use our rail services.” Last November, Chris Gray- ship would take on responsibil- Stagecoach shares soared in of cheap goods ling announced that Virgin ity for trains and track opera- response to the news that the exam cheat Trains East Coast’s contract tions on the route in 2020. franchise was ending early — at by Peter Lazenby receives its second reading would be terminated three Shadow transport secretary one point rising by 13 per cent. penalties in the Commons on Monday. General union GMB is RISING numbers of penalties TRADE unions and one of 10 unions and for exam malpractice are business groups have business groups that are being handed out to school urged the government to demanding amendments to staff and students, offi cial fi g- bring in anti-dumping laws the Bill to protect British WE’RE HIRING ures show. to prevent cheap, subsi- industry from dumping. New statistics reveal a 149 dised goods pouring into GMB national secretary per cent surge in penalties post-Brexit Britain. for manufacturing Jude DEPUTY FEATURES EDITOR issued to teachers and other They fear that once Brimble said: “Next week workers, while those for pupils Britain loses EU protec- MPs will debate one of the We are seeking a deputy features editor The successful applicant will need… rose by 25 per cent. tion, it will be open to most important issues to join the production team at our busy Malpractice covers any- dumping of cheap goods facing post-Brexit Britain. ■ A fl air for the English language and east London newsroom. thing that could “undermine unless new legislation is “Get this wrong and the for snappy, punchy presentation the integrity of an exam,” brought in. UK market could be Regular Sunday working is required as ■ Attention to detail according to regulator Ofqual. In the 1970s, Britain was fl ooded with cheap steel, part of a fi ve-day 35-hour week in order ■ The ability to operate well as part This can include students fl ooded with overseas ceramics and other to cover the paper’s six publication days. attempting to communicate goods priced at less than products — putting of a small team and off er new with each other while sitting the cost of production in thousands of jobs at risk. This post is subject to a probationary ideas a paper, or staff failing to com- their countries of origin, “GMB demands the period. Holidays start at 28 days a year ■ Good knowledge of Adobe ply with exam board instruc- including eastern Europe. government puts UK rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays. Creative Suite or similar software tions. A fresh wave of cheap manufacturing jobs and If you have the skills and you’re ready ■ Tight copy-editing skills The latest fi gures, covering imports could put British industry fi rst and insists on ■ GCSEs, AS-levels and A-levels manufacturing industries strong anti-dumping to take on a new challenge at a national An interest in labour movement taken in England last summer, including steel and ceram- legislation to give the new newspaper which isn’t afraid to tell it like and progressive issues show that 2,715 penalties were ics at risk, resulting in the Trade Remedies Authority it is, email [email protected] for issued to students. loss of thousands of jobs. the clout it needs to protect an application pack. Women and minority ethnic candidates This is up from 2,180 in The Taxation (Cross our markets and high-qual- are particularly encouraged to apply 2016, while 895 were given to Border) Bill, commonly ity manufacturing jobs.” staff, up from 360 the year known as the Customs Bill, [email protected] CLOSING DATE: before. Thursday January 18 Morning Star 4 NEWS HOME Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

CRIME Parole board chair faces a grilling over Worboys’s release by Lamiat Sabin its reasons for freeing him, Londn’s West End and Chel- given his “appalling and vile” sea. crimes. Claiming he had just scored PAROLE BOARD chairman Mr Worboys was found a big lottery win, he invited Nick Hardwick faces a grilling guilty of 19 charges of drug- the women to celebrate with from MPs on how the widely ging and sexually assaulting him by drinking champagne criticised decision to free 12 women, one of whom he — spiked with strong sedatives serial sex attacker John Wor- raped. — before sexually attacking boys was reached. But police said in 2010 that them in his taxi. Professor Hardwick apolo- his alleged victims totalled 102 The board’s decision gised “unreservedly” yester- after more people came for- sparked an outcry from char- day for the board’s failure to ward following his conviction. ities and support groups when inform two of the scores of Specialist abuse lawyer it was made public on Thurs- victims that Mr Worboys’s Richard Scorer from Slater day. release was imminent. Gordon, which represented 11 Rape Crisis South London He will be questioned about victims, said the board must chief executive Yvonne this blunder, as well as the reveal whether Mr Worboys Traynor said: “It feels far too unpopular decision to free the has admitted the crimes or soon for this dangerous and former London black cab shown remorse. manipulative perpetrator to be driver, by the Commons jus- “We are concerned he may released into the public having tice committee. have fooled the board into served this woefully short Mr Worboys was jailed believing he is no longer a time in prison.” indefinitely in 2009, with a threat,” he said. Sarah Green from the End minimum term of eight years, “For many years after he Violence Against Women Coali- for drugging and sexually was convicted, he continued to tion suggested that the decision ELECTION FRAUD assaulting female passengers. deny even the offences for to release Mr Worboys “was the Labour MP Yvette Cooper, which he was found guilty.” product of a justice system and who chairs the Commons home Many of Mr Worboys’s vic- a society that cannot and per- affairs committee, urged the tims were young women who haps will not deal with rape.” Former Ukip and Tory MP board to immediately publish had been out drinking in [email protected] given suspended sentence KURDS by Felicity Collier Mr Spink was found guilty to a nomination form for a Ukip at Southwark crown court of candidate called Lucy Parkin. Londoners two counts of electoral fraud He told police he had never A FORMER Ukip and Con- and admitted two further signed the form as he was a head to Paris servative MP has been sen- counts. Tory voter. tenced to six months’ impris- He had been accused of sub- Mr Spink has been ordered onment, suspended for two mitting false signatures on to carry out 150 hours of in memory years, after being convicted of nomination papers in April unpaid work and pay £5,000 electoral fraud. 2016, when he stood for elec- towards the prosecution costs. of PKK trio Bob Spink, who was Tory tion as the local police and James Parkin, Ukip’s elec- MP for Castle Point in Essex crime commissioner after los- tion agent at the time, was KURDISH activists will arrive for five years before defecting ing his Commons seat in 2010. found guilty of two counts of in Paris today after travelling to Ukip in 2008, was found Last month, jurors heard the same offence but not guilty from London to attend a dem- guilty of tricking elderly con- how Mr Spink had tricked “eld- of three, having already admit- onstration in memory of three stituents into signing electoral erly and infirm” voters into ted two counts. He received the women killed five years ago. forms backing local candi- signing, without making it same sentence as Mr Spink. Kurdistan Workers Party dates. clear what the forms were or None of the candidates (PKK) co-founder Sakine Can- They thought they were which party he represented. included in the former MP’s siz was among the three found signing petitions, and had no A police investigation began deception won a seat and the dead at a Kurdish community idea they were supporting the before polling day when a resi- council remained under Tory centre on January 10 2013. Ukip candidate in the local dent called Rupert Duke discov- control. She and Fiden Dogan and council elections. ered his name had been added [email protected] FRONT PAGE Leyla Saylemez had been shot in what was described as “an HUNT HAS TO GO BEFORE execution-style killing.” Turkey’s MIT intelligence service has been accused of HE DOES MORE DAMAGE involvement, with evidence WINTER/SPRING PROGRAMME linking it to the murders included in the original indict- All classes start at 7pm, £5/3, held at MML, FROM P1: He said: “The real- He backed the call for Mr ment. 37a Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU ity is that we have had eight Hunt to resign. Suspect Omer Guney was years of severe underfunding Dr O’Sullivan said: “This arrested soon after the mur- TRADE UNION, CLASS & POWER of the NHS. winter crisis is his failure, his ders but died in prison days These classes examine trade unions today, the nature of exploitation “We have had cuts to com- political crisis. The deaths and before his trial was due to and how the ruling class fights back. 30 Jan; 13&27 Feb; 13 March munity health services, we misery are the responsibility begin. This is also running as an online course commencing 30 Jan. Register here goo.gl/TaVC2q have lost 14,000 beds, we have of Theresa May’s government. In a statement, Kurdish vol- got shortages for 40,000 “We are demanding that untary group Rojwomen UK MARXIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY nurses across the NHS, and they fund more beds and more demanded justice for “our Professor Simon Mohun examine Marxian Political Economy and its Enduring Relevance today, that is why we have had to see staff now to make our NHS three revolutionary com- starting with a Marxist approach to capitalist economy. 27 March; 10&24 April; 8 May this panicked crisis measure safe again.” rades,” declaring that their to cancel people’s operations Health Campaigns Together movement was “becoming TACKLING BRITAIN’S HOUSING CRISIS this January.” and People’s Assembly are even stronger, despite Britain’s housing crisis has been increasing dramatically, as the horror of the Grenfell Tower Keep Our NHS Public co- holding an emergency demon- attempts to destroy it. disaster so tragically demonstrates. These three sessions will provide the background chair and retired paediatrician stration in London on Saturday "Anybody who is interested information that we need in order to campaign most effectively, making the arguments for Tony O’Sullivan has called on February 3. in a genuine peaceful and just alternative policies. 14&28 Feb; 28 March people to join a rally next month NHS in Crisis — Fix it Now! solution to the war in Kurdis- to protest against the govern- starts from 12pm in Gower tan and Turkey must demand Full details and registration: www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/education/upcoming-events ment’s neglect of the under- Street, WC1. the full investigation of the 020฀7253-1485฀•฀[email protected]฀ resourced health service. [email protected] Paris murders.” Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 HOME NEWS 5

STUDENTS MILTON KEYNES: The body of a man was found at a bus station in Milton Keynes yesterday. Thames Valley Police were NUS apologises called to The Coachway, near the M1 after the body was discovered. They are treating the death as after ‘forgetting’ unexplained and a formal identifi cation is yet to take place. Jewish religion by Steve Sweeney

THE National Union of Students (NUS) was forced to apologise yesterday after it failed to include Judaism as an option in a question- naire on students’ religion for the second time in six months. A Jewish student highlighted the omission on social media with a screenshot of the survey, saying the NUS was “forgetting Judaism. Again.” It showed a question sent Pic: willowbarbican/Creative Commons to all students which gave said she was “so angry” but the options Buddhist, added that she found her Christian, Hindu, Muslim, job diffi cult because “I’m Sikh, spiritual, agnostic, running an organisation atheist, any other religion that is massive.” or belief, other and prefer She said she knew what not to say. was going on in terms of An identical incident policy but not “who fi lls out occurred in July last year, forms and that kind of leading NUS president stuff.” Shakira Martin to promise Ms Martin offered no it would be dealt with and excuses for what had would not happen again. happened and agreed that However, the form sent to she should be held account- students in December able for it, saying she was appeared to be exactly the “bang to rights.” same as the July one. Apologising to Jewish Ms Martin took to students, she said: “I’m Facebook to apologise again sorry. I’m sorry if anyone yesterday, offering the felt like they weren’t “whole Jewish community” welcomed or that they were reassurances that she pushed out. Genuinely, that TRANSPORT would resolve the problem. is not my intention.” Commuting costs In a video message, she [email protected] NOTICE: IVAN BEAVIS The funeral of Ivan Beavis will take place at 1pm on Thursday, January 18, at the City of London Crematorium, Aldersbrook Road, tens of thousands Manor Park E12 5DQ No fl owers please — donations to the London workers hit for £33k in wages lost through travel time Morning Star. All welcome. Further details to follow. by Peter Lazenby RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: “These fi gures show why it is so outrageous COMMUTING to London that the private commuter rail every day costs the equivalent operators are being allowed to of tens of thousands of pounds get away with absolute murder a year in time spent travelling, when it comes to hacking back exorbitant housing costs and on safety, reliability and BOB TENNANT rising rail fares, a new study access to services in the name has found. of profi t. 6 January 1949 - 6 January 2014 The study, by price com- “Passengers are being parison website MoneySuper- fl eeced for their cash, their Market, examined the costs of price of an annual rail ticket don by rail feel they have few time and their personal wellbe- working in London suffered by and the cost of an average alternative transport options. ing in the name of corporate Tireless worker for democracy, commuters in 30 towns and yearly rental. Almost 10 per cent of rail greed and it’s no wonder that accountability and equality in the cities in the south-east. Brighton was second most travellers reported being una- the numbers supporting public Every day, 1.1 million com- expensive starting point at ble to get a seat. ownership of rail are swelling trades union movement. muters travel into the capital. £24,468.60, followed by Cam- Commuters’ travel times by the day.” The study found that those bridge at £24,265.04. varied signifi cantly, with those MoneySuperMarket con- travelling from Oxford were The best place for a London coming from Hastings facing sumer affairs expert Kevin Remembered with being hit hardest in the pocket, commuter to live was found to a one-hour, 40-minute journey, Pratt added: “By attributing a love on this day with an annual cost of be Ashford, with an annual compared with 37 minutes monetary value to the time we £33,113.28. cost of £14,164.47, followed by from Ashford. spend commuting, we can and everyday. That fi gure combines the Gillingham at £15,369.79. Annual costs increased this understand what the real cost value of time spent travelling, Other fi ndings were that an month when train operators of commuting is for those who based on the average London overwhelming 79 per cent of raised ticket prices by an aver- come to London to work.” hourly wage of £17.30 , plus the commuters who travel to Lon- age of 3.4 per cent. [email protected] Sandy, Anne and Jenni Morning Star 6 NEWS WORLD Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

FRANCE Protesters greet tyrannical Erdogan during Paris visit by Our Foreign Desk years ago — a crime Turkish Kurds who undergo a ruthless, secret agents were party to, deadly war,” the PCF declared. the French judiciary con- “MPs and mayors of the Peo- TURKISH President Recep cluded. ples’ Democratic Party [Tur- Tayyip Erdogan was met with “The meeting between key’s main opposition party] mass protests as he arrived in Macron and Erdogan consti- have had their immunity lifted, Paris yesterday. tutes a new outrage against the been removed from office and French President Emmanuel families of the victims and the now languish in jail after being Macron — who like his Turk- convicted in unfair trials. ish counterpart has sought to “Turkey’s opposition is weaken the power of parlia- silenced while gigantic purges ment and rule by decree — populate the prisons. Politics described Turkey as an has become a field of revenge “essential partner.” in which militias enjoy impu- But crowds rallied to protest nity to kill and lynch.” against his clampdown on dis- Since Mr Erdogan sur- sent, with members of vived a failed military Reporters Without Bor- coup in 2016, around ders holding pictures 50,000 people have been of jailed journalists arrested in Turkey and outside the Turkish more than twice that embassy and Kurdish number dismissed from demonstrators being public-sector jobs. driven from the gates international@peoples- of the Elysee palace by press.com police. The French Commu- nist Party (PCF) said POWER-HUNGRY the timing of the visit PAIR: French was “a provocation,” President Emmanuel as it comes a day Macron shakes hand ahead of the fifth with Turkish anniversary of the President Recep murder of three Tayyip Erdogan on Kurdish women his state visit to Paris, activists in Paris five France

TRIBUTE to UNITED STATES KEN O’SHEA US coast for sale in born Brecon March 29th 1929, died Denbigh December 26th 2017 Trump plan to let Big Oil drill at will by Our Foreign Desk nies,” a statement from the All three are Democrats, group, which includes the but on the east coast the Sierra Club, the Natural Republican governors of Mar- PRESIDENT Donald Trump Resources Defence Council yland and Florida called for has unveiled plans to rip up and the League of Conserva- their states to be removed environmental protections for tion Voters, declared. from consideration for the US coastlines and declare open “Americans have seen the sell-off. season for offshore drilling. devastation that comes from Florida’s Rick Scott called Interior Secretary Ryan offshore drilling,” said Diane for an immediate meeting with From left: Ken O’Shea, Ricky Tomlinson, Des Warren and Terry Renshaw Zinke’s announcement on Hoskins, campaigns director Mr Zinke to discuss his con- Thursday involves the sale of of marine conservation group cerns. Ken’s funeral takes place 47 leases which open up 90 per Oceana. But the oil industry warmly The oldest of the striking building workers Shrewsbury at St Joseph’s Church, 24 flying pickets. A victim of the 1973 show trials. Denbigh LL16 3NS at cent of US offshore reserves “Will we allow Florida’s welcomed the proposal. to corporate exploitation. white beaches to share a sim- National Ocean Industries Lifelong campaigner for Justice. 2pm Monday January 8th followed by cremation at It would end a block on drill- ilar fate? What about the sce- Association president Randall ing on the Atlantic and Pacific nic Pacific coast or even Luthi said the plan would “kick Ken faced minor charges at Mold Crown Court along- Mochdra, near Rhos on Sea coasts implemented by Barack remote Arctic waters?” off a national discussion” side 11 others and was fined £50. Weeks later with the and a reception at Denbigh Rugby Club. Obama’s administration in 2016. Governors of coastal states which had been lacking in the Shrewsbury 24 he was tried again on dubious evidence Politicians and environmen- were also up in arms, with the past. for conspiracy. At those hearings in Shrewsbury Crown tal campaigners immediately leaders of California, Oregon The news comes less than a Court six of the pickets were given custodial prison sen- Commemorative messages, and memories e-mailed to denounced the plans for ignor- and Washington on the west week after the Trump govern- tences — Des Warren, Ricky Tomlinson, John McKinnie ing scientific evidence of the coast saying jointly: ment said it would ditch the Jones, Arthur Murray, Brian Williams and Mike Pierce. [email protected] will be passed to the family. degradation of ocean habitats. “For more than 30 “unnecessary burden” of Ken got a suspended jail sentence. They would cause “severe years our shared coast- rules requiring extra The 19th century Tolpuddle Martyr “conspirators” are CONSTRUCTION SAFETY and unacceptable harm” to the line has been pro- safety inspections rightly remembered. The Six Men of Dorset were par- CAMPAIGN, BLACKLIST oceans around the Americas, tected from further brought in after the doned and freed within two years. For 45 years justice SUPPORT GROUP, a coalition of more than 60 federal drilling and Deepwater Horizon rig green groups charged. we’ll do whatever it explosion of 2010, and the demands for all the convictions of Ken and his RANK & FILE BUILDING “These ocean waters are not takes to stop this which killed 11 work- 1972 Comrades should be quashed have been ignored. WORKERS, SHREWSBURY 24 CAMPAIGN President Trump’s (pictured) reckless, short- ers and sparked the To his dying day Ken’s farewell to visitors was: personal playground. They s i g h t e d biggest offshore oil Campaigning together. belong to all Americans and action.” spill in US history. “We put up a fight, didn’t we? We are going to win you Fighting together for the public wants them pre- international@peoples- know. We are going to defeat those bastards.” Justice ...without which served and protected, not sold press.com there will be no Peace. off to multinational oil compa- Star Comment:p8 Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 WORLD NEWS 7

IRAN OPPOSITION SILENCED: Reporters without Borders activists hold up stencil images representing the faces of imprisoned Turkish journalists during a protest to coincide US sanctions Iran for with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to France ‘arming Houthis’ Washington says measures unrelated to mass protests in Iran

by Our Foreign Desk PROTEST: Pro- government THE United States slapped protesters burn a sanctions on fi ve subsidiaries drawing of the US of Iran’s Defence Ministry fl ag in Tehran, Iran, yesterday as the war of words as the US slaps more between Washington and sanctions on the Tehran escalated. Middle Eastern The sanctions are related to country allegations that the subsidiar- ies are involved in the produc- tion of ballistic missiles used by Houthi rebels in the Yemen war, and are unconnected to the wave of protests that has swept Iran over the past week. The US says Iran is the main sponsor of the Houthi move- ment, whose takeover of broke out last Thursday over access generally” and cut restraint and tolerance” with Yemen in 2015 prompted a widespread poverty and unem- access to some areas and net- which the government had murderous Saudi assault on ployment, and included calls works completely in order to responded, according to Inte- the country in which the US for an end to theocratic rule. impede the spread of unrest via rior Minister Abdolreza Rah- and Britain have supplied The communist Tudeh Party social media. On Thursday it mani Fazli. weaponry used in air raids on of Iran says some of the deaths announced that all unregistered But more protests — includ- hospitals and schools. were “false fl ag” killings by mobile phones would be denied ing some involving tens of The sanctions came after government agents to justify connection to the internet. thousands of people — were Iranian Prosecutor-General a heavier crackdown, and a The Interior Ministry breaking out on Thursday Mohammad Jafar Montazeri source in the party told the placed the total number of night, according to the Tudeh claimed the anti-government Morning Star over 1,000 peo- participants in anti-govern- Party source, though they demonstrations were instigated ple have been arrested — ment protests at 42,000 and acknowledged that the “deploy- by the CIA, with the aim of around half in Tehran — for said the biggest single rally ment of the most brutal mili- GERMANY turning them into an armed involvement in the protests. involved 1,500 people. tiamen and thugs” to the insurrection against the Islamic At the same time, the govern- The size and duration of the streets to crush the protests Republic by mid-February. ment has organised major pro- protests, which it said were was beginning to stifl e the Mammoth walkouts to hit At least 21 people have been regime demonstrations, “sig- drawing to a close, were testi- upsurge. metal industries next week killed in the protests, which nifi cantly slowed internet mony to the “leniency, [email protected]

GERMANY’S biggest union is “provocation” by Porsche works planning to expand walkouts council leader Uwe Hueck. ARGENTINA in the country’s metal and “The metal and engineering engineering industries next industry has never before week following a thousands- made so much profi t,” he said. Cop indicted strong strike by car workers “That’s why there’s only one on Thursday. appropriate response: warning in activist’s The IG Metall union is strikes.” demanding a 6 per cent pay The strikes are termed “warn- death gets rise for around 3.9 million ing strikes” as they take place workers in the metals and ahead of the next round of pay promotion engineering sectors, including negotiations on January 11. the German car industry. Workers for the Porsche THE only police offi cer Bosses are only prepared to division of car giant Volkswa- indicted over the suspi- offer 2 per cent, plus a one-off gen walked out for an hour on cious death of indigenous €200 (£180) payment in the fi rst Thursday, with 2,500 rallying rights activist Santiago quarter — a stance derided as a in Stuttgart. Maldonado in Argentina has been promoted. Mr Maldonado was last seen alive when he was MEXICO arrested at a demonstration against developers taking land belonging to the Senators to challenge indigenous Mapuche people on August 1. new security law in court His body was found 78 days later in the Chubut MEXICAN senators are taking houses are gathering signatures river. An autopsy con- their fi ght against an authori- for a court appeal which will say cluded that he had died of tarian new security law to the the new law violates three arti- hypothermia while he country’s supreme court. cles of the Mexican constitution. “remained underwater.” The Law on Internal Secu- The Mexican army is widely Offi cer Emmanuel rity, passed by the lower and distrusted, being implicated in Echazu, who was involved upper houses last month, gives the deaths of 43 students who in the crack down on the the army the right to usurp law went missing in the southwest- Mapuche protest, was enforcement responsibilities ern city of Iguala in 2014 and included in a list of in areas of “unrest” — a move accused of links to murderous offi cers to be promoted. campaigners believe is linked drug-traffi cking gangs. The Security Ministry to President Enrique Pena Human rights groups have said on Wednesday that Nieto’s determination to warned that the legislation ICE AND FIRE: Five buildings were destroyed Firefi ghters struggled to tackle the blaze, the ongoing investigation secure victory in this year’s could allow the army to carry by a huge wind-fuelled fi re in the city of which also gutted several cars and spread to provided “no impedi- elections by means fair or foul. out greater abuses while giv- Newark in New Jersey, US, yesterday after a powerlines, due to freezing temperatures ment” to his promotion. Opposition members of both ing troops immunity. blaze broke out in an abandoned building. and icy roads. Morning Star 8 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

ABOVE: A woman holds up a sign reading ‘Free Ahed’ at a protest in Paris, France, demanding the release of 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi who was arrested last week in Palestine and could face a 10-year prison sentence for ‘attacking’ Israeli officers LEFT: Visitors walk past a wire fence decorated with ribbons wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea Struggle on The best photos from the week’s Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 FEATURES 9

ABOVE: Palestinians use slingshots during ABOVE: Peruvians protest against the pardoning of murderous former clashes in the West Bank city of Ramallah president Alberto Fujimori while holding signs with images of people following the latest round of protests disappeared during his decade of rule. Mr Fujimori was serving a 25-year term against US President Donald Trump’s for human rights abuses and sanctioning death squads decision to recognise Jerusalem as the BELOW: Iranian men protest in Berlin, Germany, against the oppressive Iranian the streets capital city of Israel government near its German embassy protests around the world

LEFT: Congolese boys walk past burning tyres during a protest against the refusal of President Joseph Kabila to step down after his mandate ended last year. Seven protesters were killed by security forces during the Catholic-organised demonstrations in the capital Kinshasa BELOW: Dalit women block the road in Mumbai, India, where many protests erupted against the killing of a man belonging to the low-caste community by a group of far-right Hindus Morning Star 10 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

Cartoon: Citizen Chicane AUSTERITY The NHS crisis stems from Conservative neglect

HERESA MAY’S boast that shadow health secretary Jonathan lapped up by parts of the Tory-sup- Additionally, Tory austerity esca- the NHS was the best pre- Ashworth put it: “The reality is we porting media who want to convince lates the pressures on the NHS and pared it’s ever been was by Ken see hospitals at full capacity, ambu- people a better Britain with properly social care, due to an increase in totally discredited by this lances backed up, cancelled opera- funded public services isn’t possible, inequality and poverty. week’s NHS England stats Livingstone tions and patients waiting for hours the reality is that the NHS is now To give one shocking example, the Twhich revealed the true and shock- Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt on trolleys.” approaching the eighth year of des- number of hospital beds taken up by ing scale of the NHS winter crisis, should hang their heads in shame, We now know that over 75,000 perate underfunding caused by the patients being treated for malnutri- confirming the worst fears of but instead they continually refuse patients have been left languishing cuts from the Con-Dem and then the tion has trebled in recent years. patients and staff. to admit that their underfunding and in the back of ambulances this winter, Tory governments. With the NHS facing the biggest The figures are astonish- cuts have left our health service sometimes waiting well in excess of The results of Tory austerity in financial squeeze in its history — and ing for a government that more vulnerable than ever before. 12 hours in packed hospital corridors. the NHS have been very real — to as a result staff vacancies reaching claims to be a friend of As with so many other issues, from Additionally, in recent weeks give just some examples, there have 100,000 — we are all facing the con- the NHS. police cuts to their failed welfare there has been the suspension of been thousands of beds cut from the sequences of the Tories’ failure when Both PM May and “reforms,” the sanctions for mixed-sex accommoda- NHS since 2010 and the numbers of it comes to the NHS. Tories are tion breaches, others are waiting in days lost to delayed discharge are In contrast during its general elec- refusing to pain and anguish because their up by 50 per cent since 2010. tion campaign Labour pledged to accept that scheduled operation has had to be Labour also recently revealed that give the NHS the funding it requires cuts have con- cancelled. the number of people spending the and to join up services in a holistic sequences. Alongside these developments, Christmas period stuck in hospital due approach with a properly integrated As Labour’s half of children’s intensive care units to “delayed transfer of care” nearly health and social care service. were dangerously full with Labour doubled between 2010 and 2016. Despite what some Tories say a research showing that In the period The latter problem of delayed proper funding of healthcare is pos- between December 18 and 24 over transfers of care is directly attribut- sible — Germany, for example, one-third of England’s children’s able to the cuts imposed by the spends £23bn more than Britain on care units were 100 per cent full Tories, including in terms of social its health service every year. without a single spare bed. care where there is an ever-deepen- Tory MP Sarah Wollaston rightly Experts argue that to run a chil- ing crisis accompanying the one in said this week the government needs dren’s care unit above 85 per cent the NHS. to get a grip of the NHS crisis. To occupancy places patient safety The cuts to local authorities since do this they will need to properly at significant risk. 2010 will have seen reductions in fund the public services — if not, After what the Red Cross social care budgets of £6.3 billion they should make way for a Labour called a “humanitarian crisis” by March 2018, alongside a 26 per government that will secure the in the NHS last winter, the cent drop (some 400,000 people) in future of our NHS. extent of this winter’s crisis has the numbers of older people receiv- not come as a surprise to many ing publicly funded care. nYou can follow Ken at www.twitter. who work In healthcare. In total, one in 10 people over 50 com/Ken4London and www.face- Despite some Tory spin, not having their care needs met. book.com/KenLivingstoneOfficial Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 FEATURES 11

RACISM There’s only one response should Trump visit Britain We have to get on the streets and oppose the US President’s attempts to whip up race hatred, says SABBY DHALU

OR anyone on the receiving people from six Muslim-majority than simply mobilising against the end of the enormous rise countries is a clear attempt to deliver pantomime villain he seems happy in hate crime over the last on his election promise of a “total to play. As Trump’s actions embolden 18 months, the question of and complete shutdown” of Muslims and strengthen racism, fascism, whether Donald Trump entering the US. Following the Islamophobia, anti-semitism, sexism, visits Britain is not an Supreme Court ruling allowing homophobia and disablism, our mobi- abstractF debate. enforcement of the ban, anti-racists lisations against him must form part At a time when the most high- in Britain stand in full solidarity of a wider and united struggle to profile politician in the world is fla- with those in the US seeking to pre- defeat them. grantly promoting racist lies to whip vent this outrage from coming into Following Trump’s initial attempt up anti-Muslim hatred, the prospect effect. to reinforce the Muslim ban, tens of of his visit poses the clear danger As Brendan Cox succinctly thousands of people took to the of a further spike in violent persecu- pointed out following Trump’s streets in Britain to join the thou- tion and harassment. retweets: “Trump has legitimised sands in airports and cities across Whether it is the full state visit the far right in his own country, now the US protesting against it and it British and US government sources he’s trying to do it in ours.” was then stopped in the courts. insist will take place “at some stage,” The poignancy of the fact that The following March, over 30,000 or a “working visit” to open the US Brendan’s wife Jo, an MP and a pro- people took to the streets for the embassy in February as recently refugee campaigner, was murdered March Against Racism which com- reported, there can be no doubt that by a fascist terrorist heard by wit- bined opposition to Trump’s racism Trump will use the opportunity to nesses to have shouted: “Britain with solidarity towards migrants and spread hatred and division in person first” while launching the attack was refugees and opposition to the rise as well as on his Twitter profile. abundantly clear to all. in racism, Islamophobia and anti- The recent disgraceful retweets Trump has emboldened and semitism. of videos distributed by the fascist allowed to grow a layer of vicious The annual demonstration for UN Britain First were just one example racist and white-supremacist fascist Anti-Racism Day, organised by Stand in a series of pointed attempts to groups and individuals intent on re- Up To Racism, forms the basis of a demonise Muslims and cosy up to establishing racist laws and reviving powerful alliance against racism, the far right. the kind of violent racism many including a broad range of politi- After the tweets were debunked thought had ended with the civil cians, trade unions, faith groups and as lies by sources including the rights movement. The effect of this campaigns. Dutch embassy, the White House is not confined to the borders of the claimed that this didn’t matter at all. US. s Trump and his allies In a chilling statement, press secre- The far right in Britain has failed in Europe pursue an tary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: to achieve the success of its Euro- increasingly vicious “Whether it’s a real video, the threat pean counterparts, largely because racist agenda, this is real … the threat needs to be of the unwavering united campaign year’s march will take addressed and the threat has to be against them and the racism they place in cities across the talked about and that’s what the feed on. Through the work of Unite world,A showing the depth and size president is doing in bringing that Against Fascism and others, they of the global anti-racist movement up.” were defeated electorally and on the and providing hope that this wave These tweets contained acts by streets through the mobilisation of of hate can be turned back. people who falsely claimed to be all those opposed to fascism and If the campaign to keep Trump Muslim — there can be no doubt that their racist lies were debunked wher- out of Britain is ignored and he is the “threat” here refers to Muslims ever they were spouted. allowed in, as well as taking serious directly. Trump had previously However, the rise of racist and account of the damage his visit will tweeted false claims that the rise in Islamophobic hate crimes and the cause, anti-racists will take to the violent crime in Britain was due to growth of the Football Lads Alliance streets to say Trump is not welcome Muslims. indicate there is no room for com- here. In reality, hate crimes on Muslims placency. The presence of the US and others soared for a sustained president, who is directly promoting n You can pledge to join the demon- four-month period after terrorist racism while equivocating on fas- stration against Trump if he comes incidents this year — peaking at over cism — as he did in Charlottesville at bit.ly/standuptotrump and get the 6,000 in June 2017 — higher than the — is a major threat. It will be wel- latest news from Stand Up to Trump previous peak of 5,500 in July 2016 comed by all fascists and racists. at twitter.com/Standup2TrumpUK after the EU referendum. This means that opposition to and facebook.com/Standup2Trump Cartoon: BILLY B Meanwhile, Trump’s travel ban on Trump must take a sharper form UK. Morning Star 12 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 Star EDUCATION Comment Aspiration is not th There are no jobs on a dead planet, Trump white boys are failin HITE working-class LET’S be absolutely clear: nearly all known fossil boys are being left For 30 years an educational apartheid ha fuel reserves must be kept in the ground if we’re behind at school. to stand any chance of avoiding complete climate And a major reason catastrophe. W is that they come and girls of all ethnicities in Britain, writes Three years ago, top scientists put the proportion from families and of oil, coal and gas reserves that must go unburned communities that are “without a cul- at 75 per cent. ture of formal education” and lacking The figure is surely higher now given the minus- in “aspiration.” cule progress made in ditching the use of them and The headline is from two years ago. the gigantic corporations that are still steaming So is the quote, which is from Tristram ahead with exploration. Hunt. At the time he was Labour MP Scientists said then: “2015 is a decisive moment. for Stoke-on-Trent Central, a constit- The window to navigate ourselves free from a ‘be- uency that typifies much of deindus- yond 2°C future’ is barely open. trialised and impoverished Britain. It’s the last chance to navigate ourselves towards He went on to abandon representing a desired future.” those working-class constituents to take up a lucrative post as director of Three years later and the world’s governments the Victoria and Albert Museum in — primarily the richest ones, including our own London. — have blown it. Underachievement of white work- So little action was taken for so long that we no ing-class pupils, boys in particular, longer have the luxury of “business as usual.” has been a recurrent theme for a dec- ade and a half. So have all sorts of HIH mistaken analyses and prescriptions. Donald Trump’s decision to open the US coastline Unfortunately, Labour shadow educa- to oil and gas drilling is worse than inaction. It is tion secretary Angela Rayner this climate arson. It is a clarion call to the four horse- week echoed some of those errors. men. She later clarified her remarks, but Trump and his corporate sponsors will bleat all this is what she had to say in an inter- day and all night about an economic renaissance view: “I think it’s because as we’ve and celebrate the start of a “national discussion” tried to deal with some of the issues around race and women’s agendas, where the only topic is “how fast?” around tackling some of the discrim- They cynically exploit the plight of workers in ination that’s there, it has actually had the fossil fuel industries — such as the coalminers a negative impact on the food chain Trump is supposedly so fond of — thrown on the for white working [class] boys. scrapheap by profit-obsessed big business. “They have not been able to adapt. They shout: “Jobs! Jobs!” when the only motive Culturally, we are not telling them that is profit. they need to learn and they need to There are no jobs on a dead planet. aspire.” monitoring regime of the last 20 years, narrowed. But it remained persistently And we are certainly headed that way. Witness That class inequality is the single few attempt to measure social class high for poor white students. the storms battering western Europe, with the biggest determinant of educational directly. The overall improvement is a testa- Netherlands closing the gigantic Maeslantkering outcomes is beyond dispute. Nearly Most of them use some proxy for ment to teachers who have had to bat- flood barrier for the first time in a decade — com- half a century on from the educational class — usually entitlement to free “ Education tle with endless tinkering with the pletely severing Europe’s largest port, Rotterdam, revolution to create a meritocratic school meals. While that provides needs system by a revolving door of educa- from the sea. society promised by the Labour gov- some measure of reality, it is far from tion secretaries. It has led to the “neo- Or, in Trump’s own country, look at Alaska — near ernments of Harold Wilson and James adequate. Some 13 per cent of school revolution, a liberalisation” of education, with mar- the Arctic — which is currently hotter than Florida Callaghan, the British education sys- students are poor enough to qualify ket mechanisms eating into the com- and the northernmost weather station is warming tem remains the most class differen- for free school meals. But around 60 fundamental prehensive system that had proved so so quickly that scientists’ computer systems thought tiated in the industrialised world. per cent of people say they are work- effective. it was a sensor malfunction. The figures are flattered by consid- ing class. attack on And now there is an unprecedented ering only the state sector. And that Education researchers have funding crisis and an exodus from the HIH encourages a view of the impact of recently warned that with the rise of class privilege teaching profession. social class on education and life precarious work and in-work poverty, But why the more starkly pro- Over here, there have been some positive signs. chances that ignores the wealthiest, free school meals eligibility is no and a point nounced gap for children from white Last year, “low-carbon” sources (including ludi- leaving comparisons between the mid- longer even a good measure of absolute blank refusal working-class families? crously expensive and toxic nuclear power) gener- dle and working classes. poverty in Britain. The serious research is ongoing and ated half of the UK’s electricity. When the private schools are fac- It is not just the poorest one in eight to play the mixed. But there are strong and com- But it’d be a serious error to conclude that Britain’s tored in, where the 7 per cent of chil- children who face educational disad- mon conclusions. And none of them climate policy is on the right track. dren from the richest families are vantage. It is all working-class chil- game of the supports the idea that the problem is The Tories’ scrapping of subsidies means that new educated, the effect of social class on dren in Britain — boys and girls and either a cultural “lack of aspiration” renewables are dependent on whether they make educational outcomes is even more of all ethnicities. last 30 years or that white boys have been the vic- a profit for their private owners — while the govern- extreme. Unless we start from that funda- tims of efforts to address the particu- ment is happy to dish out billions of pounds in sub- The educational apartheid is grow- mental reality we cannot understand of pitching lar disadvantage faced by minority sidies for nuclear and tax giveaways for fossil fuel ing. More of those very few who have the statistics about sub-groups, such ethnic students and girls. companies. done well in the crisis years are send- as “white working class boys,” and the the have-little White working-class children start And the dip in car sales — most pronounced for ing their children to private schools. often highly ideological claims about against the school with lower educational meas- diesels — is likely to prompt vehicle-makers into State schools across England and them. ures than the better off. The Sure Start the usual corporate response: job cuts and a propa- Wales, meanwhile face a real-terms The reality is that on the narrow have-less ” scheme did something to improve that. ganda blitz. cut in funding. measure of “five good GCSEs” all cat- The Tory government is destroying We must have a co-ordinated, planned response So much of the commentary on the egories improved up until recently. it. — an industrial strategy that provides well-paid, English education system ignores this That includes white working-class But those children do have “aspira- skilled jobs doing the long-delayed work to pull us reality. But to do so is the equivalent boys eligible for free school meals. tions” in life — hopes and dreams, and back from the edge of the abyss. of imagining the key divide in British They went up from 15 per cent to 32 they advance in primary schools at Hoping that the whims of the capitalist class will society as between a nurse (profes- per cent “good GCSEs.” It’s just that the same rate as others. If there were work out for our society and our species is a deadly sional) and an “unskilled” building among white students not on free a “culture without aspiration” then its gamble; Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun. worker. school meals the improvement was impact would be apparent then. It is It’s not the only distortion. Amid the greater. not. We must refuse to play along with their game. welter of education statistics, gener- The gap between poor minority eth- The second widely accepted factor ated by the high-pressure testing and nic students and those “better off” is that, as a report by the Sutton Trust Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 FEATURES 13 the reason iling school has affected working-class boys es KEVIN OVENDEN effort put into improving education in London. In much of the country the result has been only profiteering acad- emies. As the National Education RAILWAYS Union says, they tend to “improve results” by selecting for the already better-performing students. Rarely noted is the fact that the more truly comprehensive the social intake of a school, the better all stu- Who would put a price tag dents — boys and girls, all classes and ethnicities — do. And the gaps between them are narrower. There is a complex set of reasons for differential educational outcomes. on passenger safety? But they tend to point back to the structure of our society and of the imposition of those free-market nos- Merseyrail’s fleet is in need of replacing. But trums on the education system. Dam- age that has been going on for 40 years. it must keep the guards, writes TOM BALL They do not point to a failure of aspiration, nor to some zero-sum game T HAS been over a year now It is the third scenario that is most will be safer, as is claimed by those in which we ignore the vast concentra- since Liverpool gave the green alarming in the potential future of who back them. tion of wealth at the top and imagine light to a new £460 million fleet guard-less trains. A small black camera in the corner that an advance for one group of work- of trains for the Merseyrail To be the victim of street-crime of each carriage is what Merseyrail ing people must come at the expense network. But the city is still is an ordeal; to be the victim of envisages as a viable replacement of another. reeling from the fallout of that crime in a sealed container with no for a guard. Which, in the case of a And BAME school leavers find Idecision. way of escape is an ordeal magni- stalled train or a trapped passenger quickly enough that in most of the As 2018 arrives, so too does a fied. And in Merseyside, an area on the platform, is just about conceiv- labour market they face persistent fresh year of strike action by work- ranked by the Home Office as one able (if you accept the somewhat racial discrimination. Girls, mean- ers on the city’s rail network whose of Britain’s 10 most crime-ridden ludicrous situation of the driver then while, have a lifetime of the gender livelihoods are under threat from areas, it isn’t uncommon. having to leave the cab to go and sort pay gap to look forward to. the incoming fleet. In the words of one striker who out the problem themselves). found, it is not only family deprivation To see the problem as some antago- Along with workers on six other took to Twitter with an open letter But in instances when someone is that is a problem. It is significantly nism between white and ethnic minor- train-operating companies across entitled Why I Am Striking, anti- behaving threateningly or violently compounded by living in an area, town ity students, or boys and girls, is to Britain (who are also set to strike social behaviour onboard Mer- as the train is mid-chug — what is or city that is also marked by depriva- imagine that by cutting the budget this month) Merseyrail’s 217 train seyrail trains is “not uncommon.” there that a driver, armed only with tion. from Hackney schools it will improve guards are taking industrial action They wrote: “The amount of times a CCTV set, can feasibly do, while Former Ofsted chief Sir Michael those in Hartlepool. It will not. The in opposition to plans that will see vulnerable people have been on my also trying to keep the train on the Wilshaw noted that poverty in Britain issue is attacking the enormous priv- their jobs effectively wiped out. train and needed assistance. I tracks? is not synonymous with “inner city ilege at Harrow School and its grasp Set to come into operation in 2020, always think of these people as my Merseyrail says that the new areas.” It is now acute in once reason- upon the whole society. these new Swiss-built trains are, daughter, brother or grandmother.” trains will be safer than the old ones ably off coastal, rural and former One of the most compelling features according to their manufacturers British Transport Police (BTP) because the “new trains will have no industrial towns. of the Labour manifesto last year Liverpool transport authority and figures, obtained under the Freedom ‘mind the gap’ or awkward step,” yet These are now places of genera- launched by Jeremy Corbyn was the the half-Dutch-state-owned Mer- of Information Act, show this to be it brushes over the issue of crime tional unemployment, low pay and commitment to a National Education seyrail, “state of the art” for the true. entirely. shattered dreams. The Thatcher-Blair Service. reason that they can be run entirely Since 2012, there have been When faced with the BTP figures, promise of turning somewhere like The echo of the National Health by the driver — without, supposedly, almost 900 crimes reported on Mer- Merseyrail failed to respond, but it the banks of the River Don in York- Service, which he also promised to any need for a guard. seyrail trains. What’s more, over one has said that it will endeavour to put shire into a silicon valley is today a “renationalise” is evident. There are few who would deny in four of those were deemed violent, “on-board assistants” on trains after bitter joke. But perhaps we can do even better that the current 40-year-old fleet is ranging from lesser offences such 8pm, despite the fact that the RMT A generation ago it was plausible to than that. A revolution in education. in need of replacing. But at what as common assault, to the much says 72 per cent of all crimes in the say that if you got on in school or went That means a fundamental attack on price? more serious crime of grievous bod- last year were carried out before that to university you would get on in life. class privilege and a point blank While Merseyrail bosses claim ily harm. time. Not now. And predictably the trebling refusal to play the game of the last 30 the new trains will be “modern, safe, Compared with the national aver- “You moan about fare increases, of tuition fees led almost immediately years of pitching the have-little fast and comfortable,” there are age of just 18 per cent of railway about delays and about overcrowd- to a fall in the poorest students apply- against the have-less. glaring arguments to the contrary. crimes being classed as violent, the ing,” says Bernadette Kendall one ing for university. We need good and useful jobs. But This isn’t just a dispute about job proportion of violent crime in Liv- morning while waiting for the com- The relatively better achievement education should be a right, not a losses, or money, or politics — it’s erpool is uncommonly high. But it muter train into the city. of poor ethnic minority children is privilege, nor merely an instrument about safety. The fundamental role would likely be higher were it not “But really, in the end, you want almost wholly accounted for by the for economic activity. of a guard is to keep passengers for the presence of guards on board to be safe and you want to know that big cities — London especially. The Two of the interventions by Jeremy safe. trains. you’re going to make it home in one capital is bitterly class divided. But it Corbyn last year that I think most On a smooth-running journey the Guards act as a deterrent to anti- piece every evening. That’s the pri- is possible to hold out some hope that captured people’s imaginations were only task you will see the guard per- social behaviour. And in instances ority.” if you work hard at school you will get these. forming is the opening and closing where a disturbance is already As it stands, that doesn’t seem to a decent job in what remains one of Every child should have the broad- of doors. But what happens if the underway, a guard prevents a minor be the priority of Merseyrail, or any the centres of the world economy. est curriculum and be able to learn a train comes to a standstill? If some- scuffle developing into a full-blown other of the train-operating compa- And white working-class boys do musical instrument. And there will be one was to trip and trap themselves assault. Currently, only around 30 nies whose workers will be taking better in London than elsewhere. no more forgotten towns and cities. between the doors? Or worse still, per cent of violent offences on Mer- to the picket lines this month. That is not so for large numbers of Those are the principles that ought if a passenger was to find themselves esyrail trains result in injury to the Because as it stands, the price of young people in somewhere like Har- to guide a radical education policy the victim of crime? The guard is victim. guard’s salary is being played off tlepool. also, in the interests of all children, responsible for dealing with all of It’s difficult to see how the pro- against the price of a safe journey Additionally, despite the many hare- above all of the working class — girls these possibilities. posed guard-less trains of the future home. brained schemes there was some and boys, black and white. Morning Star 14 FEATURES Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

25 days COMMIE CHEF The Quizmaster with William Sitwell 1. Which of these was a group of expressionist Test your left artists: Le Pont, Die Brücke or Most? FIGHTING general Mushroom 2. The Other Garden is the title of the only novel knowledge by a British socialist writer who has just died. Who with our daily was he? quiz – and see FUND if you can beat cream sauce 3. Which part of the caraway plant is used as food? The HIS is a delicious — if we simply think of as ordi- Answers on Monday… Quizmaster… rather calorifi c! — nary mushrooms. sauce which goes well The problem is they were with a whole range of marked “Product of Poland”. ■ Yesterday’s answers foods.T This may shed light on why YOU’VE RAISED As a vegetarian I tend to many people who aren’t hys- 1. The abbreviation ‘cf’ used in WE STILL NEED serve it just as it comes, with terical xenophobes voted for dictionaries means what? a baked potato and a green Brexit. Compare (from Latin confer) vegetable such as broccoli, They weren’t even any 2. What type of invertebrate is £5,229 £12,771 but you might like also to try cheaper than the locally- a “zilla”? A spider, which is it with white fi sh. grown varieties, which was found in Britain (right) THE fi rst weekend after all loss last week of our fund- Mushrooms were the life- always the justifi cation for a 3. Which of these two reser- blood of the French village in single European market. the joviality of Christmas and raiser extraordinaire, who no voirs holds more water: which I live for many, many It’s now so cheap to move ringing in the New Year can doubt would have been Kielder Water or Rutland years. Now, all the mushroom goods hundreds of miles be diffi cult fi nancially. But proud of the amount our Water? Kielder Water producers have closed — bar across the continent in pollut- our Fighting Fund donors readers raised yesterday. one which had the bright idea ing trucks, driven by under- somehow managed to fi nd A big thank you as ever to of diversifying and going for paid workers often forced to Pic: Michael Hohner/Creative some spare dosh. the standing orders crew, the tourist market. sleep and eat in their cabs, Commons Thanks to generous dona- who provided £166. They now offer tours of the that it adds very little to pro- tions of our wonderful readers Readers in London, Bedale abandoned underground duction costs. and supporters, who sent in and Cardiff also reached in quarries in which they grow a grand total of £610.51 yes- their pockets and handed a range of mushrooms, as well terday, the Morning Star lives over the roundly fi gure of as a sculpted “underground village.” Mushrooms alone Sudoku Intermediate to fi ght another weekend. £50 each to the Fund’s cof- are no longer suffi ciently prof- We gratefully received a fers. itable, but then at least one touching donation of £200 Cheers to the donor in local supermarket sells pack- from a couple in South York- Borehamwood who procided ages marked “Champignons shire who said: “The best £20 for the Star. de Paris” (Paris mushrooms), thing we can do for Ivan is to Topping off the day were which for historical reasons surpass the £18,000 this several off erings of £10, £5, is what the French call what month.” (a beautifully specifi c dona- Another couple in Leipzig, tion of) £2.51 and £1 from Germany, of all places also undisclosed locations Ingredients donated £50 in cash also in throughout the world. ■ Medium onion, diced ■ 125ml/4½fl oz white memory of the well missed A massive thank you to all ■ 2-4 cloves garlic, to wine Mr Beavis. who donated. The Star sa- taste, crushed or grated ■ 250ml/9fl oz double We are all saddened by the lutes you. ■ 450g/1lb button cream mushrooms, sliced ■ tbsp olive oil ■ stock cube You can give by… POST Payable to PPFF to: Fighting Fund, What to do 52 Beachy Road, London E3 2NS Fry the fi rst three ingredi- rooms to absorb almost all PHONE From 10am-5pm on (020) 8510-0815 ents gently in the olive oil of the wine before you add for around eight minutes, the crumbled stock cube. ONLINE At morningstaronline.co.uk/support stirring often — don’t allow Turn down the heat to low them to brown. again and add the cream. WEEKEND WEATHER Add the wine, turn up the Simmer for 10 minutes Snow showers max 3°C heat and allow the mush- and serve immediately. Solution on Monday… ABERDEEN Sat Sun Sunny max 0°C BIRMINGHAM Sat Cloudy max 5°C Crossword 1,220 set by Alamet Sun Sunny max 4°C CARDIFF Sat Cloudy max 6°C ACROSS DOWN Sun Sunny max 5°C 1. Solo after study misses fi rst 1. Menage a trois – general EDINBURGH Sat Cloudy max 3°C sign of fi xer for improvement learnt it by stealth (7,8) Sun Sunny max 0°C (11) 2. One leaves sweet stuff at the 9. Person making one cross in harbour (5) GLASGOW Sat Sunny max 3°C set turning carbon to gold (7) 3. Managed to put up price and Sun Sunny max 1°C 10. On holiday having raw mate- deliver account (7) LIVERPOOL Sat Sunny max 5°C rial to fi x (7) 4. Serious audience gets home 11. After mother’s ruin and lager (7) Sun Sunny max 4°C mix end binge with soft drink 5. Tease May terribly, she’s a LONDON Sat Cloudy max 6°C (6,3) sitting duck (4,4) Sun Partly cloudy max 6°C 12. Low quarters for beast (5) 6. Love being part of African 13. see 19 country in the red beret out to MANCHESTER Sat Partly cloudy max 5°C 14. Foremost friend’s second to confuse – it’s unbelievable! Sun Sunny max 4°C go off to ride a horse (10) (3,4,2,2,4) NEWCASTLE Sat Light showers max 5°C 16. Where you might fi nd queen 7. Single pair at end no good to hornet buzzing about heath omit constant from article to Sun Partly cloudy max 4°C (6,4) some extent (6) NORWICH Sat Cloudy max 6°C 19, 13. Left terrible place with a 8. Get rid of key (6) Sun Sunny max 5°C sea view? (8) 15. Want to be in fortress PLYMOUTH Sat Cloudy max 6°C 21. Search for sign (5) seriously involved (4,4) 22. Junior offi cer could possibly 16. Time to take a line from Sun Sunny max 5°C run stable (9) Roman artist (6) SHEFFIELD Sat Partly cloudy max 5°C 17. Favour pink in gallery but 24. Add to a note American Sun Sunny max 4°C agents held (7) not a... 25. Nurse will endlessly annoy 18. ...scrap in test on road (7) SOUTHAMPTON Sat Cloudy max 6°C hanger-on (7) 20. Mess with model fi sh (6) Sun Partly cloudy max 6°C 26. Repel siege? I mistakenly 23. We’re told game is close to display roguishness (11) losing quarter of the moon (5) Outlook: The good news is that the sun makes a welcome return practically all over this island. The bad news, however, is that temperatures drop to around Solution on Monday… 5°C or below, so do keep well-wrapped up when venturing out. Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 FEATURES 15

OPINION It’s time to devolve power away from Westminster ELF-DETERMINATION, ish VAT and prevent the super- rights of secession and DAVID MORGAN reports on the aims of the newly exploitation of migrant workers. inalienable democratic For these reasons we are establish- rights are all crucial prin- launched Campaign for a Progressive Federal Future ing the Campaign for a Progressive ciples in the struggle for Federal Future to bring together pro- national independence. gressive forces that feel able to unite SBut, as Lenin pointed out, insisting RADICAL IN FORM, RADICAL around these fi ve principles of pro- on a right to divorce is not the same IN CONTENT: The Senedd gressive federalism: as insisting on the break-up of all ■ The establishment of a written marriages. constitution with a requirement for In recent years, the Scottish inde- the redistribution of wealth between pendence and EU referendums have nations and regions of Britain brought these long-standing princi- ■ The removal of the monarchy from ples into practical focus. The oppor- any constitutional, legal or political tunity now exists to present a way role forward for the nations of Britain that ■ The adoption of a federal approach, focuses on democracy and the with full legislative powers held by removal of barriers to working-class English, Welsh and Scottish parlia- advance and policies for a progres- ments sive federalism are being developed ■ The creation of a federal chamber, by the new Campaign for a Progres- where Britain-wide legislation can sive Federal Future which is emerg- be agreed, where representatives ing in Wales. from England, Scotland and Wales The Welsh government and have equal national status and in National Assembly have legislated which all proposals for Britain as a for progressive alternatives to reac- whole must receive the support of a tionary Westminster policies in areas majority from each nation such as trade union rights, council ■ A democratic electoral system, housing right-to-buy, private-rented where the strength of the parties accommodation and agricultural matches the strength of their elec- wages. toral support and MPs have a strong However, some of these measures local link. have been delayed or diluted as a We will be developing these prin-

result of the obstruction and veto Pic: National Assembly for Wales ciples into concrete policy proposals powers still held by the Secretary of though an open and democratic proc- State, the Attorney General, the West- to central government in London, struction of a distinctive Welsh of continuing restrictions from the ess throughout 2018 and you can minster Parliament, the queen, the are currently removed from demo- juridical system — alcohol licens- single market and customs union or register your interest in the cam- Supreme Court and the EU Court of cratic infl uence by the Welsh people. ing, public surveillance and private similar trade deal. paign at progressivefuture.blog. Justice. Exit from the EU should be They include land registration, security, people-traffi cking and In contrast, we believe that dem- taken as an opportunity to review and charges and development, non- slavery, dangerous dogs and hunt- ocratically elected governments ■ The fi rst organising meeting of the reduce the other sources of obstruc- energy minerals, major infrastruc- ing, sports ground safety, teachers’ must be free of EU rules so that new campaign will take place at 2pm tion to legislative bills proposed by ture projects and the criminal jus- pay and the sale of student loans. they can control the movement of today, Saturday January 6, at Saith the democratically elected repre- tice system. Also off limits are The Tories’ Brexit proposals capital, regulate trade, raise and Seren, Wrexham. Look out for future sentatives of the Welsh people. anti-social behaviour and policing include an unashamed power grab by invest funds in public-sector indus- events advertised in the Morning A whole host of areas, reserved — which would require the con- the executive alongside the prospect tries and services, reform or abol- Star.

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of the late Amy Whinhouse (pictured) reveals just world in this gripping crime drama — the Film how genuine, talented and funny she was. It does opulence and the violence. Tonight banker not shy away from placing the blame for many of Alex (James Norton) ventures to Mexico Saturday her troubles at her greedy father’s feet and the (adding another country to the long list of The Mummy, 6.40pm ITV2 parasitic paparazzi who drove her to near insanity. exotic locations featured in this lavish series) A group of archaeologists and treasure hunters go in Amy is a cautionary tale about the fatal mix of to meet with a wealthy local. Of course search of an ancient Egyptian city only to get a little mental health problems and fame, which claimed another ugly secret around the Russian mafia closer to history than they would have liked. her life at the devastatingly young age of 27. family emerges. Monday Life of Pi Drama Documentary After narrowly surviving a shipwreck, Pi is stranded in a dinghy in the vast Saturday Sunday ocean — with a Bengal tiger. Pi uses Hard Sun 9.35pm BBC1 NEW Michael Palin: a Life on Screen, 9pm his wits to avoid being the tiger’s A mismatched pair of London detectives stumble BBC2 next meal and keeps them both fed upon a terrifying secret that the government is trying Known for his comedic genius in the bizarre while he encounters mystical to cover up: in fi ve years the Earth will be gobbled up Monty Python fi lms, it was a Sunday islands and giant creatures in the by the Sun. It’s thrilling but, as most apocalyptic surprise to some that Michael Attenborough and the Sea depths below. dramas tend to be, incredibly nasty stuff . Palin went on to present a series Friday Sunday of global travelogues. However Dragon, 8pm BBC1 the brilliant performer was Now this is a murder mystery unlike any other. Amy, 12.10am Channel 4 McMafi a, 9pm BBC1 The body in question is a fossil and hidden This intimate and unfl inching portrait We see both sides of the grubby unde- anything but predictable, as shown in this well-worked somewhere in the cliff s of Dorset’s Jurassic celebration of his long coast — oh and it died 200 million years ago. What SATURDAY: The Voice UK, 8pm ITV onscreen career. It’s a joy to Attenborough follows a team of palaeontolo- to miss These painfully tedious singing contests seems to have no sell-by date. watch and manages to gists to uncover the rest of the body of an We’ll be nearing nuclear armageddon and there’ll still be Will.i.am and capture his unique comic ancient marine creature that they believe Sir Tom Jones swivelling in red chairs in approval of mediocre talent. spark. resembled a giant dolphin. Morning Star 16 CULTURE Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

PREVIEW DIARY Arts ahead 2018: Tories out, Roundhead renaissancecore in bigotfest, otherwise known as a really isn’t in their best interests Battle of Worcester in 1651. “hard Brexit,” regardless of the and, no, it doesn’t matter how far And I’ve always believed that Star critics cherry-pick some of the economic and social damage this Jeremy Corbyn bows to the Queen early music would work as well may cause. when you’re waiting 12 hours in with punk as Irish music did when best on off er in the weeks to come I think that’s rubbish but, if it A&E. And the young generation the Pogues got hold of it. I have GLASGOW MUSIC happens, it cuts both ways. need to mobilise even more of their just written a whole album of songs ★ By their own logic, a one-seat number to vote next time. I think and instrumentals in that vein and Chris Wood and Me for Queen majority for Labour after the next this year is going to be a pivotal want to go on the road with Barn- St Andrew’s in the Square WO new year resolutions election would mean that the “will one politically and we all have a stormer and play them as much as St Andrews Square for me and the most impor- of the people” is in favour of rena- part to play. possible before recording the January 27 tant one is obvious. tionalising the railways and utili- It promises to be an exciting one album Restoration Tragedy later Winner of six BBC Radio 2 I shall continue to play ties without compensation, expro- for me too. After 37 years mainly in the year. Folk Awards, and hailed as Twhatever small part I can in get- priating Rupert Murdoch and concentrating on my poetry and So here’s a message to promot- “the Ken Loach of songwrit- ting this no mandate, no compas- barring him from Britain, forcing spoken word, with eight books of ers and festival organisers eve- ing,” Chris Wood cites his sion, no brain and no guts Tory Paul Dacre to form a duet with Phil poetry and an autobiography under rywhere. If you fancy some rebel greatest inspiration as government what it deserves — a Collins and appointing journalist my belt, 2018 is the year when I Roundhead renaissancecore and “Anon.” His repertoire includes a masterly inter- no-confi dence vote as soon as pos- Owen Jones and Aslef president want to focus on the music I have baroque ‘n’ roll, please get in rogation of English history and culture in songs sible. Tosh McDonald to the editorships loved all my life and do as many touch at attila@attilathestockbro- of profound compassion and smouldering anger, The country is crying out for of the Sun and Daily Mail respec- gigs as possible with my band ker.com. We really don’t sound surgical precision and lyrical understatement. another election and a massive tively. Barnstormer. like anyone else and if you want One of the highlights of this year’s 25th Celtic Labour vote to end the destruction Oh, and making sure Crystal I’ve always loved early music a taste go to https://www.youtube. Connections festival which starts on January 18 of the NHS and the decimation of Palace get relegated and Brighton and play loads of those instruments com/watch?v=dQX6DVG9N10. and which, as ever, has a phenomenal line-up of our public services, all done in the stay up of course. Live by the – crumhorn, cornemuse, shawm, And will someone please put us performances and events. interests of a few shareholders, sword, die by the sword and all recorders, fi ddles and mandocello on at Tolpuddle? My exclusion celticconnections.com parasites who should have no role that... — and I have always been fasci- from that lovely festival on the in the public sector at all. We live in dangerously divided nated by the English revolution of personal whim of one individual ★ LONDON THEATRE Tory xenophobes and their times and those of us who are over 1649-1660, the story of the Level- is completely ridiculous. We’re Rita, Sue and Bob Too shabby, scabby and fl abby cheer- 60 have a duty to do something lers, Diggers and Ranters and the socialists and democrats, we’re Royal Court Theatre leaders in the brain-dead right- about the shocking majority of our huge explosion of radical ideas that not supposed to do personality Sloane Square, SW1 wing press are playing with fi re contemporaries who vote Tory — took place after the execution of cults ... January 9-27 with their Brexit rhetoric. They the only part of the electorate Charles 1 in 1649. His son Charles All the very best for the new claim that their tiny referendum where they have a majority. II escaped to France in a ship year and condolences to the fam- Andrea Dunbar, who majority means the “will of the Argue, argue and argue again. moored at the bottom of our road ily of Ivan Beavis — a lovely bloke died tragically early people” is in favour of a nationalist Tell the turkeys that Christmas in Shoreham Harbour after the and a great comrade. at the age of 29, was brought up on on the poverty-stricken Buttershaw estate in Bradford and wrote Rita, Sue and Bob Too in 1982 , which later became a successful FICTION REVIEW DANCE REVIEW fi lm. Semi-autobiographical, it tells the story of Rita and Sue and their “affair” with the older, married Bob in what is an uncompromising slice Resonant journey through Seasonal cracker from of working-class life in the early Thatcher era. Confrontational and unsentimental, the play was nearly pulled from the Royal Court’s programme dark territory of soul Birmingham Royal Ballet in the wake of the sexual abuse scandals. Fortu- nately, reason prevailed and audiences will get a Dark Territory tory at Naseby and the mas- The Nutcracker and children presents as they rare chance to experience an authentic working- by Jerry Hunter sacres of Drogheda and Royal Albert Hall, London decorate the Christmas tree. class voice on the London stage. (Y Lolfa, £9.99) Wexford place the reader at ★★★★✩ His goddaughter Clara (Laura royalcourttheatre.com the very centre of the action Day) gets a wooden nutcracker and there’s something cin- shaped like a toy soldier, who ★ NOTTINGHAM EXHIBITION JERRY HUNTER’S debut ematic about the pace and WHERE would the festive period comes to life at the stroke of mid- From Ear to Ear to Eye novel, translated from focus of this novel’s fi rst half, be without pantos like A Christ- night to lead a band of soldiers in Nottingham Contemporary Welsh into English by including the death of Eliza- mas Carol or ballets like The Nut- fi ghting off the Mouse King and Weekday Cross Patrick K Ford, is a compelling and beth, Dafydd’s wife, to the plague. cracker? his swarming “mischief” of mice. Until March 4 forcefully propelled story of one The second part, though, is Better off, some would say, but Transformed into a handsome man’s journey through the most more refl ective and studied and the naysayers might be persuaded prince on defeating the Mouse This exhibition of installa- tumultuous decades in British his- it’s less animated, at least after the differently by the quality of King, the Nutcracker rewards tion, sculpture, photography, tory. shipwreck episode as Dafydd what’s on offer and this new ver- Clara for her help by taking her video and sound from 20 art- Rhisiart Dafydd, his protago- undertakes his old boss’s commis- sion of the two-act ballet classic to his home in the Land of Sweets, ists and researchers traces nist, starts off as a zealous and sion to contact a Welsh community by Birmingham Royal Ballet, where we meet the Sugar Plum the lives of different cities and places across the resolute Protestant who becomes established somewhere along the adapted from the novel by Alex- Fairy (Jenna Roberts) and enjoy Arab world and considers how recording and a highly effective parliamentary American coast. andre Dumas and with Tchaiko- one breathtaking dance after translation can map memories and migration, pike man in the “Army of the When he reaches New Jerusa- vsky’s uber-famous score, is up another from around the world. territories and confl icts. An argument for the Saints.” lem, he experiences a sort of post- there with the best of them. An unfortunate note, though, is importance of listening, as much as looking, it With the glorious defeat of the traumatic reaction to what he has Remaining largely true to the the racist stereotyping in the moves from folk music at the dawn of modern Stuart monarchy, he embarks on done and seen during his various original, it tells the story of toy- dance from China. Turkey to radio broadcasts in Palestine, from a a challenging quest to the New campaigns, including a vicarious maker and magician Dros- What impresses most, aside bird’s-eye view of the Egyptian revolution’s after- World. guilt over the massacre and muti- selmeyer, narrated by legendary from the graceful foot work of math to the shifting urban fabric of present-day Hunter has clearly done his lation of Welsh women during the actor Simon Callow, who appears Day, Roberts and the Nutcracker

Beirut, with sound and music emerging as tools research well and, through Dafy- battle at Naseby. in a puff of smoke to give family Pic: Annabel Moeller Prince (Tyrone Singleton), is how of power and resistance. dd’s eyes, we’re immersed into the His introspection and uncer- the not-so-ideal dance nottinghamcontemporary.org heightened debates within the dis- tainty is in marked contrast to the space of the Royal senter communities as to the per- dominant theology of the settle- Albert is transformed ★ WAKEFIELD EXHIBITION fect society and how best to ment — one that is unequivocal, by outstanding stage Revolt and Revolutions achieve it. harsh and cruel — which is run design, surely one of Bothy Gallery Representative of a nascent along the lines of political Calvin- the best for this classic. Yorkshire Sculpture Park revolution against a corrupt old ism. The community’s leaders are The illusion of the West Bretton order, there are vividly recreated obsessed by predestination, even Christmas tree grow- Until April 15 April disputations between Calvinists, to the extent of judging the fate of ing to gigantic propor- Quakers and Levellers and the role new born children. tions is spectacularly This exhibition aims to give of various ministers as religious Hunter handles the inevitable, created by giant bau- an insight into some of the commissars. but not predestined, clash between bles descending from counter-culture and anti- Informed by the Soldier’s Cat- Dafydd and the elders with real the ceiling while daz- establishment movements of echism, these disparate and disput- confi dence, so ending an extraor- zling projections recent decades, alongside work by artists who ing groups morph into the so- dinarily well-imagined novel that replace the tree. Later, seek to make a difference, helping to suggest ways called Roundheads, who combine resonates with many contempo- we’re even doused in that we might contribute to change on an indi- an impressive revolutionary atti- rary issues and situations. snowfl akes from snow vidual, community and even global level. Works tude, exhibited through faith and On the evidence of Dark Terri- machines above the include Susan Philipsz’s version of the rousing discipline even before the military tory, Hunter is an exciting and stage and stalls. anthem The Internationale, broadcast across the reforms that created the New authentic new writer with an One magic trick that Bothy Garden landscape and A Jukebox of People Model Army. extraordinary grasp of the interac- can’t fail to impress Trying to Change the World by Ruth Ewan which Dafydd/Hunter’s view of the tion between character and situa- even the most jaun- welcomes visitors into the gallery space. inconclusive confusion of the Bat- tion. diced. ysp.org.uk tle of Edgehill, the shattering vic- PAUL SIMON WILL STONE Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 CULTURE 17

GRAPHIC INTENT: (Left to right) Publicity for TV programme The Sky Calls, 1960; satirical poster The Reconstruction Is Moving So Quickly That No Lies Can Succeed, 1954; Angela Davis on the cover of International Women’s Day edition of the March 8 1971 NBI magazine — the GDR also issued a stamp in her honour — and (right) publicity for the fi lm Blood Brothers and Osceola

OPINION GDR wrongly

WELFARE CONCERNS: (Right) Poster for the Hygiene Museum in Dresden. Despite brought to book years of disruption during the nazi period, it returned to its original function BRUNI DE LA MOTTE takes issue with a tendentious in the GDR as a communicator of visual record of the former socialist state public health awareness

The East German Handbook The book’s editor, munity. These farms were able Edited by Justinian Jampol also the museum’s to feed the nation. (Taschen, £29.99) director, says that There are interesting insights the objects shown into daily life through the scrap- are only a tiny books made by work teams which, N 2002, a museum dedicated to fraction of the documented in texts, photos and the GDR was founded in Cali- total material it drawings, reveal a broad range fornia by Justinian Jampol. The houses but, of political, cultural and sporting museum houses many thou- despite this limi- activities that people undertook sands of objects discarded after tation, a number together outside work. This is the unifi cation and, signifi cantly, its of interesting only instance in which their Ilocation is far from West Germany, facts of everyday voices are heard. whose media dismisses everything life in the GDR are Where the book positive about the former socialist revealed. fails fundamen- state. There were tally is in its The 800 pages of this e x c e l l e n t description of bilingual hand- designs during social and book introduce the 1950s, espe- political activ- e v e r y d a y cially of furni- ities. objects that illus- ture, and witty While other trate life in the GDR. campaigns in support sections attempt Organised thematically, of health and education to give a fairly bal- each section is intro- and there is a very detailed anced picture, here duced by a short refl ec- overview of the huge array of vinyl there is a familiar bias against tion from various scholars records produced. the GDR. The text about the Soviet — all from the West. Glar- But the section on family life is war memorial in Berlin and about the ingly, there is no contribu- weak, with no mention of legally guar- Buchenwald concentration camp is tion from former GDR citi- anteed equality or of the importance shockingly offensive in its dismissal zens. of work for women. Even so, artefacts of a genuine historical reckoning by The overall impression from the 1960s illustrate the breaking the GDR and belittles the anti-fascist conveyed is that the GDR was down of gender stereotypes, with men struggle that was commemorated an old-fashioned country. pushing prams and women on motor- throughout the country. Unsurprising, as the vast bikes and there is a brief mention that For those interested in the GDR and majority of the thousands of toys were not gender specifi c. the life of its citizens in the ’50s and illustrations are taken from the The sections on transport and agri- ’60s, this book is a rich visual source. 1950s and ‘60s and one can only con- culture are highly subjective, empha- Unfortunately, the commentaries clude that this is deliberate. sising the restrictions on private undermine and distort what the pic- travel and the forced collectivisa- tures reveal. tion in the 1960s. Yet no mention is made of the groundbreaking DESIGNS FOR LIVING: (Right) public transport system, Friedrichstadtpalast poster, ‘Oh how including the effective use of frivolous I feel at night,’ 1984; rail for freight, and the suc- (above left) garden “egg” chair, 1971 cess of the collective farms in pro- and (far left) children’s lamp with moting a viable village life and com- Sandman fi gure, 1970s Morning Star 18 LETTERS Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

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WHATEVER your views Knights Templar on the government of Iran, we must be opposed to any IN HIS excellent article (M part of the fi lms’ creator outside interference in its Star January 3), J Andrew George Lucas. In a recent internal affairs, any Deman raises some valid interview he stated that change in the theocratic points about the whole Star there was more artistic state must come from the Wars franchise. freedom in the Soviet people of that nation. The series creates a Union than in Hollywood. We should really be fantasy system which However I must take following the guidance of contains futuristic technol- issue with his view of the the Tudeh party, which ogy combined with modern Jedi cult being based on has always opposed or even archaic social the samurai of medieval outside interference in structures. Japan — they are much Iranian affairs and has As someone who has closer to the Knights always supported a seen every Star Wars fi lm Templar of medieval secular, democratic and since 1977 a number of Europe. socialist republic since the parallels can be seen: The parallel is shown in days when it was forced Battle of Britain pilots, Revenge of the Sith, where underground by the shah Wild West saloons, nazi the Emperor orders the and his CIA puppetmas- storm troopers and many murder of members of the ters. more. Jedi order. This is based PHIL BRAND I can remember watching upon the arrest of the NUCLEAR WEAPONS London SW17 The Empire Strikes Back, Knights Templar by Philip where Lando Calrissian’s IV of France, even down to Cloud City gave references the point where the The worst threat is one-sided to the free market and Emperor’s soldiers open limited government. sealed orders to kill DR DAVID LOWRY writes (M threaten the disaster of a indeed threaten disaster. 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Authorities was to bring to power in were said to be “per- Egypt “a strong pro- turbed by the passage of British government with ‘unidentifi ed’ airplanes dictatorial powers,” over the Canal.” Like the which would build up “unknown submarines” Egyptian military responsible for piracy capacity “under British against merchant supervision.” vessels, these were Farouk I (1920–1965) thought to belong to the had endorsed the 1936 Italian air force units Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, operating from Libya, a which permitted British troops to be present along the Suez Canal. Dissatisfaction with You can undue British infl uence read editions of and increasing machina- the Daily Worker tions by Farouk resulted (1930-45) in a democratic revolu- and Morning Star (200 0-today) tion in 1952 led by the , online at Free Offi cers Move- mstar.link/DWMSarchive ment. The King Ten days’ access costs abdicated in the face of popular sentiment, but just £5.99 and a British military involve- year is£72 ment remained, leading to the Suez crisis of 1956. ■ FormerLABOUR MPs gang cheered leader had sharp mind on theTHE Communist Daily Worker MP fact, been a gang leader, ■for Westof January Fife, Willie 7 1938 known as “Red Mitka.” relatedGallacher the during story of his In the early days of Dimitri“great speech,” Onika, a the student Daily Soviet Russia, he had atWorker the Moscow of July Mining 24 1936 travelled the entire Institute,headlined. who was about length of the country on to defendDuring hisa 24-hour thesis freight trains, experienc- beforedebate aMr “critical Gallacher and ing “all the deprivations qualifiattacked ed audience.”“government of a vagabond.” misers”His theme and calledwas a them A product of the fi rst project“h for a mine in expansion of Soviet Kuzbas, with complete industry in the late ’20s, Skelf mechanisation being after the depredations of installed. The work civil war and famine had would be organised in been tamed, Mitka found such a way that the himself in an anthracite HEALTHCARE miners could, astonish- mine where his lively ingly, more often fulfi l intelligence fl ourished, the planned daily almost immediately NHS does a great job with far too little programme on each of seeing new solutions to the three shifts in 24 old problems. I TWICE needed to call on the Although I did not have to £205 billion on the US Trident ufacturers, mainly US fi rm hours. A product of “Soviet emergency medical services wait so long there, folks arriv- nuclear armed submarine Lockheed Martin. A great deal of power,” Dimitri was just before Christmas. I cannot ing in Oldham had an eight- project. Trident should be cancelled. detailed work, drawn involved in designing a praise the staff too highly: hour wait. 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RACING: YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEKEND’S ACTION Buckhorn Timothy to shock at Chepstow Farringdon’s Our tipster casts his expert eye over the pick of the weekend’s meets doubles SATURDAY T’S the rescheduled Welsh Mysteree and Raz De Maree. fi nally be the turn of Theatri- sure to go close to making it BUCKHORN TIMOTHY Grand National this after- The fi rst named of that trio RACING cal Star to come good at the three wins in his last four out- Chepstow 2:05 (nap) noon and I fancy a whole- ran a superb race at Wincanton TIPS Esher track following several ings in the 1.40. However, I AMBION LANE sale shock in the Chepstow on his seasonal debut and may good placed efforts, the well- think he will have his work cut Wincanton 1:40 2.05 in the form of 33/1 well be worth covering in a with handicapped Cloudy Too and out to give the weight away to IBuckhorn Timothy. saver bet in what looks a much classy Third Intention also the lightly raced Ambion Lane. SUNDAY Colin Tizzard’s charge has more open race than the 2016 Farringdon look big players. Oliver Sherwood’s charge RATHER BE been campaigned solely over renewal. The valuable handicap hur- shaped really well at Exeter Plumpton 1:05 (nap) hurdles this term and is two Pure Vision has been crying dle which concludes the card last time out, only weakening from two in that discipline, out for a step up to three miles at 3.35 has a smaller-than- between the fi nal two fences, GAME ON albeit the second success owed on deep ground and gets the The other major juvenile expected entry and the staying and should be spot on now to Plumpton 1:35 as much to luck as his latent chance in the 1.00. hurdle, the Tolworth at Sand- prowess of the unexposed do himself justice off a talent. He needed every single yard own (2.25), may go to the Gary Drops Of Jupitor could well reduced handicap mark of only Houseman’s Still, with two wins from of the 21 furlongs at Ffos Las Moore-trained Sussex Ranger. prevail in the testing condi- 100. nine starts over fences he to get his head in front last On both his starts this sea- tions. With the visor on for the choice remains unexposed and the time out and a 7lbs penalty son this rangy sort has simply Anthony Honeyball’s yard fi rst time, the lightly raced lightly raced nine-year-old has seems very fair as he won a galloped his rivals into the are in great form at the Towerlands Park (Lingfi eld SATURDAY run well before at the south shade snuggly on the line. ground including a course and moment and this son of Dylan 1.45) should be up to defying WESTERN RYDER Wales track. The Grade One Future distance success and he can Thomas is sure to be galloping a mark of 90 on only his eighth He remains fairly treated Champions Finale Juvenile make the most of the weight up the severe Esher hill on this career start and fourth on an Sandown 2:25 off a mark of 137 and with Hurdle at 1.35 can go to the for age 12lbs he gets from the deep ground when many have all-weather surface. SUNDAY more improvement in the Nick Williams’s-trained Mer- unbeaten Kalashnikov. given up the ghost. The fi llies handicap at 3.30, HENRI PARRY MORGAN locker he can outstay the likes cenaire following his all-the- Some 35 minutes later, the There’s a cracking card at which tail ends the card, can Plumpton 2:35 of the progressive Final Nudge way success at Exeter on his valuable Veterans Chase Final Wincanton and Cucklington, go to the well handicapped Piv- and the stamina laden duo British debut. takes place and this could despite his welter weight, looks otal Flame, fi t from hurdling. he BE IN IT T TO WIN IT club The Morning Star DON'T For peace and socialism sent... proud to pre MISS OUT! e is Th A renewed opportunity to win our famous Signup form b £501 JACKPOT. clu My name is: My address is: £5 A MONTH buys you a monthly place in the big draw. Postcode Telephone: Email: Please pay the Cooperative Bank PLC, Islington Branch, INCREASE your chances of winning by taking £ out membership in multiples of £5. The club sort code 08-92-99 for the credit of the PPPS – 501 Club, account number 6510-7317 the sum of: pays out 17 prizes each month, from £25 to each month until further notice and debit my account accordingly. £501. My account number is: My sort code is: Standing order start date: Signature THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR To the manager (include bank name, address and postcode): PAPER. By becoming a 501 Club member you are helping the Morning Star cover its printing, DON’T SEND THIS FORM TO YOUR BANK. PLEASE MAIL IT TO: 501 Club, William Rust House, 52 Beachy Rd, Bow, London E3 2NS distribution and staff costs. You must be 16+ to join. Registered Small Lottery London Borough of Tower Hamlets Reg No. 2708. Morning Star 22 SPORT Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018

MEN’S FOOTBALL Wagner pleased with low ticket prices by Our Sports Desk eights able to see every home linked to the people who enter value, which you can have match of the season for £49. your stadiums.” hopefully for the next season Manchester City captain Wagner agrees and is as well. HUDDERSFIELD manager Vincent Kompany, who has delighted that Huddersfield “The more full the stadium David Wagner said yesterday just graduated with a Master owner Dean Hoyle has kept is, the more exciting and enjoy- that the great atmosphere at of Business Administration prices affordable for local fans. able it is for all of us. If you Kirklees Stadium is only pos- from the Manchester Busi- He said: “I think it’s so are then able to create an sible because of the club’s low ness School, argued lowering important for all of us that we atmosphere like our support- ticket prices. ticket prices could help keep this vibe as long as we ers create, then it’s amazing The Terriers announced clubs. can, and for this it’s important to play football in. their season ticket renewal The Belgian said: “You get that everybody has to have the “The only chance from my prices for next season, with a better home advantage opportunity to watch football point of view to consistently full adult ticket costing £249. depending on the atmosphere in the [Kirklees] Stadium. keep this atmosphere like we An under-18 ticket is avail- that you can create within “I think the price is a very created is if the prices are able for £129, with under- your facilities, and that is good price for Premier League realistic.” GETTING THROUGH: Zander Fagerson

WOMEN’S TENNIS Serena pulls out of Australian Open Seven-time champ ‘will need a little more time’ before return by Our Sports Desk to do so, I will need a little retirement after having a the support and understanding more time. daughter, Jada Elle, in Febru- of my fans and everyone at the “With that being said, and ary 2008, and won the 2009 US Australian Open.” SERENA WILLIAMS’S deci- even though I am disappointed Open in her third tournament Tournament director Craig sion not to defend her Austral- about it, I’ve decided not to back. Tiley said Serena Williams ian Open title four months compete in the Australian Williams’s withdrawal waited as long as she could after giving birth to her first Open this year.” came less than 24 hours after before letting organisers know child had nothing to do with Williams was pregnant fellow former world No 1 she wouldn’t be able to com- merely being able to play at when she won at Melbourne Andy Murray withdrew from pete. Melbourne Park, she revealed Park last year, her Open-era the men’s event with a chronic “I’ve been in constant con- yesterday. record 23rd grand slam sin- hip injury. tact with Serena and her team The seven-time Australian gles title. She gave birth to her Other star players, includ- and know this is why she has Open champion confirmed that daughter, Alexis Olympia, in ing top-ranked Rafael Nadal, pushed it and pushed it until she wouldn’t attempt to defend September. six-time champion Novak the 11th hour to make her final the title she won here last year, Williams didn’t drop a set Djokovic and 2014 winner Stan decision,” he said. saying she wasn’t convinced while winning last year’s title Wawrinka, also are dealing Organisers later announced she could win it. and her victory helped her with injuries. that French Open semi-finalist Williams played in an exhi- regain the world No 1 ranking. Last year, Serena Williams Timea Bacsinszky had also bition tournament last week- The 36-year-old needs only beat older sister Venus in the withdrawn after failing to end in Abu Dhabi to test her one more major title to equal final. In terms of total years, recover in time following sur- match condition and indicated the all-time record held by it was the oldest Grand Slam gery on her right hand in Sep- after her loss to French Open Margaret Court, who won 13 women’s final in the Open era tember. champion Jelena Ostapenko of her 24 grand slam titles — the sisters combining for 71 With Serena Williams out, that she might not travel to before the Open era began in years, 11 months. the women’s singles title at Melbourne. 1968. Venus has returned and is Melbourne appears to be wide “After competing in Abu Three women have returned playing in Sydney next week open. No 1-ranked Simona Dhabi I realised that although after having babies to win to prepare for the Australian Halep and No 3 Caroline Woz- I am super close, I’m not where grand slam singles titles in the Open, which begins January niacki are bidding to win their I personally want to be,” Wil- Open era, including Court and 15. first grand slam singles titles. liams said. fellow Australian Evonne Serena will sit this one out, Also in the mix will be world “My coach and team always Goolagong Cawley, who won but is promising to return in No 2 Garbine Muguruza, last said: ‘Only go to tournaments the 1977 Australian Open the future. year’s Wimbledon winner, US when you are prepared to go seven months after giving “The memory of last year’s Open champion Sloane Stevens all the way.’ birth to daughter, Kelly, and Open is one that I will carry and Venus Williams, who will “I can compete — but I don’t added her second Wimbledon with me and Olympia and I be aiming to win her eighth want to just compete, I want title in 1980. look forward to coming back major singles title at the age to do far better than that and, Kim Clijsters returned from again,” she said. “I appreciate of 37. Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 SPORT 23

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: SCOTLAND RUGBY LEAGUE Fagerson a major doubt for Wood steps down as chief after a decade in charge Scotland’s Six Nations due NIGEL WOOD is to stand unreserved thanks to the down as chief executive of many excellent colleagues, the Rugby Football League the clubs and all those that (RFL) this month after 10 I have worked with to eight-week foot injury years in the role. throughout the last 16 years Wood, who is also chair and wish them the best of by Our Sports Desk lander faces up to 12 weeks “They’re a different team at of the Rugby League luck for the future.” out. home and have made it really International Federation, Chief operating officer Second-row forward Cum- tough for a lot of teams in has served on the RFL Ralph Rimmer will act as SCOTLAND prop Zander Fag- mings will be out for about Parma. board since 2001. interim chief executive erson will miss the bulk of the eight weeks after suffering a “We’re going to have to “I am extremely hon- while the RFL searches for Six Nations after suffering a hand injury in training this defend really well and build oured and privileged to Wood’s successor. foot injury. week. on our ability to maintain have served as chief RFL chairman Brian Glasgow revealed the There was better news for pressure and go through the executive of the Rugby Barwick said: “Nigel has 21-year-old would be out for Glasgow and Scotland after phases which was better last Football League,” he said. been a superb administra- up to eight weeks after an acci- Adam Ashe was included week.” “I am an unashamed tor, innovator and advocate dent in training. among the replacements for There are new partnerships rugby league fan and can for the sport of rugby Scotland face Wales, France Warriors’ Pro14 clash with throughout Rennie’s team with think of no greater honour league in this country. and England in February and Zebre in Italy after 10 weeks half-backs George Horne and than to be asked to fulfil the “His range of achieve- Fagerson could also struggle out following ankle surgery. Finn Russell plus centres Huw role of CEO for the Rugby ments in the sport speak for to be fully fit in time to face Zebre have beaten Connacht Jones and Nick Grigg starting Football League. themselves and he has Ireland on March 10. and Ulster along with Southern together as pairs for the first “However, leadership brought a genuine love of Fagerson already has 15 Kings this season and Warri- time. presents many tests, and the game to his work over caps and was an ever-present ors head coach Dave Rennie Alex Allan and Siua Halanu- the greatest of these is to many years. His time at the for his country throughout had a warning for his players konuka start either side of Pat recognise when it is time to helm of the Rugby Football 2017. after they got back on track MacArthur in a new-look front step out and this is the right League will always be Warriors suffered a triple with a 17-0 win over Edinburgh row while Chris Fusaro and moment to do so. I would looked upon warmly and blow with Callum Gibbins and following defeat at Murray- Greg Peterson also come into like to place on record my with great respect.” Scott Cummings also facing field. the pack. lengthy spells on the sidelines. Rennie said: “Zebre have Rennie said: “We’ve been a Gibbins has undergone sur- been impressive. In attack little bit thin in and around gery after an Achilles problem especially they lead the com- loose forwards so Matt Fager- ADVERTISE HERE halted the flanker’s impressive petition in a number of stats. son coming in last week and start to his Scotstoun career. They carry well, make a lot of Adam coming back in this (020) 8510-0815 [email protected] Warriors say the New Zea- line breaks and like to offload. week is great.” ( :

HURT: Kyle Edmund

MEN’S TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN Edmund hopes ankle injury will be OK for Aussie Open by Our Sports Desk late in the third set but was had saved two break points at able to continue with heavy 3-3 but the British number two strapping. fought back impressively. KYLE EDMUND suffered an He did not win another game, It was Edmund’s turn to injury scare yesterday in a though, with Dimitrov battling save break points at 4-4 in the narrow loss to defending to a 6-3 6-7 (3/7) 6-4 victory. second set and his huge fore- champion Grigor Dimitrov in Edmund must now keep his hand was at its pulverising the quarter-finals of the Bris- fingers crossed that he has not best in a superb tie-break. bane International. done any serious damage to The third set was nip and After Andy Murray’s with- threaten his participation in tuck until Edmund’s unfortu- drawal from the Australian the Australian Open, which nate injury, which saw Dim- Open and concern over a hip starts on January 15. itrov leap over the net to pick problem that forced Johanna If Edmund is fully fit, he will up his stricken opponent and Konta to retire in Brisbane fancy his chances of putting help him back to his chair. earlier this week, the last in a strong performance in Although Edmund was mov- thing British tennis wanted Melbourne having once again ing fine on his return to the was more injury drama. shown that he has the game to court, his concentration had Edmund let out a cry of pain challenge the very best. understandably slipped and and collapsed to the court One loose service game cost Dimitrov took his first match after catching his right ankle him the first set after Dimitrov point. 24 Morning Star Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 Sport

FORCED TO WATCH FROM THE Weekend STANDS: Arsene Wenger (left) football FA Cup Fleetwood Leicester, 12.45pm Middlesbrough Sunderland, 1pm Aston Villa Peterborough Birmingham Burton Blackburn Hull Bolton Huddersfi eld Bournemouth Wigan Brentford Notts County Cardiff Mansfi eld Carlisle Sheffi eld Wednesday Coventry Stoke Doncaster Rochdale Exeter City West Brom Fulham Southampton Ipswich Town Sheffi eld United Manchester City Burnley Millwall Barnsley Newcastle Luton Queens Park Rangers MKDons Stevenage Reading Watford Bristol City Wolverhampton Swansea Wycombe Preston Yeovil Bradford Norwich Chelsea, 5.30pm Newport County Leeds, 12pm* Shrewsbury West Ham, 2pm* Tottenham Wimbledon* Nottingham Forest Arsenal, 4pm* League One Northampton Southend, 2pm Charlton Oldham Oxford United Blackpool MEN’S FOOTBALL: ARSENAL Plymouth Bury League Two Accrington Stanley Chesterfi eld Colchester Cheltenham Forest Green Rovers Port Vale Grimsby Morecambe Scottish Championship Brechin City Morton Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Dundee United Livingston Queen Of The South THREEGAMEexplain himself over com- “I’ve been in England for 21 He said: “I think it BAN was a and after the Chelsea game St Mirren Inverness CT by Our Sports Desk ments made on Wednesday years and I try to serve this yellow card for Hazard. 100 that there may be a conspiracy Scottish League One night when the Gunners con- game with honesty and integ- per cent [he dived]. I have a against his team. Airdrieonians East Fife ARSENE WENGER was ceded another late penalty in rity and when I have some- right to have my opinion and Wenger declined to expand Alloa Athletic Albion Rovers handed a three-match touchline the 2-2 draw with Chelsea. thing to say I will say it. On I respect everybody’s opinion.” on the comments when pressed Ayr United Arbroath ban yesterday and a £40,000 Wenger insisted he “doesn’t that front, nothing will change, When it was pointed out to at yesterday’s press confer- Queen’s Park Stranraer fi ne following a misconduct know” if would contest the never. Wenger that Jack Wilshere ence ahead of the FA Cup Raith Rovers Forfar Athletic charge from the Football Asso- charge, with his touchline ban “You imagine that I’ve been was accused of diving in the third-round tie against Not- Scottish League Two ciation over comments he made in place for tomorrow’s FA Cup in the game for 21 years. What same match, the 68-year-old tingham Forest tomorrow. Annan Athletic Montrose about the refereeing of the third-round tie at Nottingham I’ve seen and heard in the cor- replied: “Maybe he did, but “I have nothing to add to Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City game against West Brom. Forest before the League Cup ridors from people, you might why should that change my that, I maintain what I said. Elgin City Clyde Earlier yesterday, Wenger semi-fi nal fi rst leg at Chelsea understand that I’m surprised opinion on the penalty? It has We can talk and talk and spend Stenhousemuir Peterhead stood by his criticisms of fes- on January 10, as well as next and shocked at having been nothing to do with the penalty. time talking about things that Stirling Albion Berwick Rangers tive refereeing, despite the weekend’s Premier League charged.” “You have your opinion and aren’t really important in the impending FA charge. trip to Bournemouth, and was Wednesday night’s contro- I have my opinion and I’ve game,” he said. All kickoff s 3pm unless noted It relates to his behaviour “shocked” that it had been versy at Ashburton Grove saw been in the game long enough “We want to see big football * denotes Sunday game after the 1-1 draw at the Haw- brought against him at all. Eden Hazard go down follow- to know that everybody can games with big players on the thorns on New Year’s Eve “I maintain what I said in ing a challenge from Hector have a different opinion.” pitch and you want them to be when defender Calum Cham- the press conference [after the Bellerin. It is believed that the FA’s refereed by top-quality people. Follow the bers was penalised by referee Chelsea game] — 100 per cent. Wenger maintains his claim latest inquiry relates in par- I want them to be at their top sport news Mike Dean for a handball. I have nothing to change in that the spot-kick awarded ticular to Wenger appearing and I’m quite surprised that’s @MStar_Sport He has also been asked to that,” the Frenchman said. against Bellerin was “farcical.” to suggest in interviews before shocking.”

MEN’S FOOTBALL: SCOTLAND Rangers reject Morgan determined to succeed at Celtic by Our Sports Desk and is still using his Rangers season I was in at St Mirren, have been doing throughout son, feels his Paisley experi- rejection as motivation to suc- so there wasn’t really a period my career. St Mirren took a ences have boosted his confi - ceed. where I was out of football chance on me and I owe them dence. LEWIS MORGAN’S self-belief The 21-year-old said: “For completely. a lot. Ever since then, it’s been “The young boys there have was unscathed when he was the last couple of years I was “But there was a period I a big rise for me.” quite a lot of character-build- released by Rangers at the age there, I wasn’t anywhere near wasn’t sure what I was going The two-footed winger, who ing stuff to try and build big- of 16 so he does not lack the even my own age group. So it to do. has scored 13 goals this sea- ger personalities,” he said. confi dence to make an impact was coming to be honest and “I was confi dent I would get at Celtic. the last two years really something. Not knowing where Published by the People’s Press MSTAR 2018-01-06 SAT 1.2 The Scotland Under-21 weren’t enjoyable. The head of you’re going to be can be hard Printing Society Ltd, William Rust international completed his youth at the time didn’t take a but once I got involved at St House, 52 Beachy Road, Bow, 0 1 London E3 2NS. Telephone: (020) move to the Premiership fancy to me. Mirren it has all been great 8510-0815. Fax: (020) 8986-5694. champions yesterday but will “But that’s all behind me for me. Email: enquiries@peoples-press. fi nish the season with St Mir- now and I am happy to be join- “Drawing on negative expe- com. Registered with Companies House as Morning Star (in- ren on loan. ing a club that plays Champi- riences and trying to make it corporating the Daily Worker) No Morgan joined the Paisley ons League every year and is positive, and obviously it moti- N5559. Printed by trade union side two months after being the dominant club in Scotland. vates me to try and prove peo- labour at Trinity Mirror. NEW MOVE: Lewis Morgan shown the door at Murray Park “By the time it came to pre- ple wrong, and that’s what I Saturday/Sunday January 6-7 2018 9 770307 175367