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Sir Keir Starmer Wants Growth-Perhaps He Should Learn Spanish

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By Denis MacShane
| Social Europe Verified
“UK economy flatlines in November as Labour growth push fails” was a common British newspaper headline on the eve of the Labour government’s November budget. Since entering government almost one and a half years ago, Labour has insisted growth is the number one priority to deliver its political and economic goals—and to stay in power. Meanwhile in Spain, with its democratic left government, the English-speaking prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, in power since 2018, doesn’t talk growth: he does it.
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Labour’s Deafening Silence on Turkey’s Jailed Opposition Leader Raises Eyebrows

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By Denis MacShane
| Social Europe Verified
European leaders speak out as Istanbul’s popular mayor is imprisoned — but Labour remains curiously quiet. One of my earliest acts of international solidarity came 45 years ago, when I joined a high-level European trade union delegation to Turkey, shortly after the military coup of 1980. We were a diverse group — British and European trade unionists — trying to make sense of a complex and tense political situation.
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Germany is Not “Lurching to the Right”

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By Denis MacShane, Markus Heinrich
| The Globalist Verified
The German election outcome is being reported by the BBC, FT and other establishment media as a “lurch to the right.” It has never been clear what a “lurch” actually means in the lexicon of political clichés. However, those in Britain or J.D. Vance and Elon Musk in the United States who went out of their way to endorse the AfD surely are disappointed. Germans say “Nein Danke” More than 4 out of 5 German said “Nein Danke” to the AfD offer.
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