There are good reasons to be worried that the planned hospital building programme might further indebt us to big finance interests, even as PFI continues to cause the NHS huge problems.
Workers in service sector industries such as hospitality already face precarious work, discrimination and lack of respect. The government's Brexit plans - whether Johnson Deal or No Deal - look set to make this a whole lot worse.
Migrant workers are too often treated as second class workers despite doing vital NHS jobs. They are fighting back this autumn, and deserve our support.
Flawed use of the word ‘populist’ to describe politics beyond the mainstream right is legitimising racism. Academics and journalists are ignoring the evidence staring us in the face.