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Trump plays with fire over Iran

by our Middle East Affairs correspondent

It’s battle stations in Iran as the people brace themselves for an imminent imperialist onslaught while Reza Pahlevi, the son of the hated former Shah of Persia, lines himself up as a suitable quisling when the time comes.

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Nice job…

by New Worker correspondent

…if you can get it. The High Pay Centre (HPC) declared the first Tuesday of the year to be Fat Cat Day, when the average FTSE 100 CEO earned the UK median worker’s full-time annual salary. This was the same as last year and is based on the most recent CEO pay disclosures published in companies’ annual reports as of January 2026, compared with government statistics on pay levels across the UK economy.

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Editorial

Uneasy lies the head…

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is the first member of the Royal Family to be arrested since Charles Stuart was held by the New Model Army at the end of the First Civil War in 1646. Charles remained in custody before his trial and execution in 1649. The Republic of England, or Commonwealth as it was styled in English, was proclaimed soon after. Oliver Cromwell, the MP for Huntingdon who was the leading Parliamentary commander during the civil war, later became head of state, the Lord Protector, a post he held until his death in 1658.

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