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"I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table." George Bush on the continuing possibility of military action against Iran

Last week the Daily Mail splashed the headline "Our NHS, Not the World Health Service" across its front page. It was the latest attempt by the Tories and the right wing press to whip up a panic over refugees.

"Small pox and scarlet fever have unquestionably been introduced by aliens within the past few months on a large scale." You could easily think I’m quoting Tory leader Michael Howard.

The government’s assault on public sector pensions should shatter any illusion that it will deliver for workers if it wins a third term. Trade union leaders made great play of a deal they struck with Labour’s leaders at the national policy forum in Warwick last July.

So what should we make of the Ken Livingstone saga? Just so we all know how the conversation went, here it is:

More than 100 military families will head a US anti-war march near the Fort Bragg military base as part of the global day of protest against the war and occupation of Iraq on 19 March.

New evidence of how mercenaries working with US forces in Iraq have killed and brutalised unarmed civilians was revealed by whistleblowers this week.

It has been a long battle with the establishment to get some justice. When we invaded Iraq, I thought this war was just. So did my son.

I was working as a dustman for Newark and Sherwood District Council in 1984-5. We emptied bins around the pit villages of Ollerton, Rainworth, Blidworth and Calverton in Nottinghamshire.

Faultlines — Tales from Kashmir and Rotherham26 Februrary Carlisle Business Centre, Bradford 10 April St Peter’s Community Centre, Sheffield For details of other venues phone 01709 367 287

Heidi Bradner: Photos from ChechnyaThe Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London THIS small exhibition of photographs by Heidi Bradner reflects both the horror and the resilience of Chechens facing the onslaught of Vladimir Putin’s "war on terror".

Tony Benn reviews Paul Foot’s last book, The Vote: How It Was Won and How It Was Undermined.