9 May 2008

In this week’s Tribune, available by subscription and from selected branches of WHSmith and Borders

Cover story: Swamped by a Tory tide

Seven pages of analysis, opinion and news from the local elections

News

Labour Party faces bankruptcy within weeks
Labour can still win next election, Purnell insists
Dr No says “yes” to unions at Grangemouth refinery
Cuba moves slowly towards agriculture reforms

Comment

Paul Routledge: First electoral foray ends in respectable defeat
Martin Rowson: Complacency is a despicable feature of politics
Oli Usher: Ahoy film lovers! It’s studios who are the real pirates
Tribune comment: It’s time for Gordon Brown to listen
Paul Donovan: Labour must dump neoliberalism; David Mills
Letters
Rupa Huq: Suburbia is a lot more diverse than we think

Books and arts

Prem Sikka: Capitalism’s high priest didn’t prophesy economic gloom
Marcus Papadopoulos: Forgotten Soviet contribution to Nazi defeat
Patrick Mulcahy: Bin Laden film as tasteless as a Big Mac meal
Celina Ribeiro: Can erotica be fun and satirical?