13 June 2008

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

Cover story: War torn and frayed

Richard Scorer says Britain’s armed forces are getting a raw deal from the politicians who ask them to  put their lives on the line

News

Brown told to get his act together after 42-day narrow win
Warwick II – union unveil their hopes for a successful sequel
Campaigners’ dismay over Labour’s poverty record
Russian fury over Ukraine’s Nato membership aspirations

Features

Doug Nicholls: Youth workers are vital for our young people
Claude Moraes: EU gets to work on temporary employment rights
Richard Scorer: Military covenant may have been broken
Richard Heller: Let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot over cadet forces
Penny Little: Tories’ undercover plans to oust anti-hunting MPs
Marjorie Smith: How now without Mao – China’s nihilism

Comment

Joan Smith: Public figures at risk in our poisoned society
Paul Anderson: Axing Brown might stop the country turning blue
Tribune editorial: A bad day for liberty/Doctors try patience on reform
Alan Johnson: We’ve got the right medicine for the NHS; David Mills
Letters; John Coulter: Peter Robinson’s honeymoon is already over
Ian Aitken: US democracy for sale to the highest bidder

Books and Arts

Enrico Tortolano: Who’s afraid of Hugo Chávez?
Edward Pearce: In praise of this Olympian Mount
Emmanuel Cooper: Impressive feats of bluestocking women
Aleks Sierz: Rictus grins and last laughs in the workplace