15 August – 4 September 2008

In the summer edition of Tribune, available by subscription and from selected branches of WHSmith and Borders

Cover story: Follow my leader?

Austin Mitchell, Kevin Meagher and Nick Matthews consider the current dire situation for Labour and examine the party’s options

News

Unions talk up Johnson-Cruddas ‘dream ticket’ if Brown goes
Creditors’ fury as gift card company is wrapped up
Activists urge EU to scrap trade deal with Colombia
Tentative ceasefire as Russia crushes Georgia

Features

Paul Donovan: Knife crime is a symptom not a cause of society’s ills
Austin Mitchell, Kevin Meagher and Nick Matthews: Brown at bay
Victor Cockerill: A solution to educational elitism and exclusion
Annajoy David: The kids are alright – so let’s give them a fair deal
Kate Hudson: Together we can stop the launch of missile defence
Lucy Popescu: Mexican journalists are having their rights waived

Comment

Cary Gee: The price Haiti continues to pay for its own liberation
Bryan Rostron: Following in the corrupt footsteps of Silvio Berlusconi
Jeremy Dear: MTV thinks we’re stupid with this strange censorship
Tribune editorial: Bloodbath in Georgia and the grim lessons to learn
Mark Brown: Time to get real about mental ill-health; David Mills
Jill Palmer: Let’s hear it for National Health Service managers

Books and arts

Edward Pearce: Whigs were the cream of the Kit-Cat Club
Glyn Ford: Battles for the soul of the European Parliament
Tony Heath: Bank on Brecon to go large when it comes to jazz
Helen Chappell: Laugh? I thought I’d never start with Channel 4 bores