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It’s Not Just Andrew, the Entire Monarchy Is Rotten

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Peter Mandelson Arrested at Home in London
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Over 75k Call for Public Investigation Into Israeli Influence in UK Politics
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How the Democrats Abandoned Working People
Ash Sarkar meets Eric Schlosser

The American state has been captured by corporate interests.
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The Evil Genius of the Global Food System

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Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism

Ash Sarkar meets Maurice Glasman

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17 February 2026

Farage Announces Reform’s New Tory Cabinet

16 February 2026

Cabinet Minister Under Investigation Over Labour Together’s Journalist Smear Campaign

13 February 2026

Palestine Action Ban Ruled Unlawful

12 February 2026

Did Epstein Help Bring Down Theresa May for the Right?

11 February 2026

Starmer Under Fire for Elevating Second Paedophile Apologist

10 February 2026

Wounded Starmer Survives After Begging MPs’ Forgiveness

9 February 2026

Starmer in CRISIS As Scottish Labour Leader Says He MUST Resign

6 February 2026

Police Search Two of Mandelson’s Homes

5 February 2026

Are Keir Starmer’s Days As Prime Minister Numbered?

4 February 2026

Mandelson’s Disgrace Could TOPPLE Keir Starmer

3 February 2026

Peter Mandelson to Face Criminal Investigation Over Jeffrey Epstein

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25 June 2025

Israel-Iran War, Escalation Pauses

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19 June 2025

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2 November 2025

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Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.

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China, AI and the West’s Free Speech Crackdown. Ash Sarkar Meets Ai Weiwei
2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash. Ash Sarkar meets Ann Pettifor.
Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century. Aaron Bastani meets Tariq Ali.
Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar. Aaron Bastani meets Glenn Greenwald

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The Greens Are Starting to Make the Establishment Nervous
It’s Not Just Andrew, the Entire Monarchy Is Rotten
What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State

World

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How the Democrats Abandoned Working People
Trump Isn’t Destroying the International Order. He’s Just Turning It on the West
There Are Two Noam Chomskys. The One You Love, and the One That Was Friends With Jeffrey Epstein

Labour Party

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Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism
Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency
Why Won't Keir Starmer Sack Morgan McSweeney Over Mandelsongate?

Organised Labour

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A protest against the proscription of Palestine Action in Manchester on Saturday 29 November 2025. Credit: Harriet Williamson
Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’
The Blueprint for System Change
Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative

Conservative Party

Opinion
How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?
Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics
No 10’s Toxic Covid Culture Didn't Just Vanish With the Tories

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Interview
Hannah Spencer takes a selfie with Zack Polanski
‘They Thought I Wouldn’t Amount to Anything’: Meet the Plumber Hoping to Turn Gorton and Denton Green
How to Think Ecologically
Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next?

Economics

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Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere
2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash
Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar

Environment

Do Your Own Research
The Evil Genius of the Global Food System
Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World's Problems
Zack Polanski Is Coming for Starmer and Farage

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Palestine Action Prisoner on Brink of Thirst Strike
How Do I Know My Boyfriend Has Never Hurt Another Woman?
Palestine Action Prisoners End Hunger Strike

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A man in red is overlaid by a frowning page symbol that loads when a page is missing on the internet
This Billionaire Landlord Bullied Journalists Into Deleting Negative Coverage of Him
The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers
The Government Pays Landlords £17bn a Year. It’s Taking Back £2bn. So What?

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Arsenal Kitman Sacked Over Israel Posts Did Not Breach FA Rules
101: Her Toxic Ex Returned and Now Our Friendship Is Ruined
The Times Hired Peter Mandelson ‘Despite Repeated Warnings’ Over Epstein

History

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China, AI and the West's Free Speech Crackdown
The Dark Truth About Starmer’s Rise to Power
Was the 20th Century a Catastrophe, or a Miracle?

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If I Speak
102: I'm Not Ready for A Relationship – but I Don't Want Him to See Other People
Melania Is Far-Right Propaganda. Thankfully, Nobody's Buying It
Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It

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98: Are We Obsessed With Having Our Feelings Validated?
Exposing the Lies of the 20th Century
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