A Good Day For Democracy
Corbyn was kept on the ballot for the upcoming Labour leadership election, but with very restrictive voting regulations on new members.
Corbyn Makes the Ballot!
As Jeremy Corbyn makes the ballot for the leadership election, following a tense meeting by the Labour Party’s NEC (National Executive Committee) Aaron Bastani speaks to James Schneider of Momentum about where the Labour left goes next.
7 Tips for Corbynistas Looking to Get Stuck Into the New Leadership Campaign
Edd Mustill
God’s Own Country For Tories
As Cameron steps aside, where better to examine his legacy than in his own constituency in Oxfordshire where county council cuts have destroyed vital public services, putting hundreds of people at risk.
Breaking Up with Monogamy: A Political Project
Brigitte Vasallo
How Angela Eagle Got to Be MP for Wallasey
Bob Pitt
‘The government destroyed their trust’ – Reflections on the Junior Doctor Dispute and Next Steps in Defence of the NHS
Nicolas Carpenter
How likely is a Labour split?
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined Emma Rees and Richard Seymour as they discuss the prospects of any potential split in the Labour Party.
New-New Labour: Could the Clash of the Past and Present Force Labour in a New Direction?
Elizabeth Mizon
The Unbearable Whiteness of Brexit
Two weeks on from the referendum Ash Sarkar visits Barking, which voted 62% leave, and looks at the way class and race shape inequality and political disenfranchisement.
‘This is a very British coup’ – John McDonnell
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell sits down with Aaron Bastani to talk #CorbynCoup, freedom of movement and transforming the Labour Party into an anti-austerity party.
I voted remain, but ignoring the outcome would be terrible for democracy
‘One of the major fault lines of this referendum was a hatred of elites’
James Butler on legal bids to overturn Brexit, and why this is toxic for democracy.
‘Have power without taking power’ – Farage’s Legacy
Farage is gone, at least for the next 5 minutes – but what’s his legacy and where next for UKIP?
5 Reasons Teachers are Going on Strike
Adam Robertson
The Problems of Podemos
Matt Myers
The Chicken Coup: What is Going On?
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss this week’s attempted coup by the parliamentary Labour Party against Jeremy Corbyn.
Amid the Turmoil, the Greens Are Upbeat
Josiah Mortimer
Labour and Tory Leadership – Who’s next?
The next month will see Theresa May and Michael Gove fight it out to see who can be more awful, meanwhile Angela Eagle wonders whether she has what it takes to swoop in with a leadership challenge.