A Broken Economy
This week’s PMQs revealed just how badly the Tories are managing the British economy
Carillion – a Bailout by Any Other Name
At PMQs today, Theresa May’s arguments, like Carillion’s finances, were on the verge of collapse.
Choo-Choo! All Aboard the Deselection Express!
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin celebrate the completion of Jeremy Corbyn’s Red Army Takeover of the Labour Party.
Carillion Shows the System Is Rigged
From hedge funds profiting to government negligence, when ‘business leaders’ talk about economic competence, they mean keeping the system rigged: for them.
Tech Can’t Solve Rape Culture
Consent isn’t a contract – the allegations against Aziz Ansari show that men can’t rely on an over-simplistic tech solution to challenge rape culture.
President Shithole and Nige the Remoaner
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani talk Labour’s NEC election, Farage’s second referendum pitch, the Carillion collapse and President Shithole.
Elephant and Castle: Students Protest University’s Role in Gentrification
UAL Students
Ink It Onto Your Knuckles – Carillion Is How Neoliberalism Lives and Breathes
Paul Mason
What Does Justice Look Like Without Prisons?
Oonagh Ryder
Eugenics Is Not a Fringe Issue – It Influences UK Immigration Policy
Beth Davies-Kumadiro
Lexit 2019?
On the first #NovaraFM of 2018, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discus Brexit, ‘Lexit’ and the progress and potentials of leaving the European Union. Are we all Lexiters now?
Prisons: Abolition or Reform?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann interview Dr David Scott, who explains what prison abolition is and what the alternatives are. They discuss the failings of the current penal system, the naive utopianism of reform and the practicalities of penal abolition.
Cabinet Reshambles
This week on The Fix Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss Theresa May’s latest reshuffle, Toby Young and more.
4 Things to Remember About the Toby Young Scandal
Nathan Akehurst
ATB: Now We’re Paying Even More to Commute to Work for the Privilege of Being Exploited
Becky Boumelha joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly to talk the serious issue of party democracy after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing on the important matters of the day such as “melt of the week” – Richard Branson’s little beard.
