Dude, Where’s My Majority?
Johnson has a majority of minus 43 and is pushing for an election. Will labour oblige? Economist and former advisor to John McDonnell James Meadway joins us to discuss.
- Published 4 September 2019
- Subscribe on YouTube
Support Us
Become a regular donor and support Novara Media monthly:
Or you can give us a one-off donation:
Related
Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them
Rule changes snuck in by the Home Office in December theoretically allow the department to send asylum applicants anywhere in the world. In practice, more people will be forced into inhumane and indefinite immigration detention. Rivkah Brown reports.
“This Is the WORST Interview I’ve Ever Seen With a Politician”
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the worst interview by a politician Aaron Bastani has ever seen. What does it say when after 100,000 people have died a leading politician can get away with such a performance?
Opinion: ‘Starmerism’ is Failing on Its Own Terms – And Members Need to Lead the Way
Nine months on from the Labour leadership race, the Starmerite project is failing on its own terms. If the party leadership is unwilling to commit to genuinely transformative policy, then members need to take the reins, argues Callum Cant.
Do Donors Now Control the Labour Party?
Yesterday Richard Leonard resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour party – less than 24 hours after a potential donor allegedly said they would not give money while he remained in place. This raises huge questions. Firstly whether the Scottish Labour Party is autonomous of the party at Westminster, and secondly whether wealthy donors now […]
Breaking Point
Experts suggest new Covid infections in England may have finally peaked, but with two more weeks of rising hospital admissions expected, can the NHS avoid collapse?
Britain Is Now Fyre Festival
During the Covid pandemic the failures of Britain’s model have become painfully clear, from 80,000 deaths to a test and trace system which isn’t good enough. The latest shambles on free school meals demonstrates that these aren’t the result of a few bad individuals, or random mistakes, but the result of forty years of privatisation […]
Can the Left Trust Keir Starmer? | Interview With Richard Burgon
Was the Corbyn leadership a complete failure for the left – and what can be learned for next time? What are the chances of a socialist Labour government implementing the kinds of policies seen in the 2017 and 2019 manifestoes? And can the left trust Keir Starmer as party leader after a disappointing first year? […]
Opinion: In Negotiating Trade After Brexit, the Tories Missed a Key Opportunity to Accelerate Climate Goals
If the British government really wants to become a global leader in tackling climate change, environmental justice must become a priority in negotiating new trade deals, write Miriam Brett and Katie Gallogly-Swan.