Dominic Cummings PROVES We Have a Rotten Establishment
Dominic Cummings broke a lockdown he helped implement. Those defending his actions prove our establishment is rotten to the core.
Filth: Coronavirus Has Shown That Cleaners Are Essential, but Labelling Them ‘Low-Skilled’ Legitimises Exploitation
Eleanor Penny
Johnson in Retreat
Boris Johnson has been forced to make two U-turns this week. Is he a prime minister in retreat? Plus, James Meadway on whether Britain’s record debt will ever have to be paid back. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
Cyclone Amphan and Coronavirus Have Exposed the Failings of Neoliberalism in India and Bangladesh
Grace Blakeley
‘The rage in Birmingham is unreal’: Keir Starmer’s Position on Kashmir Will Damage the Labour Party
Aaron Bastani
‘He should never have been discharged’: How Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed During Lockdown
Natalie Leal
The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose
Nye Jones
When Will They Learn?
Former Public Health Chief John Ashton was one of the first experts to sound the alarm on the government’s coronavirus strategy. Does he believe they have learnt from their mistakes? Plus, CLASS Director Faiza Shaheen on new unemployment figures and the depths of the COVID-19 economic crisis.
Did BBC Whistleblowers Mislead the Public on Labour Antisemitism and Blame Their Own Failures on Corbyn?
Charlotte England
‘Overdoses go up as supply goes down’: How Coronavirus is Impacting Drug Users
HG
A Turning Point in Trust?
For the first time since this crisis began polls are showing the public dissatisfied with the government’s handling of Covid-19. Could this be a turning point in the politics of coronavirus?
Coronavirus Won’t End the Scotland-England Union – But the Tories Will
Michael Gray
Reclaiming Work
Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants.
For the Landlords, Not the Many?
Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister has called rent cancellation “un-Labour”. Are we back to the bad old days Blairism? Plus, why the Tory press have gone to war with teachers and how the government are ending the lockdown BEFORE they’ve introduced test-and-trace.
The Burner Episode #238: Emergency Brakes
Eight weeks in, James Butler asks what kind of judgements can we make about the crisis – and what it reveals about Britain. Does the sudden global stoppage let us see what real political change might look like?
