What Would Jesus Do? Cancel the Rent
Francis Brewer
If it’s good enough for Christ, it’s good enough for us.
The House of Lords is a National Embarrassment – and the Joke is on Us
Aaron Bastani
Circuit Breaker
Labour and SAGE are pushing for a circuit breaker lockdown to curtail the spread of Covid-19. But what would a “circuit breaker” really achieve? We ask Professor Karl Friston of Independent SAGE. Plus: Everything that’s wrong with the test and trace system, Micah Uetricht on Trump returning to the campaign trail, and a correction from […]
The Co-op Network Giving Communities the Tools to Feed Themselves
Sophie K Rosa
Coronavirus: Is This the End of Free Market Capitalism?
While it has already led to more than one million deaths, the consequences of Covid-19 go beyond just public health with 2020 experiencing the sharpest economic downturn in history. Of course much of that was intentional, with demobilisation seen as necessary to control the virus, but what are the longer term economic impacts? Will some […]
Mental Healthcare May Never Recover From Coronavirus
Sian Bradley
One Virus, Two Englands
After a weekend of wrangling, Johnson has announced a three tier lockdown. Does this pandemic policy punish the North for Westminster failures? Plus, John Ashton on whether Merseyside was right to accept the highest lockdown restrictions and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on why he believes it’s time for the prime minister to be replaced. […]
Sunak’s Screeching U-Turn
Rishi Sunak has annnounced an extension to the furlough and, once again, the realities of covid have forced the government into another screeching U-turn. Do the Tories still lack a strategy for dealing with the virus? Plus: Trump’s bizarre twitter vids and Number 10’s new spokesperson. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial and James Meadway.
‘Tired From the Heart’: Voices From the Care Sector
Care work faces a constant struggle for recognition, leaving some workers ‘tired from the heart’. What would it mean to advance an alternative vision of the sector? Sophie K Rosa, Craig Gent and James Butler find out.
Rachel Reeves MP Accused of Misusing Members’ Data in Attempt to Influence Labour Party Democracy
Rivkah Brown
Trump Thinks He Can Use His Coronavirus Diagnosis to His Advantage. He Can’t
Micah Uetricht
Scotland Goes Dry
Sturgeon has announced scottish pubs will close for two weeks. With local lockdowns failing, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss whether the rest of the UK will soon follow suit? Plus, The growing backlash against 10pm curfew Unite slashes Labour funding UK’s booming arms trade.
Greece’s Golden Dawn Has Been Crushed – But Its Agenda Lives On
Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou
The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence
Becka Hudson
The Rise and Fall of the Corbyn Movement | An Interview with Owen Jones
Was Corbynism doomed from the start? That’s the question posed by Owen Jones in his new book, This Land.
