May the Farce Be With You
Keir Starmer has given himself three months to find a rule Corbyn might have broken that justifies him losing the whip. Meanwhile, Johnson has decided that, when it comes to his allies, rules don’t apply at all. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss Priti Patel keeping her job after breaking the ‘ministerial code’ and Corbyn […]
Red Flag, South Bank
Owen Hatherley joins James Butler to argue that it’s time to reclaim the Red Metropolis.
Evil Without Villains: How Does the Left Challenge Empire After Trump?
David Wearing
The Rest of the World is Having a Trade Deal Party and Brexit Britain Isn’t Invited
James Meadway
No Other Minority: Keir Starmer’s Silence on the Islamophobia Report Speaks Volumes About Labour’s Hierarchy of Racism
Ash Sarkar
40 Years in Prison, 40 Years of Struggle: An Interview with John Bowden
Connor Woodman
Starmer Gets Whiplash
Labour have re-admitted Corbyn, but now Starmer’s suspended the whip. What’s the real story behind the chaos of the last 24 hours? And what happens next? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour party.
Corbyn Reinstated
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour party.
Deportation Flights to the EU Have Increased Threefold, As the UK Rushes to Return Asylum Seekers Before Brexit
Rivkah Brown
Liberals Are Obsessed With Dominic Cummings Because It Lets Them Pretend Everything Else is OK
Aaron Bastani
Every Nihilist Is Really an Optimist. Ash Sarkar Meets Frankie Boyle
Ash Sarkar spoke to comedian Frankie Boyle about his new book ‘The Future of British Politics’ and whether there’ll actually be one.
The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows
Rivkah Brown
The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent
Ilyas Nadgee
Life After Cummings
Love him or loathe him, Dominic Cummings was the driving force of Johnson’s government. It was Cummings that masterminded the election campaign that pitched the people vs politicians and won Johnson his majority. Then, by combining culture wars with promises to ‘level up’ the country he transformed the Tories too. So, now he’s gone what […]
The Government Has Abandoned Carers During Covid-19. Now It’s Being Taken to Court
Francesca Newton
Is the UK High Street Dead?
What does the hollowing out of the high street do to the psyche of a town? And has the expansion of higher education obscured the precipitous decline of retail and other industries? Aaron Bastani heads to Portsmouth and Bournemouth to better understand the collapse of Britain’s town centres.
Cummings Has Gone
In April, Boris Johnson’s government trashed Britain’s lockdown strategy, and the popularity of the Prime Minister to save Dominic Cummings. Less than six months later and he’s announced he’s resigning anyway. What will Johnson’s chief advisor mean for the direction of this government? Will the fall of Cummings mean a softer Brexit and an end […]