Labour’s Right Wing Election, Porn Tory Named, Nadine Dorries’ Latest Gaffe
Keir Starmer appears to have chosen a strategy to win next week’s local elections: become really right wing.
French Muslims Overwhelmingly Backed Mélenchon. Will the Left Take Note?
Hanna Bechiche
Persecuted by centrists and the far right alike, Muslims want more.
London Landlords Have Ushered in a New Era of Feudalism
Sam Bright
Pay your monthly tithe.
Why Suspicion of Benefits ‘Scroungers’ Could Be About to Reach New Heights
Jim Kaufman & Jamie Redman
Those who can’t work may soon be forced to.
Johnson’s Crap Cost of Living Plan; Porn-Watching Tory; Piers Morgan’s Return
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss Boris Johnson’s latest pathetic plans to tackle the cost of living. Plus, parliament’s mystery porn-watching MP.
Why Can’t Starmer Just Be Like Blair?
Oliver Eagleton
The spirit of '97 is now long gone.
Student Loans Are Now Even More of a Scam
Aaron Bastani
Lower middle income earners will be hit hardest by government reforms.
Macron Re-elected; Elon Musk to Buy Twitter; Mail’s Misogynistic Hit Piece on Rayner
Macron’s election as French president might be a relief, but an unprecedented showing for the far right does not bode well for western democracies.
Musk Buying Twitter Would Be the Defining Deal of Our Era
Aaron Bastani
The Tesla CEO is reportedly set to purchase the company for $43bn.
Le Pen Lost – But the Far Right Didn’t
Aurelien Mondon
She still took 41.5% of the vote.
Tories Turn on Johnson; Baker Says Resign; Kwarteng’s Insult to Earth Day
Influential Tories have publicly called for Johnson to resign. With a Commons select committee set to investigate whether he deliberately misled parliament, are the walls finally closing in on the prime minister? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does
Charlie Hertzog Young
The world isn't designed with people like me in mind.
Generation Precariat: What’s It Like to Feel Robbed of Your Future?
Sophie K Rosa
‘It seems like everything is getting harder.’
Autistic People Are More Likely to Be Trans. So What?
Ell Folan
Being trans isn’t a disease. Nor is neurodiversity.
Assange Closer to Extradition, Patel to Decide Fate; More Partygate Embarrassments
A UK court has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, leaving the decision on his fate with home secretary Priti Patel. We speak to Matt Kennard of Declassified UK about the significance of the ruling. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
How Britain Starved Ireland
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain
Zarah Sultana
For me, this is personal.
Israel Raids Palestine Mosque; Awful Rwanda Refugee Plan; Johnson’s Epic Unpopularity
Israel has once again stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque during Ramadan. We speak to Ines Abdel Razak in Jerusalem the current wave of repression in Palestine.