Month: December 2022 | Novara Media

What Does Qatar REALLY Want?

With the media furore around the world cup being held in Qatar, one might think that the mission to launder their reputation and establish themselves as a player on the world stage has failed. One might also think that the arguments about LGBT rights, migrant labour and FIFA corruption haven’t actually bothered the Qatari elites […]

Trip 30: Gifts

Keir, Jem and Nadia explore the cultural and economic pressures on doing pressies.

RMT leader Mick Lynch. Novara Media

They Want Everyone to Be a Deliveroo Worker | Interview With Mick Lynch

Mick Lynch explains the details of the RMT’s dispute, Malcolm X’s insights into government negotiations and why Keir Starmer needs to tackle the scourge of outsourcing for all our sakes. Reporting by Polly Smythe

Report

Wait, Are We on Energy Bill Strike Now?

Charlotte England

Providers are waging war on defaulters - campaigners say we must fight back.

Opinion

Travelling Across Poland Showed Me That Britain’s Economy Is Broken

Aaron Bastani

By 2030, the average Polish family may be wealthier than their British counterparts.

Pro Revolution Soccer

Where Do We Go From Here?

Tom and Keir are joined by David Wearing to put forward a vision of football as a force for good.

Report

British soldiers in Kuwait in 2003. Reuters

Labour Backs Plan to Use Army to Break NHS Strikes

Polly Smythe

'The army should join us and strike.'

Report

An Energy Company Broke Into This Family’s Home And Cut Off Their Heating

Sophie K Rosa

Exclusive: SSE Energy Services installed a prepayment meter, but failed to activate it.

Channel Crossing Deaths; Qatar Gift Corruption; Mick Lynch Exclusive

Four tragic migrant deaths in the Channel, a Qatar corruption scandal and the London Fire Brigade in ‘special measures’. Plus an exclusive interview with one Mr Mick Lynch of the RMT union. With Moya Lothian-McLean, Aaron Bastani and Polly Smythe

Report

Workers on a construction site. Design: Pietro Garrone (Novara Media). Photograph: the apostrophe (Flickr)

Trade Union General Secretary Accused of Taking Qatari Bribes to Ignore Human Rights Abuses

Polly Smythe

The ITUC claimed 6,000 dead construction workers were a 'myth'.

Army Called in to Break Strikes, Michael Gove Backed Report Takes Aim at Novara Media

Instead of negotiating with striking workers, the Tories are calling in the army. A report backed by Michael Gove takes aim at Novara Media. Plus, Jonathan Portes debunks Tory economic lies. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Report

Meet the Activists Arming Leftists on Ukraine’s Frontlines

Volodya Vagner

With equipment in short supply, groups are plugging the gaps.

Feature

Busy scene inside the London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 building check in area, Heathrow Airport, England, UK

Northern Irish People Can’t Come Home For Christmas

Róisín Lanigan

London to Belfast for £300? A joke.

Twitter, Grief Trolling & Feet Guys. Ash Meets Richard Seymour

What is it about social media that turns us into such objectionable creatures? To discuss this, Jorts The Cat and why people want pics of Ash’s feet, Ash is joined by Richard Seymour, author of The Twittering Machine.

Even More Strikes; Sunak’s Banker Giveaway

As Rishi Sunak threatens to crack down on striking workers, he’s giving a bung to millionaires in the city. Plus, renters getting screwed and the right wing backlash to Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Report

Mick Lynch: ‘Corruption’ is to Blame for Lack of Progress in Rail Dispute

Simon Childs

Also Jeremy Hunt.

Pro Revolution Soccer

Why Do We Love Football So Much?

Keir and Tom wonder why playing a game feels so important, with Juliet Jacques and Polly Smythe.

Report

Qatar Schmoozed These MPs. Now They’re Silent on Human Rights

Andrew Kersley

But one did speak up for the right to drink beer.

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