These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference
Simon Childs
I thought they liked free speech?
Trip 33: Comedy
Does satire make us more cynical? The gang investigate the politics of having a laugh.
Starmer Says UK Migration System Is “Broken”, Royal Mail Boss Resigns
Keir Starmer has said the UK migration system is “broken” after new figures have predicted net migration could have been nearly a million in 2022. Plus: Alastair Campbell goes nuclear on Newsnight; and Ash Sarkar drops truth bombs on BBC Question Time. With Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.
French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms
Olly Haynes
‘Macron is laughing his head off.’
Wanting Scottish Independence Shouldn’t Have to Mean Loving the EU
Jonathon Shafi
The SNP’s plans aren’t even compatible with EU membership.
Tory Brexit Headbangers Turn on Badenoch, BOE Raise Interest Rate Again
Kemi Badenoch has taken heat from Brexit headbangers after confirming the government won’t be repealing all EU laws by the end of the year. Plus: The Bank of England raise interest rates yet again; and CNN conduct a town hall debate with Donald Trump. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Universities Are Docking Lecturers’ Entire Pay for Not Marking a Few Exams
Polly Smythe
Some are striking over it.
Another Met Police Shocker, Justin Welby Slams Tories on Immigration Bill
The Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked the government for their awful migration policies, but home secretary Suella Braverman is pushing ahead. Plus: James O’Brien gets it wrong again; and Piers Morgan is in hot water after the high court hears he knew about phone hacking at the mirror group. With Michael Walker and Barnaby Raine.
The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US
Simon Childs
‘They target people who are desperate.’
Met Police Give Shameful Apology, the Tories Floating Migrant Prison
After arresting peaceful protestors at the King’s coronation, the Met police have now issued an apology. Plus: the Tory government are due to house 500 migrants in a floating barge; and GB News get another OfCom complaint upheld. With Dalia Gebrial and Amardeep Singh Dhillon.
Met Police in Yet More Disgrace After Republicans Arrested at Coronation
The Metropolitan police are again finding themselves amid scandal after arresting dozens of republican protesters at the King’s coronation. Plus: so-called ‘free speech defender’ Lee Anderson comes out against free speech, and will the Lib Dems prop-up a Labour minority government? With Ash Sarkar and Mike Bankole.
As Food Prices Hit a 45-Year High, People Are Foraging Wild Foods to Save Money
Chloe Laws
'I’m grateful for foraging, but I shouldn’t have to live like this. This country is a mess.'
The Truth About the GDR | Aaron Meets Katja Hoyer
In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the experiment of communist East Germany drew to an end. Yet for a time it was a successful project, raising living standards against massive odds and providing stability for the first time in half a century. So is it time to re-assess Europe’s most wealthy, and advanced […]
Local Elections See Sunak’s Tories Take a Beating, WHO Downgrade Covid-19
Local elections in England have seen the Conservatives losing hundreds of seats.
Voter ID Arrives for English Local Elections, David Starkey’s Racism Returns
New laws brought in by the Tories have seen ID requirements appear for the first time in English local elections. Plus: David Starkey makes more shocking and racist comments on GB News, and another oil and gas giant record enormous profits. With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Ash Sarkar.
Much More Freedom Is Necessary
Sophie K. Rosa makes the case for ‘radical intimacy’, queer parenting and new forms of kinship.
It’s Time for a Republican Movement – And Young People Will Lead It
Kimberly McIntosh
Princess Di, this one’s for you.
The Lib Dems Are Britain’s Worst Political Party
Aaron Bastani
'We aren’t the other two’ only makes politics more dysfunctional.