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Why Do Governments Hate Juries? Because They Have Consciences

Nick Bano & Rivkah Brown

‘Successive studies have shown that juries deliver equitable results.’ Guess who wrote that? The same MP who’s now proposing to scrap a quarter of juries, barrister Nick Bano tells Rivkah Brown.

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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

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A shameful end to 2025.

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Doctor ‘Strangled’ by Police Officer Until She Passed Out at Hunger Strike Protest

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Meet the YouTubers Terrorising Britain for Clicks

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‘A human form of bear-baiting.’

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Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One

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Nazi’s Son Wins Chilean Presidency

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Netanyahu’s Attempt to Exploit the Bondi Beach Attack Is Perverse

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The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers

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Why Did the BBC Take so Long to Cover the Palestine Hunger Strikers?

Joshua Carroll

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Wes Streeting’s ‘Overdiagnosis’ Crusade Isn’t Going to Help Anyone

Micha Frazer-Carroll

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Your Party Members Don’t Want MPs to Be the Stars. Corbyn and Sultana Should Take the Hint

Steven Methven

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Who Are the ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, the Labour Party’s New Faction?

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert

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‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’

Aaron Bastani meets Norman Finkelstein

What is Israel’s endgame?

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The Truth About Hamas, 7th October and Israel’s Ongoing Genocide

Ash Sarkar Meets Tareq Baconi

Hamas’ strategy explained.

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The Blueprint for System Change

Ash Sarkar Meets Just Stop Oil Founder Roger Hallam

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2025: the Year Labour Died?

2025 has been a rough year for Keir Starmer’s Labour, but was it enough to destroy the party? Plus: A fake AI Yanis Varoufakis is going viral, and Bernie Sanders has a message for the tech oligarchs. With Michael Walker & NoJusticeMTG.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London to Hold Talks With Three of the Continent’s Most Powerful Leaders

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Nigel Farage Now Accused of Racism by 28 Former School Mates

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Labour’s Compromise With the Employment Rights Bill

3 December 2025

Nigel Farage Laughs Off Any Idea of a Reform & Tory Pact

2 December 2025

David Lammy Pledges to Slash Jury Trials

1 December 2025

Zarah Sultana Wins Your Party Conference Showdown

28 November 2025

Labour’s Latest U-Turn: Day One Workers Rights

27 November 2025

Has Rachel Reeves Broken Her Manifesto Pledges?

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Why Do Governments Hate Juries? Because They Have Consciences

Nick Bano & Rivkah Brown

Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

Harriet Williamson

Doctor ‘Strangled’ by Police Officer Until She Passed Out at Hunger Strike Protest

Joshua Carroll

Meet the YouTubers Terrorising Britain for Clicks

Simon Childs

Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One

Rivkah Brown

Nazi’s Son Wins Chilean Presidency

Phineas Rueckert

Netanyahu’s Attempt to Exploit the Bondi Beach Attack Is Perverse

Steven Methven

The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers

Cameron Baillie

Why Did the BBC Take so Long to Cover the Palestine Hunger Strikers?

Joshua Carroll

Wes Streeting’s ‘Overdiagnosis’ Crusade Isn’t Going to Help Anyone

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Your Party Members Don’t Want MPs to Be the Stars. Corbyn and Sultana Should Take the Hint

Steven Methven

Who Are the ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, the Labour Party’s New Faction?

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert

‘Gaza Is Over, It’s Gone. There’s Nothing Left’

Aaron Bastani meets Norman Finkelstein

The Truth About Hamas, 7th October and Israel’s Ongoing Genocide

Ash Sarkar Meets Tareq Baconi

The Blueprint for System Change

Ash Sarkar Meets Just Stop Oil Founder Roger Hallam

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2025: the Year Labour Died?

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Putin Threatens Retaliation Over Frozen Russian Assets

Keir Starmer Says “Don’t Abandon Patients” As Doctor Five-Day Strikes Begin

Bondi Gunmen Motivated by Islamic State, Says Australian PM

Gunmen Target Jewish Community in Bondi Beach, Killing 15

Reform Now UK’s Largest Party, Overtaking Labour

Venezuela Condemns “Act of Piracy” From the United States

Starmer Pushes to Reform European Human Rights Law

Trump Says “Decaying” Europe Led by “Weak” People

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London to Hold Talks With Three of the Continent’s Most Powerful Leaders

Nigel Farage Now Accused of Racism by 28 Former School Mates

Labour’s Compromise With the Employment Rights Bill

Nigel Farage Laughs Off Any Idea of a Reform & Tory Pact

David Lammy Pledges to Slash Jury Trials

Zarah Sultana Wins Your Party Conference Showdown

Labour’s Latest U-Turn: Day One Workers Rights

Has Rachel Reeves Broken Her Manifesto Pledges?

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