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Keir Starmer Is Too Spineless to Keep UK Out of Iran War
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The prime minister reckons he’s learnt from the mistakes of Iraq, but his decision to let the US use UK military bases for attacks on Iranian missile sites says different, argues Harriet Williamson.
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Matt Goodwin Published a Campaign Leaflet Appealing to Voters’ ‘Christian Heritage’. How’s That for Sectarianism?

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The Next Shocks Will Hit Wealthy Countries Hardest. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani Meets John Rapley

Rich doesn’t mean resilient.
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Seed Oils, the CIA, and the Metabolic Shitshow

Richard Hames Meets Jason Moore

Cheap stuff is over, forever.

The Evil Genius of the Global Food System

Richard Hames Meets Charles C. Mann

A brand new show about the systems that make the modern world.

Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism

Ash Sarkar meets Maurice Glasman

Is this the end of the neoliberal order?

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The biggest stories and guests from the UK and international left. Livestreamed on YouTube weeknights at 6PM GMT.
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Trump Demands Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’
Donald Trump has stated that there will be no deal with Iran without “unconditional surrender”. Plus: Qatar’s Energy Minister has warned that the war will “bring down the economies of the world”, and the Pentagon has deemed Anthropic a supply chain risk. With Michael Walker, Sina Toossi, David Wearing & Nate Soares.
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How Far Could the US-Israel War on Iran Spread?

Hegseth Says U.S. Will Have COMPLETE CONTROL of Iran Airspace

The Illegal War on Iran Is Escalating… What Next?

The US & Israel’s War on Iran

Greens THRASH Labour and Reform in HISTORIC By-Election Win

26 February 2026

The By-Election That Could End Starmer

25 February 2026

Poll Shows CRUNCH By-Election Is Three-Horse Race

24 February 2026

Keir Starmer Refuses to Release All ‘Andrew Files’

23 February 2026

Peter Mandelson Arrested

20 February 2026

REVEALED: Mandelson Pushed for Prince Andrew to Be Trade Envoy

19 February 2026

Prince Andrew Finally Arrested Over Epstein Links

18 February 2026

Reform Reveals Plan to Put Kids in Poverty

17 February 2026

Farage Announces Reform’s New Tory Cabinet

16 February 2026

Cabinet Minister Under Investigation Over Labour Together’s Journalist Smear Campaign

13 February 2026

Palestine Action Ban Ruled Unlawful

12 February 2026

Did Epstein Help Bring Down Theresa May for the Right?

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ICE Is Ramping Up. LA Fought Back

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25 June 2025

Israel-Iran War, Escalation Pauses

“They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing”.
19 June 2025

How BlackRock and Global Finance Stole Your Future

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What Does the Green Party Really Want?

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

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2 November 2025

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Downstream is an in-depth interview show featuring conversations with activists, authors, economists, politicians, scientists, philosophers and thinkers of all stripes.

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Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere. Aaron Bastani Meets Oliver Bullough
China, AI and the West’s Free Speech Crackdown. Ash Sarkar Meets Ai Weiwei
2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash. Ash Sarkar meets Ann Pettifor.

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Keir Starmer Is Too Spineless to Keep UK Out of Iran War
Jeremy Corbyn Now Controls Your Party. Is That a Good Thing?
Palestine Solidarity Systemically Targeted in Britain, Data Shows

World

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We Are Witnessing the Return of Empires & the End of Nations
UK Gave £90k to Sexual Violence Report Central to Israel’s Genocide Propaganda
When Has Western Intervention in the Middle East Ever Gone Well?

Labour Party

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What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State
Mandelson & the Perverted Fantasies of New Labour Liberalism
Matt Goodwin Doesn’t Know a Thing About This Constituency

Organised Labour

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Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’
The Blueprint for System Change
Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative

Conservative Party

Opinion
How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?
Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics
No 10’s Toxic Covid Culture Didn't Just Vanish With the Tories

Politics

ACFM
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What Does the Green Party Really Want?
Matt Goodwin Published a Campaign Leaflet Appealing to Voters’ ‘Christian Heritage’. How’s That for Sectarianism?
The Next Shocks Will Hit Wealthy Countries Hardest. Here’s Why

Economics

Do Your Own Research
Seed Oils, the CIA, and the Metabolic Shitshow
Vape Shops, Crypto and Luxury Watches: How Money Laundering Is Everywhere
2008 Whistleblower on the Next Big Crash

Environment

Do Your Own Research
The Evil Genius of the Global Food System
Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World's Problems
Zack Polanski Is Coming for Starmer and Farage

Policing

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Protesters hold signs outside the High Court, after judges ruled the British government’s decision to designate pro‑Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation unlawful, in London, Britain, 13 February 2026. Reuters/Jaimi Joy
Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next?
Palestine Action Prisoner on Brink of Thirst Strike
How Do I Know My Boyfriend Has Never Hurt Another Woman?

Housing

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A man in red is overlaid by a frowning page symbol that loads when a page is missing on the internet
This Billionaire Landlord Bullied Journalists Into Deleting Negative Coverage of Him
The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers
The Government Pays Landlords £17bn a Year. It’s Taking Back £2bn. So What?

Society

Red Flags
A woman holds the hands of two men in a town square
I Yearn for a Soulmate. So Why Do I Also Want to Open My Relationship?
Open University U-Turns on ‘Ancient Palestine’ Ban
103: Will Getting Back to Nature Heal My Feelings of Burnout?

History

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China, AI and the West's Free Speech Crackdown
The Dark Truth About Starmer’s Rise to Power
Was the 20th Century a Catastrophe, or a Miracle?

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Melania Is Far-Right Propaganda. Thankfully, Nobody's Buying It
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