Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power
Craig Gent
Northern leaders want to end ‘cap-in-hand’ politics, yet they have little choice but to doff that cap to Whitehall, writes Craig Gent.
Westminster is Treating Wales Like a Local Council
Moya Lothian-McLean
The Tata Steel crisis shows just how little Westminster cares about Wales, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Are UK Police Harassing Kurds on Turkey’s Behalf?
John Lubbock
In November, police officers attempted to raid a Kurdish community centre in north London. Many believe it’s part of a wider crackdown at the insistence of the Turkish state, writes John Lubbock.
Capitalists Have Found a Lucrative Fix to England’s Allotment Shortage
Moya Lothian-McLean
With council waiting lists of up to 15 years for allotment plots, a group of business-savvy millennials is buying up land and selling it back to locals at a profit. It’s a neoliberal solution to a neoliberal problem, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right
Olly Haynes
34-year-old Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is an ideological void, but he has banished the left from his cabinet.
Bombing Yemen Won’t Protect Britain’s Precious Trade Interests
Ash Sarkar
There’s a ghoulish irony that after stoking a humanitarian crisis in Yemen by cutting off its maritime trade, the West is bombing Houthi targets in the name of protecting commercial shipping, writes Ash Sarkar.
That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now
Cole Stangler
Last week, Macron's coalition pushed through an immigration bill described as France's most regressive in 40 years, and which Le Pen has declared an ‘ideological victory’. That’s what happens when you try to outgun the far right, argues Cole Stangler.
Police Refused to Label Brianna Ghey’s Murder a Hate Crime. Why?
Moya Lothian-McLean
The murder of a 16-year-old in Cheshire is a shocking convergence of factors. But we can’t ignore the role of transmisogyny in this violence, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’?
James Jackson
Germany's anti-Deutsch used to be 'fringe weirdos'. Now their pro-Israel ideology has gone mainstream.
The March Against Antisemitism Is a Far-Right Dream
Rivkah Brown
Rather than telling Tommy Robinson to ‘fuck off’, the march against antisemitism should question why he was there in the first place, writes Rivkah Brown.
How Did the Far Right Get So Weird?
Richard Hames
Argentina’s cos-playing, corgi-cloning president-elect is just the latest product of the global rightwing Oddball Factory. How did the far right get so weird?
Why Is Showing Solidarity With Palestine Getting People Cancelled in Germany?
Hanno Hauenstein
From Jeremy Corbyn to the musician Nicolás Jaar, a ban on pro-Palestine protests has given way to a spate of cancellations in Germany. This is part of a wider rightward shift, writes Hanno Hauenstein.
A Third of Keir Starmer’s MPs Defied Him Over the Vote for a Ceasefire
Simon Childs & Moya Lothian-McLean
On Wednesday night, one third of Labour MPs defied the whip and voted for a ceasefire. Others gave stirring speeches in favour, then abstained anyway.
The Rightwing Media Is Very Upset About the Remembrance Day Disorder It Helped Cause
Simon Childs
The press spent all week saying pro-Palestine protests are a mark of disrespect to the war dead, but they didn’t want anyone to actually do anything about it.
Suella Braverman, Far-Right Activists and the Media Are Stoking Tensions Ahead of Saturday’s Palestine March
Simon Childs
Far-right activists plan to defend the Cenotaph from a march that's going nowhere near it.
Who Is the Tory Counter-Extremism ‘Expert’ Labelling Pro-Palestine Protests ‘Antisemitic’?
Simon Childs
Robin Simcox used to spend his time defending indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay - then he was hired as an expert advisor to the British government.
There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’
Ell Folan
Shoplifting rates are down from 2017, writes Ell Folan, while the media is acting as if all hell has broken loose.
Liz Truss’s Downfall Was a Huge Victory for Progressives
Matthew Butcher
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister left Downing Street a year ago today. While most people remember Liz Truss as a joke, her premiership was actually a catastrophic defeat for the libertarian right, argues Matthew Butcher.