Analysis

A woman with blonde hair looks into a dark void

Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

While some of Labour’s plans give cause for cautious optimism, its glaring lack of ambition risks giving Farage and his cronies even more fertile ground on which to fight future elections, writes Zoe Gardner.

A group of politicians stand in front of a banner that says 'Nouveau Front', or New Front in French

The French Left Can Fight the Far Right If It Stops Fighting Itself

Cole Stangler

The New Popular Front, formed hastily in response to Macron’s desperate snap election punt, has a chance of doing what centrists cannot, writes Cole Stangler: stop Marine Le Pen. That is, as long as Jean-Luc Mélenchon keeps his cool.

Labour party leader Keir Starmer at the launch of Labour's manifesto in Manchester

Labour’s Slippery Manifesto Offers No End to Austerity

James Meadway

Labour is doomed if it keeps the country on its current path. But Keir Starmer's flimsy manifesto refuses to say how he intends to avoid more austerity, writes James Meadway.

A woman waves a Palestine flag while shouting

South African Muslims Didn’t Vote for Pro-Palestine Parties. Why Not?

Ilham Rawoot

In the country’s recent general election, South African Muslims voted overwhelmingly for the centre-right, white-controlled Democratic Alliance. The results have exposed ethnic tensions that have bubbled away under the surface for decades.

Meet the Pro-Israel ‘Extremist’ Parachuting Into a Labour Safe Seat

Steven Methven

An Israeli diplomat told an undercover reporter in 2017 that UK Labour activist Luke Akehurst was ‘one of the best in the inside … in all the party’. Now, Akehurst is Labour’s candidate for North Durham.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks at Labour Party conference in Liverpool,

Labour Will End Neoliberalism. Just Not in a Good Way

James Meadway

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has been compared to Margaret Thatcher. But that's just spin, writes James Meadway.

Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, poses with a red budget box

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer Just Walked Right Into the Tories’ Trap

James Meadway

With nothing new left to say, Jeremy Hunt used his last budget to set Labour up to fail, writes James Meadway.

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.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Martin Bertrand / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

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.

Marine Le Pen, a woman with blonde hair, sits among red seats

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.

Image shows a photograph of murdered Cheshire teenager Brianna Ghey, surrounded by candles, situated at a vigil in Dublin for her.

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.

Israeli and antifa flags flown side by side in Germany

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.

a man with short brown hair and a fade looks pained as he's arrested by police in yellow hi vis

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?

Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Labour’s Slippery Manifesto Offers No End to Austerity

James Meadway

Meet the Pro-Israel ‘Extremist’ Parachuting Into a Labour Safe Seat

Steven Methven

Labour Will End Neoliberalism. Just Not in a Good Way

James Meadway

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer Just Walked Right Into the Tories’ Trap

James Meadway

Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power

Craig Gent

Westminster is Treating Wales Like a Local Council

Moya Lothian-McLean

Are UK Police Harassing Kurds on Turkey’s Behalf?

John Lubbock

Capitalists Have Found a Lucrative Fix to England’s Allotment Shortage

Moya Lothian-McLean

France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right

Olly Haynes

Bombing Yemen Won’t Protect Britain’s Precious Trade Interests

Ash Sarkar

That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now

Cole Stangler

Police Refused to Label Brianna Ghey’s Murder a Hate Crime. Why?

Moya Lothian-McLean

What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’?

James Jackson

How Did the Far Right Get So Weird?

Richard Hames

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Analysis

Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

The French Left Can Fight the Far Right If It Stops Fighting Itself

Cole Stangler

Labour’s Slippery Manifesto Offers No End to Austerity

James Meadway

South African Muslims Didn’t Vote for Pro-Palestine Parties. Why Not?

Ilham Rawoot

Meet the Pro-Israel ‘Extremist’ Parachuting Into a Labour Safe Seat

Steven Methven

Labour Will End Neoliberalism. Just Not in a Good Way

James Meadway

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer Just Walked Right Into the Tories’ Trap

James Meadway

Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power

Craig Gent

Westminster is Treating Wales Like a Local Council

Moya Lothian-McLean

Are UK Police Harassing Kurds on Turkey’s Behalf?

John Lubbock

Capitalists Have Found a Lucrative Fix to England’s Allotment Shortage

Moya Lothian-McLean

France’s Youngest Ever Prime Minister Is Part of Macronism’s Shift to the Right

Olly Haynes

Bombing Yemen Won’t Protect Britain’s Precious Trade Interests

Ash Sarkar

That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now

Cole Stangler

Police Refused to Label Brianna Ghey’s Murder a Hate Crime. Why?

Moya Lothian-McLean

What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’?

James Jackson

The March Against Antisemitism Is a Far-Right Dream

Rivkah Brown

How Did the Far Right Get So Weird?

Richard Hames

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