No 10’s Toxic Covid Culture Didn’t Just Vanish With the Tories
Ash Sarkar
The conditions that enabled Tory failures in the pandemic are still present in Keir Starmer’s government, writes Ash Sarkar.
Labour’s Denmark-Inspired Asylum Plan Is Landing With the Far Right
Steven Methven
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s asylum plan is designed to prevent right-leaning voters from deserting Labour but so far, it’s pleased Tommy Robinson, writes Steven Methven.
The BBC Thought It Could Save Itself by Serving the Powerful. It Was Wrong
Steven Methven
The corporation's cardinal sin was messing with the big dogs it usually serves, writes Steven Methven.
Sudan and Palestine Are Haunted by the Same Ghost
Kieran Andrieu
The mass slaughter in both Gaza and Sudan is inextricably linked to the bloody tapestry of Britain’s colonial history. When we speak up for Palestinian liberation, we must also speak up for Sudan, writes Kieran Andrieu.
Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative
Luke Savage
While party grandees preached defeat and despair, New York City's mayor-elect pitched free buses, cheap groceries and frozen rent. Turns out the antidote to Trump is just socialism, writes Luke Savage.
Zack Polanski Has Pledged to Legalise Drugs. So Should All Leftwing Leaders
Kojo Koram
The left in Britain has mostly kept shtum about drugs, even though their criminalisation is inextricably linked to several of its key issues. The Green leader is finally breaking the silence, writes Kojo Koram.
It’s Your Party, and I’ll Cry If I Want To
Ash Sarkar
Fractious, back-biting, unstrategic: so far, Your Party has managed to recreate the Labour party in all but scale, writes Ash Sarkar. But that isn’t to say there aren’t signs of life.
Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly Victory Matters Everywhere
Gareth Leaman
The Caerphilly Senedd by-election win for Plaid Cymru is indicative of dissatisfaction that reaches far beyond the town’s boundaries. We should remember that Reform can still capitalise on this anger elsewhere, argues Gareth Leaman.
Here’s What Happened When Israel Released 2,000 Palestinian Captives, Including My Uncle
Hassan Herzallah
Last week, Hassan Herzallah was among thousands of Palestinians reunited with their loved ones in the hostage exchange that formed part of the ceasefire deal in Gaza that Israel has since broken. Others emerged from Israeli captivity only to discover their family members were dead. Herzallah recounts his family’s ordeal.
Scotland’s New Rent Controls Put Starmer’s Measly Reforms to Shame
Gordon Maloney
In September, the Scottish government passed a law limiting how much landlords can raise rents. Labour’s renters’ rights bill is a joke by comparison, writes Gordon Maloney.
Employers Who Steal Wages Should Be Made Criminally Liable
Matthew Cole
A shocking investigation has revealed that employers who fail to pay wages simply get away with it. It’s time to make wage theft a criminal matter, argues Matthew Cole.
Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother
Kieran Andrieu
After Israel kidnapped him in international waters with the Global Sumud Flotilla, Kieran Andrieu realised he was being held in the same Negev desert facility where his younger brother, Ahmed, had been repeatedly locked up.
Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles
Juliet Jacques
Comment journalism once seemed a genuinely dynamic, democratic form. Now it’s mostly overpaid Times columnists sugarcoating fascism and Guardian grandees putting themselves on the wrong side of history, writes Juliet Jacques.
Zack Polanski Must Now Transform His Fans Into Activists
Adam Ramsay
The telegenic eco-socialist has triggered an explosion of interest in the Green party, and a parallel growth in membership. Now he needs to translate enthusiasm into activity, writes Adam Ramsay.
Israel’s Illegal Interception of the Gaza Aid Flotilla Is an Affront to Human Decency
Jeremy Corbyn
Israel’s detention of hundreds of peaceful activists - including my constituent, Novara Media’s Kieran Andrieu - is both a violation of their human rights and a further act of cruelty against the people of Gaza. But the movement for Palestine is never going away, writes Jeremy Corbyn.
I’ve Been Kidnapped by Israel in International Waters
Kieran Andrieu
Novara Media journalist Kieran Andrieu has been illegally detained by Israel for trying to deliver baby formula, food and medicine to Gaza.
The New Party Fallout Shows That Hero-Worship Gets Us Nowhere
Michael Chessum
The public split between Your Party co-founders Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shows how building mass movements around leftwing celebrities doesn’t work, argues Michael Chessum.
Israel Is Trying to Smear the Gaza Aid Flotilla As ‘Terrorists’. We Must Not Let It
Yanis Varoufakis
Hundreds of brave doctors, lawyers, journalists and parliamentarians are sailing to Gaza to break Israel's illegal blockade. By smearing them as 'Hamas', Israel is preparing to attack, writes Yanis Varoufakis.