Opinion

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Politicians Should Step Aside and Let Members Run the New Left Party

Jonas Marvin & Shanice McBean

Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s power struggles are squandering a historic opportunity to build a mass party of the left. That’s why we support the democratic challenge to take over its leadership, write Jonas Marvin and Shanice McBean.

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Any analysis of the political situation in the UK that does not account for the media is so incomplete as to be useless, argues Phil McDuff.

A man with silver hair and glasses, wearing a suit, waves a hand in the air

Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Liberals and lobby journalists jubilated last year when the grownups were finally put back in charge. Now, Starmer’s future and indeed Labour’s seem as certain as an iceberg lettuce, writes Joe Guinan.

Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Some have argued that Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s new initiative should build its own institutions. Really, it should focus on influencing popular discourse and existing power structures - just like Ukip did, writes Lewis Bassett.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

The left has four years to stop Nigel Farage from becoming prime minister. Polanski’s Green leadership win is the starting gun on a race we must win, writes James Meadway.

Anti-immigration demonstrators display Union Jack and England flags as they gather outside a hotel in Altrincham, 8 August 2025. Phil Noble/Reuters

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

The race rioters who burned out a car at the end of my street in Middlesbrough last summer were outnumbered the very next day by locals who came out to sweep up the glass, writes Phil McDuff.

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

The would-be leader’s populist style and socialist proposals have upset a party establishment that has historically avoided conflict. Turns out a battle of ideas was just what the party needed, writes Adam Ramsay.

A anti-immigration protester in Epping, Essex. Jaimi Joy/Reuters

These Six Media Lies Are Stoking the Anti-Migrant Protests

Simon Childs

The Sun published a report claiming asylum seekers are enjoying discounted boat rides, while the Mail on Sunday says the UK is in the midst of a ‘migrant crime wave’. Neither is true. Simon Childs reports.

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

A man claimed to be the victim of an antisemitic mob. His alleged assailants say he instigated the altercation, calling Arabic-speaking patrons ‘terrorists’. The Guardian printed one side of the story, and it went viral. This is how hysteria is manufactured, writes Rivkah Brown.

A woman in a grey hijab holds up her phone to take a photograph. The phone has a sticker on the back that says "Free Gaza".

The Online Safety Act Has Nothing to Do With Child Safety and Everything to Do With Censorship

Kate Sim

Within hours of Ofcom enforcing the new law last week, Gaza and Ukraine content was being blocked, while pickup artist content and child modelling sites weren’t. That’s entirely by design, writes Kate Sim.

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

Novara Media told a high court judge how the proscription of Palestine Action has inhibited our journalism. He must allow a judicial review, writes Charlotte England.

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

Any new left party is doomed to fail unless it commits itself to rebuilding its social base, argues Joe Todd.

David Lammy Shouldn’t Have Given a Spin Doctor for Planetary Death a Plum Foreign Office Job

Adam Ramsay

Is someone who has years of experience doing PR for fossil fuel companies wrecking the planet the best choice to oversee the Foreign Office? Obviously not, writes Adam Ramsay.

What Next for the New Left Party? We Asked Our Contributors

Craig Gent, Joe Guinan, Jonas Marvin, Shanice McBean & Abi Wilkinson

The long-rumoured left party has finally been soft-launched by Zarah Sultana. While the mainstream media relitigates the he-said-she-said of the launch, we ask five Novara Media writers where they think the party should go.

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

From New York to Chicago, American politicians are pushing state-owned grocery shops as a way to make food cheaper, writes James Meadway. Meanwhile, our leaders continue scratching their heads.

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going to Love His Dad

Kojo Koram

Scholar Mahmood Mamdani argued that racial representation without economic justice means nothing. His son turned that insight into a successful campaign, writes Kojo Koram.

Hundreds of demonstrators, many disabled, gathered to protest against the government’s proposed cuts to the welfare spending bill which will see Personal Independence Payments (PIP) reduced for disabled benefit claimants, March 2025. Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Reuters Connect

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Despite concessions, the welfare bill still means cuts and greater state intrusion into disabled people’s lives, writes the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People’s Rick Burgess.

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

The Israeli prime minister needed a way to distract the world from genocide and keep himself in power - and in Iran, he found it, writes Aaron Bastani.

Opinion

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

David Lammy Shouldn’t Have Given a Spin Doctor for Planetary Death a Plum Foreign Office Job

Adam Ramsay

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

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Opinion

Politicians Should Step Aside and Let Members Run the New Left Party

Jonas Marvin & Shanice McBean

The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

Zack Polanski Has Started a Fight in the Green Party, and That’s a Good Thing

Adam Ramsay

These Six Media Lies Are Stoking the Anti-Migrant Protests

Simon Childs

Why Did the Guardian Run an Unverified Antisemitism Story?

Rivkah Brown

The Online Safety Act Has Nothing to Do With Child Safety and Everything to Do With Censorship

Kate Sim

The Palestine Action Ban Has Had a Chilling Effect on the Press. It Must Be Overturned

Charlotte England

The New Party Must Do More Than Win Elections

Joe Todd

David Lammy Shouldn’t Have Given a Spin Doctor for Planetary Death a Plum Foreign Office Job

Adam Ramsay

What Next for the New Left Party? We Asked Our Contributors

Craig Gent, Joe Guinan, Jonas Marvin, Shanice McBean & Abi Wilkinson

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going to Love His Dad

Kojo Koram

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

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