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GE2019: The ‘Plan for Nature’ Is Right to Be Ambitious – But Labour Can Do More for Rural Life

Jon Moses

Ignore the Westminster commentators-turned-forestry experts, Labour's 'Plan for Nature' is a welcome development for the party. However, implementation will require Labour to keep developing its offer to rural communities where the Tories have failed, argues Jon Moses.

GE2019: Who Gets to Speak for British Jews? How the Myth of ‘the Jewish Community’ Marginalises Dissent

When the Chief Rabbi or the Jewish Chronicle claims to speak on behalf of "the Jewish community" they do not include all Jews, just the ones whose Jewishness the establishment wants to validate, argues Jo Sutton-Klein.

Corbyn Aspires to a Fundamental Break With Britain’s Imperialist Practices – No Wonder Elites Are Scared

Connor Woodman

In a country that has engaged in conflict every year for over a century, a Corbyn government would mark a significant diversion in British foreign policy - including past Labour administrations.

GE2019: The Leaked US-UK Trade Dossier Reveals ‘No Deal’ IS the Tories’ Plan

Aaron Bastani

Jeremy Corbyn has called today's leaked dossier more evidence of a ‘plot against our country’. He’s right, says Aaron Bastani. The dossier is a game-changer. Most importantly it reveals what Boris Johnson’s offer to ‘get Brexit done’ really means: a decade of Britain being pulled in multiple directions and vulnerable to being pillaged by Donald Trump’s America.

GE2019: ‘The Tories Pose an Immense Risk to Us and to All Minorities’: The Jewish Groups Campaigning for Corbyn

Francesca Newton

Leftwing Jewish groups are fighting for the Labour party, opposing both the Tories and a mainstream media narrative that depicts British Jews as singularly anti-Corbyn. Francesca Newton reports on what it's like to have to justify your existence on the doorstep in order to get your message across.

GE2019: The Conservatives Have Blown It

James Meadway

In this election the Tories had a chance to reach out to the Labour heartlands with an offer to deliver on both Brexit and the economy. Instead, they've produced a thin, watery document whose content will not stand up to scrutiny, argues James Meadway.

GE2019: ‘But how is Labour going to pay for that?’ To Answer Effectively We Must Talk Politics, Not Economics

Grace Blakeley

How should we answer the question that haunts the Labour party? Politically, on our own terms and by rooting it in peoples’ lived experience, argues economist Grace Blakeley.

Opinion: To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers

Aaron Bastani

As someone born in Britain the BBC is one of the institutions I am most proud of, writes Aaron Bastani, but it could be so much better, offering a genuine counterweight to a billionaire class intent on rigging the country’s democratic process. It won’t do that, and live up to its own charter, until it re-thinks its relationship to the rightwing press.

GE2019: The Apocalypse Liberals Are at It Again, Promising to Destroy the World to Save the World

Eleanor Penny

When politicians like Jo Swinson solemnly announce they would be willing to detonate nuclear weapons the mainstream interprets this as a sign of no-nonsense leadership, firmness of purpose and the ability to connect with the security concerns of Joe Ordinary - and overlooks the fact they could destroy all humanity.

Why Are University Staff Going on Strike? Here’s What You Need to Know

Oliver Eagleton

University staff across the UK walk out tomorrow for the first time since March 2018. The strike resumes the struggle over detrimental pension changes, with further demands on casualisation and equal pay.

GE2019: I’m an NHS Junior Doctor. Here’s Why I’m Backing Labour – and Urging Patients to Do the Same

Joanna Dobbin

"Day in, day out, I see first hand the realities of what it means to break down the social fabric of our state. That is why - after working a 13-hour shift without a break - I am writing this article."

GE2019: Does Labour’s ‘Manifesto of Hope’ Live up to Expectations? Novara’s Verdict

Novara Reporters

In 2017 Labour's leaked manifesto galvanised supporters and fuelled a campaign that ultimately took away the Tories' majority. Add to this precedent the passing of exciting and radical new policies at Labour conference in September, and expectations this year are high. Does the document, released this morning, live up to these expectations? Aaron Bastani, James Butler, Eleanor Penny and Grace Blakeley weigh in.

GE2019: Labour Offers a ‘Housing Revolution’ for Generation Rent

Jamie Sims

Labour's manifesto is promising a "housing revolution", including the most ambitious house-building programme in decades and action on bogus 'affordable' rents. Housing activist Jamie Sims says it's a lifeline to Generation Rent - who could prove a major political force in this election.

GE2019: Are Anti-Corbyn Groups Buying up Facebook Ads on Behalf of the Conservative Party?

Charlotte England

The Conservative party’s Facebook advertising strategy has been looking a little strange recently, with their spending in the past week eclipsed by the Liberal Democrats, the Labour party and anti-Brexit group Best for Britain. This is despite the Conservatives having spent far more on Facebook ads in past elections than any other party – £2.1m […]

Is the public ready for once-in-a-generation change in how we run the economy? Recent polling would indicate so. Indeed more than just primed for an age of reform - whether it’s building a green economy or corporations having to share profits with their workers - they are positively grasping for it.

GE2019: Myth-Busting the Student Vote: Will a December Election Mean Poor Turnout? Will This Affect Labour?

Oliver Haynes

In theory, a polling day after the end of university term time could suppress the student vote, disadvantaging Corbyn. But now the campaign is underway, it looks like young people intend to turn out in force, with a record number having registered to vote. But polling suggests this might not be an automatic gain for Labour. Student Oliver Haynes reports.

GE2019: The ‘Plan for Nature’ Is Right to Be Ambitious – But Labour Can Do More for Rural Life

Jon Moses

GE2019: Who Gets to Speak for British Jews? How the Myth of ‘the Jewish Community’ Marginalises Dissent

Jo Sutton-Klein

Corbyn Aspires to a Fundamental Break With Britain’s Imperialist Practices – No Wonder Elites Are Scared

Connor Woodman

GE2019: The Leaked US-UK Trade Dossier Reveals ‘No Deal’ IS the Tories’ Plan

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: ‘The Tories Pose an Immense Risk to Us and to All Minorities’: The Jewish Groups Campaigning for Corbyn

Francesca Newton

GE2019: The Conservatives Have Blown It

James Meadway

GE2019: ‘But how is Labour going to pay for that?’ To Answer Effectively We Must Talk Politics, Not Economics

Grace Blakeley

Opinion: To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: The Apocalypse Liberals Are at It Again, Promising to Destroy the World to Save the World

Eleanor Penny

Why Are University Staff Going on Strike? Here’s What You Need to Know

Oliver Eagleton

GE2019: I’m an NHS Junior Doctor. Here’s Why I’m Backing Labour – and Urging Patients to Do the Same

Joanna Dobbin

GE2019: Does Labour’s ‘Manifesto of Hope’ Live up to Expectations? Novara’s Verdict

Novara Reporters

GE2019: Labour Offers a ‘Housing Revolution’ for Generation Rent

Jamie Sims

GE2019: 8 Things We Learned From the ITV Leaders’ Debate

James Meadway

International: History Shows Us That the Forces Behind Bolivia’s Coup Do Not Warrant ‘Nuance’

Aidan Nyhus

GE2019: This Is Labour’s Chance, the British Public Is Ready for Economic Transformation

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: Myth-Busting the Student Vote: Will a December Election Mean Poor Turnout? Will This Affect Labour?

Oliver Haynes

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GE2019: The ‘Plan for Nature’ Is Right to Be Ambitious – But Labour Can Do More for Rural Life

Jon Moses

GE2019: Who Gets to Speak for British Jews? How the Myth of ‘the Jewish Community’ Marginalises Dissent

Jo Sutton-Klein

Corbyn Aspires to a Fundamental Break With Britain’s Imperialist Practices – No Wonder Elites Are Scared

Connor Woodman

GE2019: The Leaked US-UK Trade Dossier Reveals ‘No Deal’ IS the Tories’ Plan

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: ‘The Tories Pose an Immense Risk to Us and to All Minorities’: The Jewish Groups Campaigning for Corbyn

Francesca Newton

GE2019: The Conservatives Have Blown It

James Meadway

GE2019: ‘But how is Labour going to pay for that?’ To Answer Effectively We Must Talk Politics, Not Economics

Grace Blakeley

Opinion: To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: The Apocalypse Liberals Are at It Again, Promising to Destroy the World to Save the World

Eleanor Penny

Why Are University Staff Going on Strike? Here’s What You Need to Know

Oliver Eagleton

GE2019: I’m an NHS Junior Doctor. Here’s Why I’m Backing Labour – and Urging Patients to Do the Same

Joanna Dobbin

GE2019: Does Labour’s ‘Manifesto of Hope’ Live up to Expectations? Novara’s Verdict

Novara Reporters

GE2019: Labour Offers a ‘Housing Revolution’ for Generation Rent

Jamie Sims

GE2019: Are Anti-Corbyn Groups Buying up Facebook Ads on Behalf of the Conservative Party?

Charlotte England

GE2019: 8 Things We Learned From the ITV Leaders’ Debate

James Meadway

International: History Shows Us That the Forces Behind Bolivia’s Coup Do Not Warrant ‘Nuance’

Aidan Nyhus

GE2019: This Is Labour’s Chance, the British Public Is Ready for Economic Transformation

Aaron Bastani

GE2019: Myth-Busting the Student Vote: Will a December Election Mean Poor Turnout? Will This Affect Labour?

Oliver Haynes

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