Opinion: It’s Not Just the Tories That Are Dying, But English Toryism
Adam Ramsay
The collapse of Conservatism looks all the more tragic from here in Scotland, argues Adam Ramsay.
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Opinion: The Democrats’ Biden Problem Is Letting Trump Off the Hook
Ash Sarkar
With speculation about Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness for office, Donald Trump is getting away with more and more outlandish falsehoods, writes Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: Prestigious Science Institute in Meltdown Over ‘Alleged Peaceful’ Palestine Cake Sale
Simon Childs
A bizarre tale of censorship, hypocrisy and home baking.
Feature: Nigel Farage’s ‘Anti-Establishment’ Party Is Being Funded by the Establishment
Sam Bright
Reform claims to be leading a revolt against the elite - but the party is being funded by old Etonians, property moguls, and people who have made small fortunes in the City, Novara Media can reveal.
Opinion: Voters Switch Off When They Hear the Word ‘Corruption’
Moya Lothian-McLean
While a betting scandal cuts through with the British public, the really important stuff - massive fraud or policy-changing deals agreed in the dark - are mostly too big and too dry for voters to care about for long, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Report: Shock Poll Shows It’s Down to the Wire for Corbyn in Islington North
Clare Hymer & Ell Folan
Exclusive new polling for Novara Media shows that Jeremy Corbyn could win Islington North - but not without a historic ground campaign, activists say.
Report: Suspected ‘Revenge Eviction’ at Property Owned by Tory Councillor
Andrew Kersley
The founder of a rental management company has complained that ‘arsehole’ tenants are one of the biggest challenges in the sector.
Opinion: The Tory Betting Scandal Is About More Than Just Rule Breaking
Steven Methven
Tories allegedly gambling their way to a payoff through their access to power might not feel like anything new. But the scandal engulfing the party also reveals a fragile electoral strategy, writes Steven Methven.
Feature: How UK Universities Are Cracking Down on Pro-Palestine Occupations
Christophe Domec
The London School of Economics used a court order to evict a campus pro-Palestine encampment this week. As universities crack down on protest, Christophe Domec asks, what next for student occupations?
Opinion: Nigel Farage Has Spotted a Major Gap in the Political Market
Aaron Bastani
With policies to purportedly save the high street and a promise to lift the two-child benefit cap, Nigel Farage is looking for new ways to capitalise on mass disaffection, writes Aaron Bastani.
Report: Amazon Says GMB Leaflets Could Be a ‘Hazard’ Amid Union-Busting Allegations
Polly Smythe
The retail giant has taken unprecedented measures to deter its workers from unionising, as its Coventry workers gear up for a historic vote.
Report: Inside the Tory-Linked Far-Right Group Organising Against the Left
Simon Childs
A Conservative MP may have misled the parliamentary standards commissioner as he distanced himself from the group. Simon Childs reports.
Analysis: The SNP Finally Has an Election Pitch. Is It Too Late?
Adam Ramsay
SNP leader John Swinney promised 'the most leftwing' manifesto of the major parties. Adam Ramsay weighs it up.
Analysis: 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.
Opinion: Independent Candidates Are the Left’s Opportunity to Keep Labour in Check
Moya Lothian-McLean
In government, Labour will be pressed. It’s up to us whether that is from an organised left or from an insatiable hard right, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Feature: Andrew Feinstein Is the Left’s Anti-Keir Starmer
Rivkah Brown
A former South African MP thought his politician days were behind him – until a UK Labour leader came along who embodied everything he’d ever fought against. Rivkah Brown meets Andrew Feinstein.
Analysis: 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.
Opinion: The Arts Will Die Under Grey Labour
Juliet Jacques
Amid a crowded field of strenuously unambitious manifesto pledges, Keir Starmer’s culture offering is spectacularly pathetic, writes Juliet Jacques.