
The Burner is a daily briefing on the news that matters to the left during the current Covid-19 crisis and beyond.


The Burner Episode #226: Labour Pains + Food Crisis

The Burner Episode #225: Disaster, Natural and Man-made

The Burner Episode #224: Covid Conspiracy Theories

The Burner Episode #223: Comrade Starmer Steps Up

The Burner Episode #222: One Time a Great Nation

The Burner Episode #221: Of Cows and Coffee

The Burner Episode #220: They Knew

The Burner Episode #219: Steer Calmer With Keir Starmer

The Burner Episode #218: Dystopia Now?

The Burner Episode #217: a Tech Exit to Covid-19?

The Burner Episode #216: Labour Leaks and UK’s Coronavirus Response
Ash Sarkar tackles the weekend’s leak of an internal Labour dossier and what it reveals about what was going on at the top of the party. Plus, leading thinkers on the left tell us about how the UK should really be responding to the coronavirus crisis.

The Burner Episode #215: UK Government, Brazil and Nature’s Return

The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown
Craig Gent delves deeper into logistics and production during the crisis – as the market scramble reveals the failures in preparedness and resilience in the NHS. Will ‘just in time’ logistics leave us empty-handed in the face of a pandemic? Plus, Rosa Gilbert brings us more from Italy – including how to keep it together during […]