Open Selections: How Can Something so Boring, Be so Contentious?
This week Rebecca Long-Bailey announced her support for open selections. Ash Sarkar explains why this issue cuts to the heart of the Labour Party.
1 part Pat Butcher, 2 parts Crash Bandicoot. It’s Ash Sarkar, bringing you hot takes, interviews and the occasional side-eye.
Settler Colonialism Is Behind Climate Denial
Australia is on fire. So why do so many of it’s politicians seem intent on denying the cause?
What Do London’s Rough Sleepers Think About the General Election?
What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.
Housing Is F**ked
Do you ever get the feeling that life just isn’t as fair as it used to be? Here’s 3 ways in which the UK housing sector is completely and utterly f**ked.
Ash Meets Shami Chakrabarti | The (Former) Most Dangerous Woman in Britain
Ash Sarkar met up with Labour’s Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti to discuss the far-right, Prince Andrew, and whether she’d ever advise John McDonnell to break the law.
The One Thing I Never Get Asked to Talk About….
The media don’t seem to care about Tory Islamophobia. Why? Because they’re up to their necks in it themselves.
Why Is It so Expensive to Be Poor?
Utilities, tax, rent and work – charging people for poverty is an industry worth billions.
Colonial Undertones and the Power of Euphemism
Racially charged… Racially tinged… Racially infused with a racial veloute… Why can’t the media just ever use the word racist?
Ash Sarkar Meets Jeremy Corbyn
Ash Sarkar met up with Jeremy Corbyn to talk about his political journey, the movement in power, and whether or not he really killed a rabbit with a pogo stick.
Ash Sarkar X Extinction Rebellion: Lovebomb the Cops?
Ash Sarkar visited Extinction Rebellion’s Westminster occupation, to find out whether climate change activists still felt so dedicated to peace, love and positivity after hundreds of their mates were arrested for blockading the streets.
3 Things About Project Boris
Ash watched Boris Johnson’s speech so you don’t have to. Here are 3 things she learned about the bumbler-in-chief.
Boris Johnson: the Cystitis of Politics
Boris Johnson is the worst person in Parliament to be Prime Minister. And yet, here he is.
You Don’t Give a Sh*t About Islamophobia. Here’s Why.
Holding the Conservative Party adequately to account on Islamophobia seems impossible. Why? Because for many it would mean taking a long look in the mirror. Video by Frances Freeman
The Politics of Envy
For 101 out of 298 years of Parliamentary history, we’ve been governed by an Old Etonian. Why not turn Eton College into Lower Slough High School?
Regional Accent + Reactionary Politics = Working Class?
When you look at the way people talk about class in the media, it’s clear that we don’t really understand what it means anymore.
Speaking in the Language of YouTube | Ash Sarkar Meets ContraPoints
Natalie Wynn aka ContraPoints has spent several years crafting one of the smartest, most entertaining and beautiful channels YouTube has to offer. Her work is a political counterbalance to the forces of reaction so dominant online and a gasp of oxygen on a website awash with mediocrity. Ash caught up with Natalie over a humble […]
The Morals of Milkshaking
A milkwave has hit the UK as Tommy, Sargon & Farage have all been doused in dairy. Ash weighs in on the moral dilemma gripping the commentariat: Is it ok to throw a milkshake at a racist?
Ash Sarkar DESTROYS… Herself?
Recently conservative culture warriors Ben Shapiro and Nigel Farage were both delivered a beating by BBC bulldogs Andrew Neil and Andrew Marr. But are televised debates really the best way to combat the alt right? Or are they kinda dumb?