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Rishi Sunak Found the Magic Money Tree

After 2010 British politics was shaped by one idea above all others: austerity. We were told that there wasn’t enough money to pay for EMA, university fees, council housing or even the existing range of benefits. And yet the government’s response to Covid-19 demonstrates the extent to which that was a political choice rather than […]

Banning Your Right to Protest

#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Why All Drugs Should Be Decriminalised | Interview With David Nutt

The criminalisation of drugs has almost no impact on drug use, denies access to proven medical treatments and disproportionately targets people of colour. Yet the idea that drugs are ‘evil’ and that drug users are criminals is entrenched in international and domestic law. How can we begin to shift this point of view? What are […]

Outrage at Met Police Handling of Sarah Everard Vigil

After the Met's outrageous handling of Saturday's vigil for Sarah Everard, and as MPs debate the draconian policing bill, we speak to Gracie Mae Bradley, interim Director of Liberty, about policing and protest in Britain.

Women Protest Police Brutality in Westminster

After a vigil for Sarah Everard was violently shut down by police, protestors came to Westminster to grieve and to resist overreaching police power. Rivkah Brown reports.

Sarah Everard & Violence Against Women

The disappearance and death of Sarah Everard has shone a spotlight on the epidemic of violence against women in Britain, and has provoked an outpouring from women on social media sharing their own experience of harassment, threats and violence at the hands of men. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss the case and the response […]

Meghan Takes Out Morgan

Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the media fallout from the Oprah interview.

Abolish the Monarchy | Downstream

Will Harry and Meghan bring down the monarchy? Ash Sarkar is joined by gal dem political editor Moya Lothian-Mclean and Novara Media’s very own James Butler to discuss how we ended up with a family of dysfunctional aristocrats at the very top of British society, why republicanism is still so marginal, and the collision course […]

Meghan and Harry’s Oprah Interview

Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview end the Royals?

Slap for Carers

How did Boris Johnson go from clapping for carers to giving them a slap in the face?

Is Your Boss Spying On You?

What’s in Rishi Sunak’s Budget?

Does Rishi Sunak's budget speech show the Tories have finally dumped Osbornomics to instead channel John McDonnell?

Should We All Be Vegan? | Interview with Peter Singer

Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of Bioethics at Princeton University Peter Singer.

Johnson’s Travel Rules Under Strain

Does the arrival of the Brazil variant in Britain show Johnson’s travel rules aren’t fit for purpose?

Shamima Begum Can’t Come Home

The Supreme Court have ruled Shamima Begum has no right to return to Britain to appeal the removal of her citizenship. Is the UK abdicating responsibility?

Starmer Outflanked by Tories on Corporation Tax

Labour have confirmed that if Rishi Sunak raises corporation tax at next week's budget, they will vote against it.

Is the Left Failing on Free Speech? | Interview With Ronan Burtenshaw

Does the right actually care about free speech? Why should free speech matter to the left? Aaron Bastani speaks to editor of Tribune Magazine, Ronan Burtenshaw.

The Exit Plan

Boris Johnson delivers his roadmap out of lockdown. Do his plans for students to all return on the 8th March risk a resurgence? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.