Novara Live: Will Boosters Save Us From a Winter Lockdown?
Trials have shown booster shots to be incredibly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19. Will it be enough to get us through winter without new restrictions?
Tag: Aaron Bastani
The Bastani Factor: Operation Legacy: How the British Elite Re-Wrote World History
Conservatives are obsessed with the idea that the left wants to erase Britain’s history. Yet that’s precisely what happened when its empire collapsed after 1945, as re-writing the past became a matter of state policy executed on an industrial scale. Here Aaron Bastani explains what was called ‘Operation Legacy’ and how those who care about […]
Novara Live: Tories Suffer Backlash Over Chaos and Cuts
After energy shortages, benefits cuts, and a tax hike on national insurance, the public have turned against the Tories on the economy. How long will Johnson's post-conference hangover last?
Feature: Could Labour Lead Wales to Independence?
Aaron Bastani
As Wales begins to desire greater autonomy, will the Labour party be extinguished by an independence movement – like in Scotland – or could it lead a push for devolution? Aaron Bastani reports.
Feature: A Allai’r Blaid Lafur Arwain Cymru at Annibyniaeth?
Aaron Bastani
Wrth i Gymru ddechrau galw am fwy o ymreolaeth, a fydd y blaid Lafur yn cael ei diffodd gan fudiad annibyniaeth – fel yn yr Alban – neu gallai arwain at symudiad dros ddatganoli? Adroddiad gan Aaron Bastani.
Interview: Leanne Wood: ‘Just Wanting Independence Isn’t Enough. We Need a Strategy’
Aaron Bastani
Plaid Cymru’s former leader Leanne Wood speaks to Aaron Bastani about what it would take to win Welsh independence – and why Labour won’t deliver.
Interview: Leanne Wood: ‘Dyw Ond Eisiau Annibyniaeth Ddim Yn Ddigon. Rydyn Ni Angen Strategaeth’
Aaron Bastani
Siaradai’r cyn-arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, gydag Aaron Bastani am beth fydd yn ei gymryd i ennill annibyniaeth – a pam na fydd Llafur ei chyflawni.
Downstream: If Neoliberalism Is Over, What Next?
If neoliberalism really is over then what comes after? And could this new political and economic moment, where a larger state is embraced, see a turn right rather than left? Aaron Bastani speaks to sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo about his new book, ‘The Great Recoil’, examining how ideas of protection, control and state intervention are replacing […]
Downstream: Could Donald Trump Win in 2024?
Aaron Bastani meets Nina Turner, co-chair of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, to discuss the American left under the Biden Presidency, the prospect of Donald Trump running in 2024 and how American workers can build a more progressive politics.
Novara Live: Met Police Shamed Over Institutionalised Misogyny
#TyskySour returns on Friday with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: The Great British Gas Crisis
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: Starmer & Evans Prepare for Stitch up at Labour Conference
The first real Labour conference with Keir Starmer as leader will pitch party bosses against the left. Is there any hope of preventing a stitch up?
Novara Live: UK Watchdog Advises Against Covid-19 Jabs for All Teenagers
The JCVI has surprised parents and politicians by advising against Covid-19 vaccines for most 12 to 15 year olds. Will health secretary Sajid Javid now overrule them?
Novara Live: MPs Debate Humiliation in Afghanistan
Debating defeat in Afghanistan, MPs have argued the war could be won if only the West stayed longer. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the Westminster consensus, & speak to Obaidullah Baheer from Kabul.
Novara FM: Revenge of the Real
Benjamin Bratton on solving the climate crisis with planetary-scale politics.
Novara Live: A-Levels Expose England’s Rigged School System
The gap between students at private and state schools receiving A/A* grades has hit record levels. We speak to Jeevun Sandher about the statistics behind Britain's educational divide.
Novara Live: Are Covid-19 Cases Really Falling?
The ONS, ZOE App, and PHE are all giving different accounts of whether Covid cases are rising, falling, or levelling off. So what is actually going on? We ask biomedical researcher at Queen Mary University Alex Crozier. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: Johnson’s Pingdemic Brings England to Standstill
Johnson’s incoherent plan to allow mass infections while keeping self-isolation in place has brought England to a standstill. How will the pingdemic end?