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Prime minister Keir Starmer leaves Downing Street on 2 February 2026. Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire

Opinion: Why Won’t Keir Starmer Sack Morgan McSweeney Over Mandelsongate?

Ash Sarkar

The scandal over Peter Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to engulf the prime minister. Yet he's unwilling to sacrifice his chief of staff even to save himself, writes Ash Sarkar.

Why War With Russia Might Be Closer Than You Think…

Europe is ramping up for war. Entire economies – including the UK’s – are being restructured in favour of defence and to preserve the US’s commitment to the NATO alliance… The reason we’re given – the possibility of war with Russia… That raises the question: what would a war between Europe and Russia look like? […]

Opinion: Reeves’ Budget Shows Labour’s Backbenchers Are Calling the Shots

Ash Sarkar

After MPs had the whip suspended for rebelling on the two-child benefit cap last year, scrapping it is now government policy. And backbenchers are set to force more concessions, writes Ash Sarkar.

Flash-mob of ‘partygate’ anti-Boris Johnson protesters wearing floppy blond wigs and Boris Johnson masks and suits gathered outside Downing Street after the UK prime minister was put under investigation for holding a drinks party at No 10 on various occasions, breaking the Covid lockdown restrictions, 14 January 2022. Jeff Gilbert/Alamy Live News

Opinion: No 10’s Toxic Covid Culture Didn’t Just Vanish With the Tories

Ash Sarkar

The conditions that enabled Tory failures in the pandemic are still present in Keir Starmer’s government, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: It’s Your Party, and I’ll Cry If I Want To

Ash Sarkar

Fractious, back-biting, unstrategic: so far, Your Party has managed to recreate the Labour party in all but scale, writes Ash Sarkar. But that isn’t to say there aren’t signs of life.

Novara FM: Where Did Novara Media Come From?

Novara FM is dead. Long live Novara Media.

A pro-Palestinian protester with a keffiyeh around their head and a microphone raises their hand in the air while leading a march to the US Embassy in London

Opinion: How the Pro-Israel Right Used Identity Politics to Crush Palestine Solidarity

Ash Sarkar

In an exclusive extract from her new book, Minority Rule, Ash Sarkar explains how Israel’s advocates weaponised the lived experience of Jewish people to obscure a genocidal war in Gaza.

Opinion: Trump’s Gaza Resettlement Plans Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

Ash Sarkar

From Biden’s "humanitarian corridor” to Jared Kushner’s dreams of Miamifying Gaza, Trump’s ethnic cleansing programme is not brand-new territory for the US, writes Ash Sarkar.

A man in a suit with blonde hair speaks with microphones underneath him held by reporters

Opinion: Trump Has Found a Way to Blame Minorities for the Washington DC Plane Crash

Ash Sarkar

The embers were still burning at the crash that killed 67 people on Wednesday when the president took to the podium to name the culprit: affirmative action.

Review: Novara Media’s Best Books of 2024

Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar

There’s little worse than wasting your time on a bad book, and little more rewarding than getting it right. Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar share their top reads of the year.

Analysis: Ash and Aaron React to Trump’s Victory

He won it. But what happens next?

Keir Starmer and King Charles visit Samoa, October 2024. Chris Jackson/Reuters

Opinion: No, Keir Starmer – Reparations Aren’t Just About the Past

Ash Sarkar

You don’t have to agree that Britain is the villain of the world to think we have a responsibility to pay for climate adaptations in poorer countries, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: Israel Won’t Stop Until the US Cuts Off Its Arms Supply

Ash Sarkar

7 October didn’t just transform the parameters of conflict between Israel and Hamas – it upended the status quo in the Middle East, writes Ash Sarkar.

Keir Starmer and David Lammy fly to the US for talks with Joe Biden, September 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Reuters

Opinion: Do Western Powers Risk Putting Nato at War With Russia?

Ash Sarkar

Joe Biden and Keir Starmer hope supplying Ukraine with cruise missiles could turn the tide against Russia. This might not be the knockout blow they’re aiming for, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: Kamala Harris Is a Political Chameleon

Ash Sarkar

Kamala Harris claims her values ‘have not changed’. Maybe she just didn’t have any in the first place, writes Ash Sarkar.

Downstream: The Truth About the Riots and the White Working Class

The co-editor of Tribune Magazine found himself at the centre of a communication network monitoring the far-right. Here's his firsthand account of what happened during August's riots.

Opinion: Public Sector Pay Bumps Were Always on the Cards

Ash Sarkar

Even idiots could see Labour was inevitably going to have to spend more money than had been laid out in its “fully costed” manifesto, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: No, Keir Starmer – Managerialism Won’t Beat the Race Riots

Ash Sarkar

The prime minister could be fighting for a new, inclusive model of Britishness - and defining his political project in the process. Instead, he’s retreated to his comfort zone: meetings, minutes and specialist units, writes Ash Sarkar.

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