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Live: Corruption Runs Through the Veins of the Tory Party

Threats to withdraw funding from rebel MPs' constituencies, a potential peerage for Paterson and the PM refuses to come clean on lavish getaways. It's just another week for a government rotten to the core.

Live: Owen Paterson Resigns Amid Johnson’s Embarrassing U-Turn

Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar explore the embarrassing U-turn performed by Boris Johnson over the Owen Paterson scandal and the resignation of the Tory MP at the centre of it all.

Live: Everything You Need to Know About COP26

Leaders and diplomats from 197 countries have descended on Glasgow for a conference billed as the "last chance" to save the planet. Michael Walker is joined by Simon Lewis to explain everything you need to know about COP26.

Live: John McDonnell’s Message to Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak will this week deliver a budget and spending review that will shape how Britain rebuilds following Covid-19. We speak to former shadow chancellor John McDonnell about what he thinks should be in it.

Live: Amess Death Sparks Debate Safety of MPs

The death of David Amess has renewed debates about the safety of MPs, social media anonymity, online radicalisation & civility in politics. Where are changes needed, and where is the media missing the point?

Ash Wednesday: Why Owning Stuff Is Better Than Working

Is there such a thing as a good landlord? Britain is being held hostage by a class of people whose only talent is owning stuff, and extracting money from people who don’t. Rents have doubled in the decade following the financial crisis, and the average house price is between 8 and 14 times the average […]

Live: Tories Bully People Back to the Office

In a bid to get Britons back into the office, cabinet ministers have alleged that civil servants working remotely hindered the fight against the Taliban. What will be next in the Tory war on working from home?

Live: Boris Johnson Hails Higher Wages at Tory Conference

At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?

Police officers stand guard during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain

Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten

by Ash Sarkar

Contrary to what the Met would have us believe, Wayne Couzens’ employment as a police officer wasn’t incidental to his murder of Sarah Everard – it was central to it.

Downstream: Ash Sarkar Meets Zarah Sultana. Downstream-on-Sea

At Labour Party Conference 2021 Ash Sarkar & Zarah Sultana MP shared fish and chips by Brighton Pier. They discussed why the Labour Party is so boring, being a muslim woman of colour on the left and trans rights amongst other things. Batter not miss it!

Live: Keir Starmer Rigs the Rules

Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss Keir Starmer's contempt for democracy and other conference news.

Live: Labour Prepare for Battle in Brighton

Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar preview Labour Party Conference 2021.

Boris Johnson’s Tory Party and the Blue Wall

The last two years of Boris Johnson’s leadership have been defined by a heady mix of disaster and triumph: Brexit, a landslide election victory, a catastrophic pandemic, by-election wins and one surprising loss. What makes Johnsonism different from the Conservatism of yesteryear, and what’s coming next?

Live: Boris Johnson Set to Announce Covid Winter Plan

Johnson's Covid winter plan includes jabs for teenagers and boosters for the vulnerable, but wider measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are set to be absent. Will it be enough to avoid another nightmare winter?

Live: Johnson in Fight Over Social Care Funding

Boris Johnson faces a backlash for breaking a manifesto promise as he prepares to raise national insurance. Should the move be opposed and, if so, how else should social care be funded?

Live: Anti-Vax Protestors Storm ITN Studios

Are anti-vaxxers a threat to the free press? Ash Sarkar is joined by Owen Jones to discuss the protest outside ITN, another 'rare' intervention from Tony Blair, and the Mail on Sunday's absurd hit-piece against Jess Brammar.

Live: Afghanistan on Brink of Taliban Takeover

As numerous cities fall to the Taliban, why has the US-backed Afghan government been so quick to crumble? We speak to Gulwali Passarlay and Anatol Lieven.

Live: How Scared Should We Be of New Covid Variants?

A SAGE report has warned that new variants could take us back to square one in tackling the Covid pandemic. How seriously should we take that risk? We speak to Deenan Pillay of Independent Sage. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.