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?
At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss Keir Starmer’s contempt for democracy and other conference news.
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar preview Labour Party Conference 2021.
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?
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?
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?
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.
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.
In the past 2 weeks we’ve seen heatwaves and wildfires in North America and extreme floods in Europe, India and China. We speak to climate scientist Simon Lewis about just how bad this could get.
The abandonment of coronavirus restrictions has brought about freedom for some, unfreedom for others, and fear for many more. We discuss the implications of Boris Johnson’s ‘freedom day’ with Deepti Gurdasani. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Ash Sarkar speaks to Juliet Jacques about her new book ‘Variations’ – a collection of short stories inspired by real-life events that explore the history of transgender Britain.
#TyskySour returns this evening with Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-Mclean.
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