Novara Live: A Turning Point in Trust?
For the first time since this crisis began polls are showing the public dissatisfied with the government’s handling of Covid-19. Could this be a turning point in the politics of coronavirus?
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Novara Live: For the Landlords, Not the Many?
Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister has called rent cancellation “un-Labour”. Are we back to the bad old days Blairism? Plus, why the Tory press have gone to war with teachers and how the government are ending the lockdown BEFORE they’ve introduced test-and-trace.
Novara Live: Clear As Mud
The government’s new slogan to tackle to the coronavirus pandemic might be clear as mud, but its consequences are clear. The lockdown is over if you’re working class. Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar discuss the Tories’ shifting message, and the consequences of a loosening of the lockdown.
Novara Live: Back to Work
The government’s leaked “back-to-work” plans, the resignation of Labour’s General Secretary, and whether we should be concerned about Michael Gove’s bookshelf, discussed by Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.
Novara Live: Boris Is Back
After weeks off with Coronavirus, Boris Johnson is back at work and the press are already fawning. Plus, the right-wingers pushing to end the lockdown; the revolving door between press and government; and Priti Patel’s pathetic press briefings. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: The Labour Party’s Culture War Over Racism Has Pitted Marginalised Communities Against One Another
Ash Sarkar
The Labour party's selective objection to racism for factional purposes put Jewish members in the firing line of an internecine battle, pitted communities against one another, and threw black and Muslim members to the wolves, writes Ash Sarkar.
Novara Live: Records Deaths, Media Shrugs
As the UK daily death toll surpasses the worst in Italy and Spain, the BBC’s leading story is about the weather. Are Britain’s press downplaying deaths? Plus Labour MP Nadia Whittome on the coronavirus crisis in our care sector.
Ash Wednesday: Why They Always Lyin’?
There’s another epidemic raging in the UK, concentrated in the highest echelons of government. It’s called lie-abetes.
Novara Live: We Were Warned
Italy gave the British government warning of the catastrophic consequences of COVID-19. So why have we entered this crisis so woefully underprepared? With Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
Electionsesh2019
From 9:30pm til 5am Novara Media stayed with you for the GE2019 election results.
Novara Live: Novara Media REACT to Election Debate #1
Johnson and Corbyn go head-to-head in the first Leaders Debate. On this episode of TyskySour, Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler give reactions and analysis.
Novara Live: WABA-DABA-READING-TWO!
Today Boris Johnson attempts to get through the Second Reading of his Withdrawal Agreement Bill. On this episode of this #TyskySour, Michael is joined by Ash Sarkar to discuss whether Johnson will get his Brexit deal through, whether he’ll push for a general election, and what the fuck Labour should do.
Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Meets Jeremy Corbyn
Ash Sarkar met up with Jeremy Corbyn to talk about his political journey, the movement in power, and whether or not he really killed a rabbit with a pogo stick.
Julian Assange and the Problem of ‘Solidarity’
Ash Sarkar
Opinions on Julian Assange tend to be sharply polarised: he is either an abuser undeserving of public support against extradition to the US or a champion for transparency unjustly persecuted by the American empire. Ash Sarkar makes the case for a more nuanced response.
OMFG Sarkar: How Hillary Laid the Foundations for Donald Trump’s Popular Neo-Fascism
As Trump hires a far right Breitbart executive to his campaign Ash Sarkar looks at how his brand of populist racism is built on the Liberal policies of the Clintons.
UK Black Lives Matter Activists #Shutdown the M4
This morning, UK Black Lives Matter activists blocked off the M4 towards Heathrow airport in protest at deaths in police custody and the racism of borders. Ash Sarkar reports.
OMFG Sarkar: The Unbearable Whiteness of Brexit
Two weeks on from the referendum Ash Sarkar visits Barking, which voted 62% leave, and looks at the way class and race shape inequality and political disenfranchisement.
OMFG Sarkar: Against ‘Integration’
Ash Sarkar looks at recent comments by Professor Ted Cantle on segregation in the UK and explains why 'Integration' is a flawed and oppressive approach to understanding race.