How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
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Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?
Ell Folan
The PM may not be able to bluff and bluster his way out of this one.
Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language
Liam O'Dell
British sign language is being decimated by Tory neglect.
Boris Johnson Betrays the North
Boris Johnson’s broken promises on high speed rail have led to accusations that he has betrayed the North. We ask HS2 expert Jon Stone about whether that’s true.
Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea
James Meadway
Say goodbye to the 1% of your life still free from surveillance.
The Gas Crisis Is Exposing the Lie in Britain’s Decarbonisation Strategy
Lauren Van Schaik
It's time for the government to break up with natural gas.
Johnson Under Pressure As Tory Corruption Scandal Deepens
As MPs debate Tory corruption, Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to clean up parliament. How do we make MPs honest, & should we abolish the House of Lords?
The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab
Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron
It’s cost-cutting by another name.
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.
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.
Austerity May Be Over, but the Tories Still Aren’t Spending Enough
James Meadway
The average household is set to be £13,000 worse off by the middle of the decade.
The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Is Beyond Disappointing
James Meadway
Without the money, it's just empty promises.
The Supply Chain Crisis Is Exposing Tory Divisions
James Meadway
The left better be ready to exploit them.
Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
The Worst Public Health Failure Ever
An official report has judged the UK’s delayed lockdown to be Britain’s worst ever public health failure. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial breakdown the key findings.
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 […]
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?
Johnson’s Nasty Cut Trashes Promise to “Level Up”
Boris Johnson’s pun-filled conference speech promised to “level up” the country, but on the day that millions are hit by a cruel cut to universal credit, his pitch to workers is a sick joke.