Novara Live: Johnson Announces Covid-19 Restrictions to Continue
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar respond to Johnson's press briefing confirming a four week delay to further easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
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Novara Live: Tories Announce Pathetic Covid-19 Catch Up Plans
The Tories' own education tsar has recommended £15bn will be needed to help fund catch up programmes for kids who missed school due to Covid-19. So why have the government only proposed £1.4bn?
Opinion: Cummings’ Inquiry Hearing Was a Chance for Centrists To Do What They Do Best: Rehabilitate Rightwingers
Jamie Medwell
The man who just a few months ago was public enemy number one is now a harmless whistleblower. It's a frightening sign of how willing the centrist media is to let the right off the hook, writes Jamie Medwell.
Analysis: It’s the Housing Market, Stupid: How Property Became the Battle Line of British Politics
Samuel Earle
How are millionaire property developers and retired homeowners finding common cause in the Conservatives? The answer isn’t shared cultural values, argues Samuel Earle – it’s a shared investment in the housing market.
Novara Live: Dominic Cummings Testifies on Johnson’s Covid-19 Response
Dominic Cummings has launched an extraordinary attack on Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and the entire British establishment in hours of evidence to MPs.
Analysis: Keir Starmer Is Dragging Down Labour in the Polls. Is It Time the Party Cut Him Loose?
Ell Folan
Labour’s recent electoral decimation has been blamed on everything from Brexit divisions to a “vaccine bounce” and “long Corbyn”. The data paints a simpler picture, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan: the problem is the party leader.
Novara Live: How Johnson’s Mistakes Spread the Indian Variant
The Indian variant of Coronavirus is the single biggest threat to the UK's schedule for leaving lockdown. Why did Boris Johnson take so long to act to get it under control? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Opinion: Four Antisemites Won’t Stop Me Supporting Palestine
Rivkah Brown
Our struggle against Israeli apartheid cannot be derailed by the men who drove down Finchley Road on Sunday threatening Jewish people, writes Rivkah Brown.
Novara Live: Starmer’s Authority in Tatters After Bungled Reshuffle
Keir Starmer's bungled reshuffle has left his personal authority in tatters. Is this an opportunity for the party's left to have its voice heard? Labour MP Clive Lewis joins Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial to discuss.
Novara Live: Labour Crash in 2021 Elections
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani bring analysis of initial round of results from the May 2021 elections.
Opinion: Johnson’s Government is Rotten to the Core – But Does It Even Matter?
Samuel Earle
From his “let the bodies pile high” remarks to refurb-gate, Boris Johnson is once again mired in scandal. But rather than being any mortal wound to his prime ministership, the controversies speak to a much bigger problem at the heart of British politics: what counts as corruption, and how little it seems to matter, writes Samuel Earle.
Novara Live: Manchester United Fans Shut Down Match Over Glazers
The #GlazersOut protest was the first time ever that a Premier League match has been postponed because of fans' actions. Can the movement create a revolution in club ownership?
Novara Live: Boris Johnson Under Investigation
The Electoral Commission have launched an investigation into the funding of Boris Johnson's flat. Could the scandal bring down the Prime Minister? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Novara Live: Boris Johnson’s Outrageous Covid-19 Comments
Did Boris Johnson say he'd "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" rather than implement a third Covid-19 lockdown? If he did, will it do any damage to his premiership? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: Mayors Are Blairite Nonsense and We Don’t Need Them
Owen Hatherley
The left should not be campaigning for better mayors - we should be arguing for no mayors at all.
Novara Live: Tory Sleaze Row Gathers Pace
Keir Starmer has called on the PM to launch a full inquiry into Greensill and said "sleaze is now at heart of this Tory government". Will the allegations stick?
Downstream: Why the Tories Keep Winning. Interview With Sam Earle
Excluding Tony Blair’s back-to-back victories, the Conservative Party has governed the UK for all but 18 of the last 100 years. While the media often presents elections as Labour’s to lose, the truth is that Britain is a one party state which occasionally lets the other side have a go in the interest of fairness. […]
Analysis: So Far, the Tories’ ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ Is Pure PR. This Year They Have an Opportunity to Change That
James Meadway
A net-zero target with no plan to meet it, billions of re-announced funding - when will we start seeing the substance behind the rhetoric? Possibly at November's climate conference, writes James Meadway.