In recent years Scottish and Welsh independence, as well as Irish unification, have become increasingly plausible with Britain’s departure from the EU highlighting major points of difference, as well as economic imbalances, across the home nations. But could the break up of the UK ever include the North of England? And what would a sovereign […]
On Wednesday, shortly after Joe Biden was inaugurated as President of the United States, Boris Johnson said there was ‘nothing wrong’ with being ‘woke’. Yet the signature of the Tories in recent years has been a ‘war on woke’, with MPs and media outriders attacking ideas of social and economic equality while using the term. […]
RuPaul has turned drag into a multi-million dollar industry and a global TV franchise, but has that meant that the art of drag has lost its claim to being punk? Ash Sarkar was joined by Divina De Campo, first runner up from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 1, to talk about drag, gender identity, and the […]
For Brexiteers Britain’s departure from the EU offers a shot at national renewal, with the country once more becoming a free trade and innovation superpower. But how likely is that, and are the Tories really serious about a break with the politics of the last 40 years? Aaron Bastani interviews Professor David Edgerton, author of […]
While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.
Liberal centrists are quick to accuse right-wing Brexiteers of being prone to nostalgia and exceptionalism. But by appealing to a mythical past where Britain was an open, tolerant country, centrists show they're not actually all that different, argues Aaron Bastani.
They employ millions, and form the heartbeat of the economy, but are jobs on high streets – in retail and hospitality – now facing wipeout?
The Secret State? While we often hear how Britain must remember its history, the British state goes to great lengths to do the very opposite. This week’s ‘The Bastani Factor’ sees Aaron joined by author & journalist Ian Cobain as they discuss the secrecy of the British state.
The stakes have just been raised in the government’s daily press conference. Can Westminster journalists rise to the challenge?
For author Alex Niven the “break up of Britain must also be the break up of England” – but what does that mean? And if progressive Englishness is not possible, then what is the alternative? What should be the foundational left politics as Britain fragments in the years and decades ahead? Aaron Bastani interviews the […]
The government is clapping for the NHS – but refusing to protect frontline workers. The bravery NHS staff are having to show is a sign of government failure. So don’t just #clapforNHS, demand that Boris #givethemPPE
On this episode of #TyskySour Aaron Bastani is joined by Paul Mason as they discuss Labour’s election results. Did the commitment to a ‘people’s vote’ destroy any chance of winning?
From 9:30pm til 5am Novara Media stayed with you for the GE2019 election results.
What do London’s rough sleepers think of the general election? Ash Sarkar went and asked some of them.
Eleanor Penny explains why the Tories’ rallying cry to Get Brexit Done is a complete and utter SCAM.
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