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Opinion: Dominic Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter

As demonstrated by Dominic Cummings' absurd press conference, the government is turning official statements into curated acts of drivel designed to clutter the airwaves and distract the public from its failings, writes Phil Jones.

Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose

Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.

Opinion: Between Cutting the Deficit and Protecting Their Voter Base, the Tories Are Caught in a Bind

This week the Telegraph reported that the Tories are considering a post-coronavirus austerity package of tax increases and spending reductions. But cutting the deficit while protecting their voter base is going to be a real challenge for them, argues Grace Blakeley.

Opinion: No Wonder Priti Patel Is a Bully, She’s Just Practicing Her Politics

Priti Patel has been accused of bullying staff in several government departments. But news of the home secretary's bad behaviour should come as no surprise; abuse is an inherent part of the Conservative ideology, argues Harriet Williamson.

Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics

With the government nationalising Northern Rail and floating the idea of a mansion tax, what looks to some like a move to the left for the Conservatives, is in fact populist austerity in action, argues Phil Jones.

GE2019: The Only Way is Tory? Resisting the Inevitable in the Conservative Heartlands of Essex

The Tories have been astoundingly successful at reframing cruelty as mere fatalism, argues Labour candidate Oliver Durose. In Essex and across the country the belief that inequality, injustice and unfairness are simply inevitable has permeated the consciousness of both its victors and its victims. We must change this.

How to Get Brexit Done ✅

Boris Johnson says that if you give him and his Conservative party a majority at the general election he’ll be able to ‘get Brexit done’. But is that actually true?

Are the Tories Actually Strong on the Economy? 🤔

The Tories like to present themselves as the party of economic credibility. But after nine years in power is that really true?

Get Brexit Done IS a SCAM

Eleanor Penny explains why the Tories’ rallying cry to Get Brexit Done is a complete and utter SCAM.

Billionaires Control the Media

Billionaires control the media, and it’s undermining our democracy. The broadcast media amplify the right-wing print media meaning the political agenda is always set by, you guessed it, billionaires.

GE2019: Are Anti-Corbyn Groups Buying up Facebook Ads on Behalf of the Conservative Party?

The Conservative party’s Facebook advertising strategy has been looking a little strange recently, with their spending in the past week eclipsed by the Liberal Democrats, the Labour party and anti-Brexit group Best for Britain. This is despite the Conservatives having spent far more on Facebook ads in past elections than any other party – £2.1m […]

The One Thing I Never Get Asked to Talk About….

The media don’t seem to care about Tory Islamophobia. Why? Because they’re up to their necks in it themselves.

What Is the Deficit?

Paul Mason – former economics editor for BBC Newsnight and Channel 4, outlines the difference between debt and deficit.

Is Boris Going to Sell the NHS to Trump?

GE2019: Asymmetric Advertising Is the New Fake News, and the Tories May Be Using It to Hijack Your Social Media

Social media could win this election and the Tories know they are at a disadvantage, with users skewing young and leftwing. Researcher Stuart Mills thinks the Conservatives may have come up with a hack: using deliberately bad or contentious content to try and bait us into sharing their posts.

GE2019: Green Tories? Don’t Believe the Hype

Boris Johnson claims his party is taking action on climate change. He's lying, argues Adrienne Buller; any decrease in fossil fuel emissions in the last decade has happened in spite of Tory policies, not because of them.

We Have Lift Off!

Labour’s election campaign has lift off! On this episode of TyskySour Michael and Ash discuss Corbyn’s first speech, bogus tactical voting sites, and Trump’s chat with his pal Farage.

GE2019: This Election Is Where We Decide the Planet’s Future

With vast swathes of the planet quite literally on fire, 71% of Britons agree climate crisis is a more pressing issue than Brexit, writes Eleanor Penny. But while Labour is offering a potentially transformative Green New Deal, the Tories have an actual fracking lobbyist writing their manifesto.