Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash
Juliet Jacques
Those celebrating the return of smooth-talking centrists to frontline politics seem to have forgotten the far-right they brought with them, writes Juliet Jacques.
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Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?
Michael Chessum
From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?
Opinion: The Tories’ New ‘Community-Powered’ Plan Is a Cynical Power Grab
Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn & Kai Heron
The Tories' recent proposal for a new era of 'community-powered Conservativism' is an audacious, though ultimately hollow, bid to park tanks on the left's lawn.
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: ‘Dodgy Dave’? the Facts on the Greensill Saga. Interview with Gabriel Pogrund
Political scandal no longer seems to cut through, but is the unfolding saga around Max Greensill and David Cameron an exception? On this week’s Downstream Aaron Bastani is joined by Sunday Times journalist Gabriel Pogrund to discuss the implications of a story which is only set to grow.
Novara Live: David Cameron Investigated Over Greensill Scandal
The government have announced an independent review into David Cameron and the Greensill affair. Is another white-wash incoming?
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.
Theresa May’s ‘British Dream’ Is Already Dead
Aaron Bastani
Yesterday Theresa May outlined her vision for the 'British dream' in an attempt to make the dregs of her premiership mean something. What does it mean? So far, declining wages and rising debt, writes Aaron Bastani.
Explainers: What happened: in Libya?
In 2011, the UK led a NATO military intervention in Libya, overthrowing the Gaddafi regime. For years since, Libya has been a calamitous failed-state. What happened? Courtney Yusuf explains.
Novara FM: Theresa’s Tories
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss Cameron’s legacy, their future under Theresa May, and what, if anything, the Conservative party actually believe in.
5 Peculiar Aspects of the Modern Conservative Party
Carl Rowlands
With the Conservatives rocked by the first high-level ministerial resignation of this government, and cracks emerging over the question of Europe, it’s a good time to examine some aspects of the modern Conservative party that tend to be overlooked.
Cameron’s ESOL Funding Cuts Reflect the Government’s Attitude to Migrants
Dermot Bryers and Alice Robson
As if Cameron’s recent “bunch of migrants” jibe didn’t say enough, years of purposefully underfunding ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) courses demonstrates this government’s attitude to migrants.
Between the Lines: Gary Barlow’s Tax Avoidance Plot In His Own Words
Thomas Seal
Gary Barlow, reinvented has-been, was recently rumbled for avoiding millions in unpaid tax. Cue a Twitter 'backlash' and pointed fingers. When this happened to Jimmy Carr for the comparatively paltry sum of half a million, he was made an example of by the PM. This time Cameron has advised that no action be taken. Unrelatedly, Barlow is a Conservative party donor. As a 'national treasure' gets dragged to the stocks, we take a look at the clues Barlow's been laying out for us all along.