Ash Wednesday: Dear Lobby: Keep It Simple. Stick to Facts. Don’t Fuck It Up
The stakes have just been raised in the government’s daily press conference. Can Westminster journalists rise to the challenge?
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Novara Live: Cummings… STAYS?!
Dominic Cummings has broken the lockdown, but Johnson won’t let him go. Will the government get away with taking us all for FOOLS?!
The Bastani Factor: Britain and the Coronavirus: a Timeline of Failure
Despite previous claims by the government that it was well-prepared for the Coronavirus, Britain is now expected to have one of the highest death tolls in the world. In this video Aaron Bastani examines precisely what happened in recent months, and how public authorities – broadly unchallenged by the media – let a tragedy unfold.
Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules
Aaron Bastani
Did Rishi Sunak just end austerity? No. Is Britain adequately preparing for the panoply of crises set to define the coming decades? Also no. But make no mistake, writes Aaron Bastani, this was the first Tory budget since 2010 to abandon the neoliberal frame of ‘necessity', demonstrating how Labour under Corbyn won certain arguments.
Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics
Phil Jones
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.
How the Long, Slow Death of Neoliberalism Sent the Conservative Party Into Crisis
Eleanor Penny
Long read: In a matter of weeks the Tories have lost their flimsy grip on parliament, a historic six votes, any remaining confidence of EU negotiators and the plot entirely. But while it's difficult to look beyond Boris, Eleanor Penny argues the problem has far deeper roots.
No Such Thing As Society? Soon There May Be No Such Thing As the Conservative Party
Aaron Bastani
Boris Johnson's first six weeks as prime minister, and especially his first week back in parliament, have exposed the deep mediocrity of his political abilities. But his premiership is a product of a wider trend in the Tories which could soon eat the party up, argues Aaron Bastani.