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Report: ‘Vote Genocide’: Satirical Poster Included in Dossier of Election ‘Abuse’

Simon Childs

Exclusive: An artist has been left in shock after his political poster was included in a dossier alleging a “concerted campaign by extremists” to intimidate general election candidates. Simon Childs reports.

A woman looks angrily back at her partner in bed in a stock photo that has become a popular meme template.

Analysis: ‘We Can Spot Fakery a Mile Off’: Labour’s Memes Are an Insult to Young Voters

Chloe Laws

Inspired by the far right, Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems are all adopting 'meme strategies'. But they’re years late to the game and seem to think young people are stupid, writes social media consultant Chloe Laws.

Report: Shock Poll Shows It’s Down to the Wire for Corbyn in Islington North

Clare Hymer & Ell Folan

Exclusive new polling for Novara Media shows that Jeremy Corbyn could win Islington North - but not without a historic ground campaign, activists say.

Jeremy Corbyn in front of several people holding 'Vote Corbyn' placards

Opinion: Independent Candidates Are the Left’s Opportunity to Keep Labour in Check

Moya Lothian-McLean

In government, Labour will be pressed. It’s up to us whether that is from an organised left or from an insatiable hard right, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.

Interview: ‘We Have to Vote Labour’

Britain's favourite union boss joins Ash Sarkar to talk about leveraging Starmer, the importance of council housing, and why he's backing Labour.

Two images of a man in a suit against a red background, one blurred and one focused

Long Read: Who Is ‘Starmtrooper’ Josh Simons?

Rivkah Brown

Josh Simons, the 30-year-old director of Starmermite 'Super Pac' Labour Together, has just been handed a safe seat. A former Corbyn staffer, Simons claims he left the party over antisemitism. New evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown asks: what is he really about?

Report: If the Tories Lose Here, They’ll Lose Everywhere

Aaron Bastani went to Godalming in beautiful Surrey, to find out if the chancellor Jeremy Hunt is about to lose his seat. Tune in for hot takes, voxpops homemade jam and more.

Analysis: Meet the Pro-Israel ‘Extremist’ Parachuting Into a Labour Safe Seat

Steven Methven

An Israeli diplomat told an undercover reporter in 2017 that UK Labour activist Luke Akehurst was ‘one of the best in the inside … in all the party’. Now, Akehurst is Labour’s candidate for North Durham.

Interview: Can the Green Party Win a Second MP in Bristol Central?

Are the Green party really about to win their second MP in Carla Denyer? Aaron Bastani went to Bristol Central to find out.

Opinion: This General Election Will Be a War on Young People

Rivkah Brown

With his proposed compulsory national service for 18-year-olds, Rishi Sunak isn’t just signalling the Tories’ security credentials but also their special loathing for the young, writes Rivkah Brown.

Opinion: Farewell, Rwanda

Ash Sarkar

A summer general election means it’s curtains for the government’s flagship immigration policy, writes Ash Sarkar.

Opinion: The Tories Are Fast-Tracking Misery While They Still Can

Moya Lothian-McLean

Punitive, miserable policies are the death rattle of a government facing electoral armageddon, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Opinion: The Tories Want You to Panic About Sex Education

Moya Lothian-McLean

Attacks on sex and relationships teaching are a continuation of an ongoing panic that primarily targets LGBTQ+ people, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Boris Johnson with hand on forehead, standing at a podium that reads 'Build Back Better'

Analysis: Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?

Ell Folan

The past month has been one of the worst for the Tories to date. Ell Folan examines the polls to ask whether this is another passing storm, or something more serious.

Analysis: Will the Lib Dems Ever Escape the Shadow of the Coalition?

Ell Folan

11 years on from their disastrous coalition with the Tories, the Liberal Democrats are still in disarray. Can Scotland help them return to power?

Electionsesh2019

From 9:30pm til 5am Novara Media stayed with you for the GE2019 election results.

GE2019: This Election Campaign Showed the Left’s Power. Win or Lose We Must Continue to Build a Socialist Future

Grace Blakeley

Whatever happens today, the task of the left over the coming years must be to continue to build up a self-confident socialist movement that understands itself as independent of, though tightly linked to, the Labour party, and with organic links to communities up and down the country, argues Grace Blakeley. Whatever happens today, we are still living through the interregnum between worlds and our choice remains: socialism or barbarism.

GE2019: How Corbyn’s Labour Changed the Minds of Young Scottish Voters

Lauren Gilmour

Speaking with young Scottish voters, Lauren Gilmour traces how and why their allegiances have switched from the Scottish National Party and independence to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour.

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