Opinion: Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere
James Meadway
The Omicron variant is just the latest reminder that Covid-19 is here to stay. The left must strategise accordingly, writes James Meadway.
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Opinion: Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea
James Meadway
With coronavirus cases rising, the government could still introduce vaccine passports in England - a decision that comes with major implications for our privacy and freedom, writes James Meadway.
Novara Live: What’s in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?
Rishi Sunak's budget may have come with some big spending pledges, but it's nowhere near enough to undo a decade of austerity.
Novara Live: Boris Johnson Hails Higher Wages at Tory Conference
At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?
Boris Johnson’s Tory Party and the Blue Wall
The last two years of Boris Johnson’s leadership have been defined by a heady mix of disaster and triumph: Brexit, a landslide election victory, a catastrophic pandemic, by-election wins and one surprising loss. What makes Johnsonism different from the Conservatism of yesteryear, and what’s coming next?
Opinion: The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?
James Meadway
This mask-off moment is an opportunity for Labour to dispel the myth of the Tories as the party of workers. Instead all we're getting are mealy-mouthed, half-hearted critiques, argues James Meadway.
Opinion: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
James Meadway
Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.
Analysis: Vaccine Passports Aren’t Just Unfair, They Don’t Work
James Meadway
With vaccines only halving transmission, Boris Johnson risks incentivising superspreader events where variants flourish, argues James Meadway.
Analysis: Bitcoin’s Wild Fortnight Is a Reminder of Why Crypto Won’t Replace Conventional Currencies Any Time Soon
James Meadway
Elon Musk might have changed his mind on bitcoin, but China hasn’t. It's a reminder, writes James Meadway, that whatever the whims of billionaires, cryptocurrencies remain at the mercy of central banks.
Analysis: Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War
James Meadway
Leftist anti-mining party Inuit Ataqatigiit has won Greenland’s snap election. But with international mining companies keen to exploit the island’s vast deposits of rare earth minerals, it is nonetheless emerging as a key battleground in a new great power competition over essential raw materials, writes James Meadway.
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.
Analysis: Vaccine Passports Could Be a Dystopian Nightmare
James Meadway
What seems like a sensible measure could be a slippery slope to a social credit system. We must not sleepwalk into more unregulated, opaque data collection, writes James Meadway.
Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?
James Meadway
Rishi Sunak wants to appear radical while cementing the status quo - and unless the left presents an alternative, he will, writes James Meadway.
Novara Live: Starmer’s Reboot Speech
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial
Analysis: The Rich Are Skipping the Vaccine Queue. What Are We Going to Do About It?
James Meadway
The coronavirus vaccine was never going to be entirely immune from market forces. But if we’re going to recover from this pandemic, or prevent another, we must radically rethink how we share the fruits of our scientific labours, writes James Meadway.
Analysis: Big Tech’s Mission to Replace the Banks Will End in Tears
James Meadway
As long as profit is allowed to drive developments in fintech, the risks of catastrophic overreach remains, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: Sunak’s Spending Review Is a Drop of Water in a Desert – the Left Must Demand More
James Meadway
From divide-and-rule public sector pay freezes to ripe-for-corruption local spending schemes, Sunak's plan is radically insufficient for our current crisis. The left must forward an alternative, and quick, writes James Meadway.
Novara Live: Sunak’s Spending Review
With a public sector pay freeze and cuts to foreign aid, has Rishi Sunak’s spending review shown him to be a typical Tory class warrior? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.