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Opinion: Arrogant and Inept, Keir Starmer’s Hubris Is Blowing Up in His Face

Joe Guinan

Liberals and lobby journalists jubilated last year when the grownups were finally put back in charge. Now, Starmer’s future and indeed Labour’s seem as certain as an iceberg lettuce, writes Joe Guinan.

Zarah Sultana. Vuk Valcic/Reuters

Opinion: Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Some have argued that Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s new initiative should build its own institutions. Really, it should focus on influencing popular discourse and existing power structures - just like Ukip did, writes Lewis Bassett.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Opinion: Zack Polanski’s Win Is the Kick up the Arse the Left Needs

James Meadway

The left has four years to stop Nigel Farage from becoming prime minister. Polanski’s Green leadership win is the starting gun on a race we must win, writes James Meadway.

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Report: Reform Voters Prefer Corbyn to Starmer on Almost Every Metric, New Polling Shows

Rivkah Brown

Reform voters think the new party co-founder is more intelligent, trustworthy, hard-working and principled than the prime minister, suggesting Starmer’s attempts to woo the right aren’t working. Rivkah Brown reports.

Feature: The Government Has Been Expanding the Definition of Terrorism for Years. Here’s How

Rivkah Brown & Simon Childs

The recent proscription of Palestine Action has blindsided many who thought terrorism meant suicide bombers and knife attackers. In fact, counter-terror legislation has been broadening for decades, write Rivkah Brown and Simon Childs.

Analysis: What We Know About the New Left Party So Far

Richard Hames

Following months of clamouring for a new left party, one has suddenly turned up. Richard Hames explains what we know so far.

Opinion: What Next for the New Left Party? We Asked Our Contributors

Craig Gent, Joe Guinan, Jonas Marvin, Shanice McBean & Abi Wilkinson

The long-rumoured left party has finally been soft-launched by Zarah Sultana. While the mainstream media relitigates the he-said-she-said of the launch, we ask five Novara Media writers where they think the party should go.

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Novara Live: Corbyn Confirms He’ll Form New Party With Zarah Sultana

It’s here! Or is it? On this Friday’s show – we’ll be discussing whether the rumblings of a new left party, the proscription of Palestine Action and more. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Jamie Driscoll and Omar Abdel-Mannan

Zarah Sultana stands with former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn as they prepare to address activists at a 'Kill the Bill' protest in Parliament Square, London, April 2021. David Cliff/NurPhoto/Reuters

Analysis: A Sultana-Corbyn New Left Party Will Need All the Friends It Can Get

Steven Methven

Zarah Sultana’s shock announcement that she’s quitting Labour to co-lead a new party with Jeremy Corbyn already has the usual media suspects sharpening their knives, Steven Methven writes.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Report: Exclusive: Green Party Membership Surges Following Polanski’s Leadership Bid, Leaked Data Suggests

Adam Ramsay

The Green party has grown by at least 8% to 65,000 members since ‘eco-populist’ Zack Polanski announced his candidacy in early May, according to data from regions representing over a third of the party. Adam Ramsay reports.

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Opinion: Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn

James Meadway

The freshly minted Democratic candidate for New York City mayor is patently exceptional. He’s also perfected a formula that the UK can replicate, but only if it lays history to rest, writes James Meadway.

A portrait of Zack Polanski by Magdalena Siwicka

Interview: Zack Polanski Is Done Talking

Rivkah Brown

The Green politician’s surprise leadership bid has excited a rudderless left. Could he turn the party from a byword for well-meaning environmentalists into a mass movement? Rivkah Brown meets Zack Polanski.

A man carries the dead body of a child as he attends the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 3 May 2025. Hatem Khaled/Reuters

Report: Independent MPs Shame Lobby Journalists for Not Doing Their Jobs in the Face of Genocide

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: The Independent Alliance MPs have delivered nearly 100 handbooks to Westminster journalists suggesting basic questions they could ask Keir Starmer to hold him to account on Gaza. Harriet Williamson reports.

Thousands of trans people and allies stage a march in London on 19 April 2025 in support of trans rights following the UK Supreme Court's ruling. Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto

Long Read: How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights

Juliet Jacques

From the Guardian to Westminster, why do the British media and political class consistently unite to manufacture consent for laws that make the lives of the working class, migrants and minorities worse?

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Opinion: Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action

Juliet Jacques

Labour had a massive opportunity to counter the media onslaught and brighten the public mood, writes Juliet Jacques - and they’ve squandered it.

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Long Read: Identity Politics Is Dead, and the Far Right Knows It

Richard Seymour

People are tired of identity politics - and the rainbow coalition lining up behind Donald Trump proves it, writes Richard Seymour.

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Long Read: The Last World War Veterans Are Dying. Cue New Heights of Remembrance Hysteria

Juliet Jacques

Soldiers tend to be much more down on war than those who send them into it, writes Juliet Jacques, as even the briefest look at their poetry will testify. As those who witnessed the misery of war pass away, hawkish politicians are seizing control of the narrative.

Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats

Juliet Jacques

The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.

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