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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Long Read: How the Guardian Lined Up Behind Starmer
Rivkah Brown
At the Guardian’s election endorsement meeting, a senior columnist argued that anything less than full-blown Starmerism risked losing credibility with the incoming government, while the lobby closed ranks behind Labour in a seemingly pre-agreed position. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: How Labour’s Islington North Candidate Made Millions From NHS Privatisation
Steven Methven
Novara Media has probed the financial affairs of Praful Nargund and found that should he become an MP, he may be in a position to legislate on NHS privatisation while also benefiting from it.
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.
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.
Feature: Andrew Feinstein Is the Left’s Anti-Keir Starmer
Rivkah Brown
A former South African MP thought his politician days were behind him – until a UK Labour leader came along who embodied everything he’d ever fought against. Rivkah Brown meets Andrew Feinstein.