Report: One of the People Suing Labour Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Used Antisemitic Slurs
by Rivkah Brown
Julie Cattell, a non-Jewish Labour candidate in Brighton & Hove, told Jewish people they weren’t real Jews. Rivkah Brown reports.
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Report: The People Suing Labour for Outing Them As Antisemitism Complainants Boasted About Filing Thousands of Complaints
by Rivkah Brown
Euan Phillips and Emma Picken were extremely open about filing complaints, writes Rivkah Brown. So why are they suing the party for identifying them?
Long Read: Effective Altruism Is Infiltrating UK Politics and It’s Time We Woke Up
by Matteo Tiratelli
Founded in Oxford in the early 2010s, the movement has since earned a fanbase of American billionaires who are now pumping money into British politics, Labour in particular, writes Matteo Tiratelli.
Opinion: The Scandal-Hit Candidates Starmer’s Labour Let Run for Parliament
by Angus Satow
While Labour is blocking leftwingers from running to become MPs, candidates from the Labour right have made it through the party’s ‘due diligence’ process despite various troubling remarks.
Opinion: Keir Starmer is a Hypocrite. His Factional Response to the EHRC Proves It
by Andrew Fisher
By using the EHRC's positive findings to launch an attack on the Labour left, Starmer has shown he’s willing to weaponise antisemitism to fight a factional battle, writes Andrew Fisher.
Opinion: Trust Me, Private Healthcare is a Shitshow
by Luke Savage
America spends more money on a worse system that voters hate, writes Luke Savage. So why are UK politicians pretending privatisation will fix the NHS?
Opinion: Gambling Firms Prey on the Working Class. Why is Labour Taking Their Money?
by Matt Zarb-Cousin
New revelations show just how close Labour’s front bench is to the gambling industry. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, argues Matt Zarb-Cousin.
Analysis: The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently
by Rivkah Brown
Rivkah Brown explains the latest amendments to the public order bill.
Report: Will a ‘Vindictive’ Labour Party Bankrupt Itself Suing the Alleged Leakers?
by Rivkah Brown
Neither the Information Commissioner’s Office nor the Labour party itself has found wrongdoing by Corbyn staffers accused of leaking a report into antisemitism. The party is suing them anyway. Rivkah Brown reports.
Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up
by Ell Folan
Two-thirds of Britons fear climate breakdown. They also want to make it harder for activists to do something about it. Ell Folan unpicks some contradictory opinions.
Report: Keir Starmer Had a Photo-Op at the Telegraph As Part of His Rightwing Media Tour
by Simon Childs
After a week of courting the Times, the Sun and the Spectator, a source told Novara Media the Labour leader posed for photos at the offices of the Telegraph.
Analysis: Does Jeremy Corbyn Need the Labour Party?
by Ell Folan
Labour has suggested it will never reinstate Jeremy Corbyn, fuelling rumours he could stand as an independent or even run to be mayor of London. But would he succeed without his party? Ell Folan assesses his chances.
Analysis: No, Sunak Probably Won’t Close Labour’s Poll Lead
by Ell Folan
The slick ex-banker will certainly dent the Labour lead, writes Ell Folan – but it’s unlikely he’ll be able to win a fifth term for the Tories.
Report: Are Rent Controls Coming to the UK?
by Rivkah Brown
40 years since Thatcher scrapped them, rent controls are back on the political agenda. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Labour’s Cult of Factionalism Is Going Into Overdrive
by Andrew Fisher
From Emma Dent Coat to Maurice Mcleod, the Labour right is busy destroying would-be leftwing MPs - and its own electoral prospects in the process, writes Andrew Fisher.
Report: Keir Starmer Is a Big Fan of This Union Leader. His Staff, Not so Much
by Polly Smythe
Usdaw staff are taking two days of strike action over pay and home working. The general secretary has been accused of pitting workers against each other.
Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey
by Rivkah Brown
Three Kurdish attendees were denied entry to Labour party conference on security grounds. Some have questioned whether it has anything to do with Erdogan's Turkey.
Report: Labour Conference Will Be Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
by Simon Childs
Labour is letting big polluters use its conference for corporate "greenwashing", while party activists have been blocked from putting forward green motions. Simon Childs reports.