Tag: keir starmer
The Burner: The Burner Episode #219: Steer Calmer With Keir Starmer
Novara Live: Sabotage From Above
The #LabourLeaks show how top-level staff sabotaged the Labour’s election chances and drove a culture of racism and bullying. We break down the key revelations on tonight’s #TyskySour
Report: ‘It’s going to be a long night’ – How Members of Labour’s Senior Management Team Campaigned to Lose
Aaron Bastani
A leaked report, seen by Novara Media, reveals the extent to which senior Labour figures sought to undermine their own party’s chances in the 2017 general election.
Novara Live: Counting the Cost of COVID-19
Do official statistics show the true death count and economic cost of COVID-19? Plus Rebecca Long-Bailey’s communications boss Matt Zarb-Cousin joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss how the left lost the Labour leadership race.
Novara Live: Novara REACTS to the Labour Leadership Election Results
What do the results of the Labour Leadership contest tell us about the campaigns? In what direction will the victor take the party? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani react to the news of who will succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition.
Opinion: Labour Can Only Win by Building on the Corbyn Era, Not Destroying It
Aaron Bastani
Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership twice, despite a war waged against him from within the party and by the media. He won for a reason, writes Aaron Bastani; if the next Labour leader wants to become prime minister they must acknowledge this, and build on his legacy, not destroy it.
Novara Live: Is There a Plan?!
As the COVID-19 crisis intensifies it increasingly seems like the government don’t have a plan. Is progress actually being made with testing and protective equipment?
Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules
Aaron Bastani
Novara Live: Bernie Hits the Jackpot
Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Bernie’s big win in Nevada, ballots dropping in the Labour leadership race, and the start of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Explainers: Keir Starmer: Not the Safe Choice for Labour?
David Wearing argues that with only a few years left to prevent climate breakdown, Labour’s new leader has to both win the next general election, and then push through a major transformation of our economic model in a single parliament. So can Labour afford to go back to the politics of the centre left, which […]
Opinion: Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
Michael Chessum
Opinion: Labour Needs a Female Leader in Rebecca Long-Bailey
Harriet Williamson
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Call to End Factionalism Must Not Mean a Return to the Status Quo
Michael Walker
To Understand Keir Starmer’s Politics, we Must Look at Who is Running His Campaign
Aaron Bastani
Labour’s Next Leader Must Be Able to Talk About Class and Climate Justice
Chris Saltmarsh
As Boris Johnson’s government inevitably fails to take action on climate change we will begin to experience harsher climate shocks. Labour needs a leader comfortable stepping up to interpret these events by laying the blame at Johnson’s feet and articulating a compelling socialist response.
The Man Behind the Keir Starmer Campaign, and His Links to Owen Smith
Aaron Bastani
Novara Live: The Party of Remain?
After Keir Starmer’s speech, is Labour now the Party of Remain? And what have we learnt about the unions and Momentum from #Lab18.