Novara Live: Britain Prepares for Omicron
Omicron is here. Is Britain ready? Plus, we speak to Fatima Hassan in South Africa about how vaccine apartheid left us vulnerable to new variants.
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Opinion: Is Welsh Labour Really All That?
Jack Kellam
This week’s Senedd deal is evidence of ‘clear red water’ between UK and Welsh Labour, according to some socialists outside of Wales. But a closer look at Welsh Labour’s record shows the left should put its hope for radical reform in movements beyond the party, argues Jack Kellam.
Analysis: Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?
Ell Folan
The past month has been one of the worst for the Tories to date. Ell Folan examines the polls to ask whether this is another passing storm, or something more serious.
Report: The Inside Story of Keir Starmer’s Farcical Diversity Audit
Oliver Eagleton
As Black Lives Matter drove a clamour for institutional change in 2020, Labour promised to respond. A year later, party insiders speak of union busting and double-standards in the name of diversity. Oliver Eagleton reports.
Novara Live: Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Novara Live: Tory MP Stabbed in Essex Attack | #TyskySour
For the second time in six years a British MP has been violently killed while doing their job. We discuss the circumstances of the tragic death of Sir David Amess, and why it seems Britain cannot keep its politicians safe from harm. Also on the show – Dominic Cummings Attacks Keir Starmer as an “Uber […]
Analysis: Who’s More in Touch With Voters, Labour Members or Labour’s Leader?
Ell Folan
Whether it’s energy nationalisation or a higher minimum wage, Keir Starmer consistently rejects policies that his party members support. His supporters say that Labour members are out of touch with the wider electorate – but polls suggest otherwise.
Downstream: Could Donald Trump Win in 2024?
Aaron Bastani meets Nina Turner, co-chair of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, to discuss the American left under the Biden Presidency, the prospect of Donald Trump running in 2024 and how American workers can build a more progressive politics.
Downstream: Ash Sarkar Meets Zarah Sultana. Downstream-on-Sea
At Labour Party Conference 2021 Ash Sarkar & Zarah Sultana MP shared fish and chips by Brighton Pier. They discussed why the Labour Party is so boring, being a muslim woman of colour on the left and trans rights amongst other things. Batter not miss it!
Novara Live: Starmer Rejects Corbyn Legacy in Conference Speech
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial break down Keir Starmer's conference speech.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Just As Dishonest As Boris Johnson
Aaron Bastani
The electoral success of Boris Johnson demonstrates that, like it or not, the electorate doesn’t mind if the PM is a liar. But what they can’t stand, writes Aaron Bastani, is a hypocrite who pretends otherwise.
Analysis: Starmer’s Half-Hearted Power-Grab Has Weakened Him, Not That His Allies Care
Solomon Hughes
The Labour leader’s abortive attempt to introduce electoral colleges has left him looking weaker than ever. Yet his supporters are entirely willing to sacrifice Sir Keir and indeed the next election to get the party back onto the Third Way, writes Solomon Hughes.
Novara Live: Keir Starmer Rigs the Rules
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss Keir Starmer's contempt for democracy and other conference news.
Analysis: The Big State Is Back, Baby
Paolo Gerbaudo
In the neoliberal era, bureaucrats were public enemy number one. Now, Boris Johnson is heralding the “activist state”. The left must skewer the right’s faux interventionism or risk irrelevance, writes Paolo Gerbaudo.
Opinion: This Year’s the World Transformed Is the Perfect Opportunity for the Left to Rebuild Itself
Mark Montegriffo and Adele Walton
After election defeats, the decimation of the Labour party and a devastating global pandemic, this year's The World Transformed festival offers a much-needed opportunity for the left to come together to build a strategy to win back power.
Is Labour a Lost Cause for Socialists?
For five years socialists in Britain united under the project of electing a Labour government with Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister. Since that project failed, Labour has been taken over by a new leader who has stripped the party of ideology and is rigging the rules so that the left will never have influence again.
Novara Live: Revolt Against Starmer’s Anti-Democratic Leadership Rules
Starmer's attempt to rig the rules for any future leadership challenge is facing a backlash from trade unions, party activists and left-wing MPs. We speak to NEC member Lara McNeil.
Novara Live: Labour Lead Tories for First Time Since January
A YouGov poll has shown Labour in front of the Conservatives for the first time since January after an unpopular hike to national insurance. Has Johnson blown it, and can Starmer take advantage?