Novara Live: Starmer Rejects Corbyn Legacy in Conference Speech
Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial break down Keir Starmer's conference speech.
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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?
Opinion: The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?
James Meadway
This mask-off moment is an opportunity for Labour to dispel the myth of the Tories as the party of workers. Instead all we're getting are mealy-mouthed, half-hearted critiques, argues James Meadway.
Opinion: Labour’s Universal Credit Revamp Is a Step Backwards, Not Forwards
Will Stronge
Instead of fiddling with the technical details of the current universal credit system, the Labour party must embrace the opportunity to set out a new vision for a genuinely progressive welfare settlement.
Opinion: Labour’s Silence on Apsana Begum Shows How Morally Bankrupt the Party Has Become
Joshua Kelly and Sam Green
Labour’s near-total silence on Apsana Begum's case suggests the party cares more about its factional alignments than supporting a young survivor of domestic abuse.
Opinion: After Afghanistan, We Need a New Kind of Foreign Policy
Aaron Bastani
Afghanistan has shown that America isn't always right. Amid the wreckage of the failed war on terror, Britain must do away with the comforting fantasy of a benevolent USA and develop a different kind of foreign policy.
Opinion: Are Any Politicians Actually Serious About Climate Change?
Aaron Bastani
We know that the Tories offer virtually nothing on climate change. But the grim truth is Britain’s centre-left parties are offering little more than a slight delay to inevitable calamity, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: We Can’t Dismantle Capitalism Without Antiracist Solidarity
Sonali Bhattacharyya
With antiracist solidarity largely a thing of the past, it is vital the left reclaim it as a way of organising in order to successfully resist racial capitalism.
Novara Live: Starmer Tells Labour to Embrace Blair’s Legacy
In the latest of his perpetual relaunches, Keir Starmer has urged Labour members to embrace Tony Blair's legacy. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Analysis: As Labour Sleeps, the Greens Are Awakening
Ell Folan
The Greens are doing better than they have in years, mostly thanks to those flocking from Starmer’s Labour. The party's local election showing in May could be a sign of things to come, writes Ell Folan.
Opinion: Hiking National Insurance Isn’t Going to Solve the Social Care Crisis
Andrew Fisher
Last week it was reported that the government is considering raising national insurance in order to fund social care. But the social care crisis isn’t just about the needs of elderly people in care homes – and hiking NI by 1% isn't going to solve it, argues Andrew Fisher.