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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey smashes through a blue wall at a rally in Buckinghamshire

Opinion: The Lib Dems Are Britain’s Worst Political Party

by Aaron Bastani

The Lib Dems’ toxic mix of inertia, anti-politics and misinformation serves to undermine trust in politics, writes Aaron Bastani - far more so than either Labour or the Tories.

a man with white and black hair with a side parting, navy suit, white shirt and maroon tie looks aghast

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: 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.

Drax Power Station, the third-largest polluting power station in Europe, was a sponsor of last year's Labour conference. Edward Crawford/Reuters

Report: Labour Took Thousands of Pounds From a Massive Polluter

by Simon Childs

Drax, which owns a power station described as the UK’s biggest single source of CO2, gave Labour £12,000 last year.

a man with grey side-parted hair in a navy suit and white shirt smiles and holds his hand in front of his face

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.

Former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn win Islington North in 2019

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.

Report: President of Unison Expelled From Labour Party

by Polly Smythe

The union's president has been expelled for sharing articles from a proscribed Marxist group on social media.

A person in a black top and trousers and wearing a black rucksack holds a red sign on which is painted in white paint: rent control now, decorated with two acorns

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.

A person wearing black jumper and jeans jumps above a fire in front of a large audience. Behind them is Big Ben.

Long Read: Generation Left Rejected History. Does It Have a Future?

by Michael Chessum

From Occupy Wall Street to Millbank, the generation that awoke in 2010 rejected left history, writes Michael Chessum. Is this why it's struggled to form a coherent political tradition?

A spokesperson for talks to journalists after the trial of Deliveroo French executives. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Report: Deliveroo Thinks France Has the ‘Most Progressive’ Gig Economy. Deliveroo Has Been Fined for Workers’ Rights Abuses in France

by Polly Smythe

The remarks were made by Peter Mandelson’s godson at a Labour Party fringe event sponsored by Deliveroo.

Two men, both wearing navy suits, stand besides one another at Labour conference

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.

Downstream: People Used Anything to Attack Me

Jeremy Corbyn talks to Aaron Bastani about the mainstream media, the antisemitism crisis, Alistair Campbell and King Charles III.

Report: ‘Labour Weaponised My Domestic Abuse to Get Rid of Me’: Apsana Begum on Her Return to Politics

by Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: Three months after the Labour party ‘weaponised’ abuse that left her in A&E, Britain’s first hijabi MP returns to politics.

Apsana Begum MP, wearing a blue headscarf and sunglasses, with her face mask pulled down, speaks into a loudhailer

Report: A Domestic Violence Expert Warned Keir Starmer That Labour Was Complicit in Apsana Begum’s ‘Abuse’. He Did Nothing

by Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: A domestic violence expert begged Keir Starmer to save Apsana Begum from a trigger ballot process she described as an ‘extension of [her] abuse’. The Labour leader let it continue. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: Will the Unions Actually Ditch Labour?

by Tom Williams

With the Labour party's betrayal of workers, the threat of union disaffiliation looms. But will it actually happen? Tom Williams takes a look.

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Betrayal of Workers is Nothing New for Labour

by Jodie Collins

Revisionist history has the public dreaming of a time when the Labour party stood up for organised labour. It’s a myth.