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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: Starmer & Evans Prepare for Stitch up at Labour Conference

The first real Labour conference with Keir Starmer as leader will pitch party bosses against the left. Is there any hope of preventing a stitch up?

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer laughs with deputy party leader Angela Rayner whilst on the election campaign trail in Birmingham.

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: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand

James Meadway

Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.

Apsana Begum domestic violence Labour leftwing purge

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.

People wait outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul

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.

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.

Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer in 2019

Long Read: Here’s What Really Happened When Labour Suspended Corbyn

Oliver Eagleton

Nine months on and the world has all but forgotten about one of the most significant events in Labour history. Oliver Eagleton gets the inside scoop on Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension and what it tells us about Labour’s current management.

Jeremy Corbyn meets supporters in Middlesbrough, 11 December 2019.

Analysis: Generation Left Might Not Be That Left After All

James Meadway

The left is wrong to take young people’s support for granted, writes James Meadway.

Labour leader Keir Starmer having a pint of Guinness with Hartlepool by-election candidate Paul Williams

Opinion: Labour’s ‘Buy British’ Policy Could Be the Start of a Bold, New Economic Approach

Nick Dearden

Labour's 'Buy British' policy could be a reactionary gimmick; it could also contain the first glimpse of a new economic approach, which sees communities empowered to build wealth from the bottom-up, writes Nick Dearden.

Keir Starmer and Kim Leadbeater

Opinion: Labour Won Batley and Spen Despite Starmer, Not Because of Him

Aaron Bastani

Kim Leadbeater prevailed through a mix of localist populism and anti-party politics. ‘Brand Keir’ had nothing to do with it, writes Aaron Bastani.

Keir Starmer walks through Whitehall

Analysis: With Labour Barely Holding Batley and Spen, Is It Time for Starmer to Quit?

Ell Folan

While Labour's Batley and Spen win is no doubt a reprieve for Keir Starmer, every result and every approval rating is telling us one thing: he is unelectable, writes Ell Folan.

Novara Live: The Batley & Spen Byelection Preview

With Batley & Spen looking likely to hand Keir Starmer another by-election defeat, Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss the issues dominating the campaign and the implications a loss would have on the Labour Party.

Analysis: Leftists Are Panicking About Unite’s General Secretary Election. Should They Be?

Ell Folan

After Howard Beckett’s withdrawal, two leftwingers remain in the race to succeed Len McCluskey. Stats for Lefties founder and Novara Media columnist Ell Folan looks at whether this really is the vote-splitting disaster some claim, or the sign of healthy union democracy.

Analysis: Keir Starmer Is Dragging Down Labour in the Polls. Is It Time the Party Cut Him Loose?

Ell Folan

Labour’s recent electoral decimation has been blamed on everything from Brexit divisions to a “vaccine bounce” and “long Corbyn”. The data paints a simpler picture, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan: the problem is the party leader.

Labour leader Keir Starmer in a black suit and dark red tie, against a purple background

Analysis: Has Keir Starmer Heard of Pasokification?

Joana Ramiro

Social democrats across the continent have learned that maintaining ties with the left equals electoral success. The British Labour leader doesn’t seem to get it.

Britain’s Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer leaves his home in London, Britain May 10, 2021.

Opinion: Keir Starmer Is Now the Worst Person, at the Worst Moment, to Lead the Labour Party

Aaron Bastani

Starmer has no vision, no theory of change and no understanding of the present political moment. No wonder his approval ratings are plummeting, despite an easy ride from the media and a Tory party that has presided over the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe.

Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner campaigning with Andy Burnham in Manchester.

Analysis: Proportional Representation Won’t Solve All the Left’s Problems, But We Should Back It Anyway

Ell Folan

The loss of key council seats last week has renewed Labour activists' interest in proportional representation. While PR alone won't keep the Tories out of power - and Labour must focus on policies not systems if it wants to win - it is still worth supporting, writes Ell Folan.

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