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.
Tag: Labour Party
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.
Long Read: Dismantling Britain is One Thing. Dismantling Britishness is Another
Adam Ramsay
When we talk about breaking up Britain, we can’t just talk about the British state, argues Adam Ramsay. We also need to understand what gives the state its social license to operate: that is, British nationalism.
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.
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.
Novara Live: Labour Prepare for Battle in Brighton
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar preview Labour Party Conference 2021.
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: 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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.