Novara Live: Starmer’s Worst Week
As commentators question if he's up for the job, we discuss Keir Starmer's worst week.
Tag: Labour Party
Opinion: Keir Starmer is Ignoring the Few Lessons He Could Learn From Joe Biden
Aaron Bastani
There aren’t many lessons from Biden’s victory in the US that translate across the Atlantic. But from an openness to coalition-building to publicly supporting trans rights, the few things Keir Starmer could learn are being ignored, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: ‘Starmerism’ is Failing on Its Own Terms – And Members Need to Lead the Way
Callum Cant
Nine months on from the Labour leadership race, the Starmerite project is failing on its own terms. If the party leadership is unwilling to commit to genuinely transformative policy, then members need to take the reins, argues Callum Cant.
The Bastani Factor: Do Donors Now Control the Labour Party?
Yesterday Richard Leonard resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour party – less than 24 hours after a potential donor allegedly said they would not give money while he remained in place. This raises huge questions. Firstly whether the Scottish Labour Party is autonomous of the party at Westminster, and secondly whether wealthy donors now […]
Downstream: Can the Left Trust Keir Starmer? Interview With Richard Burgon
Was the Corbyn leadership a complete failure for the left – and what can be learned for next time? What are the chances of a socialist Labour government implementing the kinds of policies seen in the 2017 and 2019 manifestoes? And can the left trust Keir Starmer as party leader after a disappointing first year? […]
Opinion: I’m a Discrimination Lawyer – the Labour Party Has Probably Broken the Law by Removing the Whip From Jeremy Corbyn
David Renton
It's unlikely Keir Starmer's punishment of his predecessor would stand up in court, writes specialist discrimination barrister David Renton.
Opinion: No Other Minority: Keir Starmer’s Silence on the Islamophobia Report Speaks Volumes About Labour’s Hierarchy of Racism
Ash Sarkar
Labour’s Islamophobia report rubbishes the claim that “no other minority” would be treated so poorly as the Jewish community was by the party, writes Ash Sarkar. Keir Starmer's failure to address the report's contents speaks to a toxic hierarchy of racism within Labour, whereby communities are set into competition with one another to be heard.
Novara Live: Starmer Gets Whiplash
Labour have re-admitted Corbyn, but now Starmer’s suspended the whip. What’s the real story behind the chaos of the last 24 hours? And what happens next? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour party.
Novara Live: Corbyn Suspended
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the party. What the hell happens now?! With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Rivkah Brown.
Report: Keir Starmer Has Launched an Unprecedented Crackdown on Rebel MPs
Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani
As dissent mounts on Labour’s front and backbenches, Keir Starmer is fast-tracking disciplinary action against rebel MPs. Many see it as an attempt to cow the left. Rivkah Brown and Aaron Bastani report.
Report: Rachel Reeves MP Accused of Misusing Members’ Data in Attempt to Influence Labour Party Democracy
Rivkah Brown
Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves contacted Labour members encouraging them to elect her preferred slate to the party's national executive committee. While Labour says it found no evidence of a data breach, some members dispute the party's explanation, while senior Labour figures say the incident is indicative of a worrying resurgence in factional organising. Rivkah Brown reports.
Interview: The Rise and Fall of the Corbyn Movement | An Interview with Owen Jones
Was Corbynism doomed from the start? That’s the question posed by Owen Jones in his new book, This Land.
Opinion: Labour’s New Leadership Must Not Abandon Palestine
Ben Jamal
A group of prominent British Palestinians recently penned an open letter to Keir Starmer calling upon the Labour leader to restate his party’s commitment to the Palestinian struggle. Ben Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, sets out why.
Opinion: ‘Family Values’ Without Class is a Dead End for Labour
Aaron Bastani
The family is often seen as the political territory of the right. But with child poverty skyrocketing and families forced into increasingly abysmal living conditions, it’s right that Starmer wishes to reclaim it. To do so, argues Aaron Bastani, he must move beyond platitudes to a message that puts class politics at its heart.
Opinion: Marxism or Methodism? For Labour’s Centrist Vanguard, It Was Neither
Aaron Bastani
It’s often been said that the Labour party’s origins owe “more to Methodism than Marx”. Tom Watson and other ‘moderate’ former Labour MPs, however, are driven by nothing but egoism and self-promotion, argues Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Labour MPs Now Accept Brexit Because Jeremy Corbyn is No Longer Their Leader
Aaron Bastani
On Sunday Labour’s Rachel Reeves went on the Andrew Marr Show and argued we need to get Brexit done. The sad truth is that many Labour MPs have changed their tune on Brexit for one simple reason: they’re no longer looking to attack the party leader, argues Aaron Bastani.
The Bastani Factor: Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
After 2017 Labour stood on the brink of power. Yet by last December the party gained its lowest number of seats since 1935. How did that happen? Find out as Aaron Bastani is joined by authors of 'Left Out', Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire
The Bastani Factor: Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
After the 2017 general election Labour under Jeremy Corbyn seemingly stood on the brink of power. From nowhere they had enjoyed the biggest increase in vote share of any party since 1945, depriving the Tories of their majority. But from there it was a story of Glastonbury to catastrophe and, last December, Labour gained their […]