Novara FM: No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press
James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.
Tag: labour
Opinion: Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
Michael Chessum
Changing one's mind is part of anyone's political development, but if a leadership contest is to be more than an exercise in political shapeshifting, the candidates need to account for their political histories, argues Michael Chessum.
Ash Wednesday: Open Selections: How Can Something so Boring, Be so Contentious?
This week Rebecca Long-Bailey announced her support for open selections. Ash Sarkar explains why this issue cuts to the heart of the Labour Party.
Novara FM: After Defeat
One month after Labour's catastrophic defeat, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to dig into attempts to understand the loss, and how the left moves on from it.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Call to End Factionalism Must Not Mean a Return to the Status Quo
Michael Walker
There is a promise the leadership hopeful could make, argues Michael Walker, which would fulfil his desire to end damaging internecine war without undermining accountability: open selections.
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: The Comedown
The #ACFM crew take stock in the wake of Labour’s defeat and the dawning of a new year.
Shit Jobs for All: the Many Horrors of the Zero Hours Contract
Laith Saad
Huge commutes, poor pay and unpaid overtime. Agency worker and journalist Laith Saad speaks with his colleagues about the precarity and exploitation that goes hand-in-hand with a zero hours contract.
Letters: Members Should Have the Say on Who Momentum Backs for Labour Leader
Kallum Pembro and Elliot Dugdale
In this letter to Momentum and its members, Kallum Pembro and Elliot Dugdale argue that the process for deciding the organisation's Labour leadership endorsement shouldn't happen behind closed doors.
Novara Live: It Woz Remain Wot Lost It?
On this episode of #TyskySour Aaron Bastani is joined by Paul Mason as they discuss Labour’s election results. Did the commitment to a ‘people’s vote’ destroy any chance of winning?
Opinion: Learning the Lessons of Labour’s Northern Nightmare Will Take Longer Than a Weekend
Craig Gent
Beyond Brexit and Corbyn, Labour's foothold in England's mining belt has been weakening for years, writes Craig Gent. Rebuilding trust and confidence will require a patient process involving hard truths - and no amount of hot takes on social media will change that.
Electionsesh2019
From 9:30pm til 5am Novara Media stayed with you for the GE2019 election results.
GE2019: Banking on Brexit: Is a Pro-remain Platform Enough to Win Canterbury?
Louis Matheou
With Labour MP Rosie Duffield fighting for her Canterbury seat on the basis that she is the only pro-Remain candidate, could her neglect of the party's transformative manifesto be a sorely missed opportunity?
GE2019: This Election Campaign Showed the Left’s Power. Win or Lose We Must Continue to Build a Socialist Future
Grace Blakeley
Whatever happens today, the task of the left over the coming years must be to continue to build up a self-confident socialist movement that understands itself as independent of, though tightly linked to, the Labour party, and with organic links to communities up and down the country, argues Grace Blakeley.
Whatever happens today, we are still living through the interregnum between worlds and our choice remains: socialism or barbarism.
GE2019: How Corbyn’s Labour Changed the Minds of Young Scottish Voters
Lauren Gilmour
Speaking with young Scottish voters, Lauren Gilmour traces how and why their allegiances have switched from the Scottish National Party and independence to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour.
GE2019: Has Nigel Farage’s Climbdown Guaranteed a Tory Win in the South Coast’s Most Brexit Town?
Natalie Leal
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU in 2016. With the Brexit Party standing down in this election, the Conservatives are expected to win a large majority. But on the ground, nobody seems enthusiastic about this, Natalie Leal reports, with feelings of frustration and helplessness characterising most conversations about politics.
GE2019: Back to Batley and Spen: Labour Is up Against Apathy in Jo Cox’s Former Constituency
Ethan Shone
The West Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen is notorious for the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox in 2016. But beyond this little attention is paid to a seat that isn't quite marginal, but has many of the characteristics of a Tory target. Ethan Shone reports on how apathy and anger have set in.
The Bastani Factor: How to Get Brexit Done ✅
Boris Johnson says that if you give him and his Conservative party a majority at the general election he’ll be able to ‘get Brexit done’. But is that actually true?
GE2019: Pandering Won’t Solve Labour’s Brexit Problem
Michael Chessum
While it makes sense to spend the last days of the campaign trail shoring up northern and midlands seats, Labour needs to avoid falling into simplistic and conservative narratives on Brexit, argues Michael Chessum.