Tag: Matt Hancock
Opinion: This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke
by Andrew Fisher
Opinion: Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
by Andrew Fisher
Opinion: Hancock’s Resignation Shows Just How Much Johnson’s Government Can Get Away With
by Samuel Earle
Novara Live: Why Sajid Javid Is a Danger to the NHS
Novara Live: Matt Hancock Caught Having Affair With Advisor
Opinion: The Tories’ Covid-19 Strategy Pits Young and Old Against Each Other
by Ameya Tripathi
Opinion: Cummings’ Inquiry Hearing Was a Chance for Centrists To Do What They Do Best: Rehabilitate Rightwingers
by Jamie Medwell
Novara Live: Matt Hancock Fights for His Job After Cummings Testimony
Novara Live: Jail Time for Travel Breaches
The Bastani Factor: “This Is the Worst Interview I’ve Ever Seen With a Politician”
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the worst interview by a politician Aaron Bastani has ever seen. What does it say when after 100,000 people have died a leading politician can get away with such a performance?
Novara Live: Life After Cummings
Love him or loathe him, Dominic Cummings was the driving force of Johnson’s government. It was Cummings that masterminded the election campaign that pitched the people vs politicians and won Johnson his majority. Then, by combining culture wars with promises to ‘level up’ the country he transformed the Tories too. So, now he’s gone what […]
Novara Live: Lockdown Reloaded
10 million people in the UK now live under local restrictions, and a nationwide lockdown looks to be incoming. Will the government come to regret bullying us into our offices, and giving us all discounts in pubs? Plus: why no-one understands government testing figures (including Matt Hancock); Priti Patel’s War on Cocaine; Joe Biden’s Beef […]
Opinion: Boris Johnson Wants to Blame Young People for Coronavirus. He Has Nobody to Blame but Himself
by Liam Young
Novara Live: Homophobe for Hire
Nothing says Global Britain more than hiring an ex-Australian PM to be a trade envoy. But what about if he’s a noted misogynist, homophobe and climate sceptic? Plus, Corbyn-Coyle WhatsApp leaks and Gary Lineker enrages xenophobes. We also remember and discuss the life and work of world-renowned anthropologist David Graeber. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial […]
Novara Live: Racism Review: Spiked
Munira Mirza is to lead the government’s racism review. Are the Tories trolling anti-racism campaigners? Plus, Joshua Virasami on the police crackdown on BLM protestors, Laura Pidcock on shielding, and Matt Hancock claims Marcus Rashford’s victory as his own.