Novara Docs: What Does Clacton Really Think About Nigel Farage?
Clare Hymer went to Clacton-on-Sea for Nigel Farage's campaign launch to find out what people there really think of the former MEP's bid for parliament.
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Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash
Juliet Jacques
Those celebrating the return of smooth-talking centrists to frontline politics seem to have forgotten the far-right they brought with them, writes Juliet Jacques.
Opinion: Can the Right Just Believe in Climate Science Already?
Joe Duffy
Tory MPs and Nigel Farage’s new anti-net zero political movement are ushering in a new form of climate denialism with the claims that climate policies cause a decline in living standards. Joe Duffy explains.
Opinion: Older Generations Can’t Deal With the Fact They’ve Had It Easy
Aaron Bastani
When Kirstie Allsopp bought her house, the average house price was £51,000 – today it’s £270,000. Still, writes Aaron Bastani, older people must castigate the young or risk losing something precious: victimhood.
Novara Live: Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Novara Live: Clubs Open and Restrictions Lifted for ‘Freedom Day’
The abandonment of coronavirus restrictions has brought about freedom for some, unfreedom for others, and fear for many more. We discuss the implications of Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' with Deepti Gurdasani. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: The Left Must Stop Buying the Right’s Lie That They’ve Won the Working Class
Aurelien Mondon
The idea that Trump and Brexit were working-class revolts is a dangerous myth, one the president's recent electoral defeat has done little to dispel, writes Aurelien Mondon.
The Bastani Factor: ‘Cultural Marxism’ Is a Far Right Conspiracy Theory
Cultural Marxism, increasingly mentioned by right-wing politicians, pundits and terrorists, is a conspiracy theory. But where does it come from, what does it mean and what is its political function for those who deploy it? Aaron Bastani traces the roots of the term from 1930s Germany through the fantasist ravings of Lyndon Larouche to its […]
Ash Wednesday: The Rule Britannia Brouhaha Is a Paranoid Fantasy
The Rule Britannia brouhaha is a paranoid fantasy – and that’s precisely why it’s such an effective political weapon.
Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths
While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.
Novara Live: Right Wing Migrant Freakout
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani debunk the latest right-wing freakout about migration. Plus, Government corruption on PPE, submissions close for the Labour Leaks inquiry and why we all need Joe Biden to stop talking.
Ash Wednesday: Are Right-wingers an Oppressed Minority?
Ash Sarkar explores how the language of minoritarian grievance has been appropriated by the most powerful people in political media.
Opinion: Remain Ultras Are Everything They Claim to Hate
Aaron Bastani
With the ‘Brexit 50p’ set to enter circulation this Friday, hardline remainers have called for boycotts of the coin, proving themselves to be capable of as much pettiness as their ‘leave’ counterparts. But debates like these are detracting from the real issues, writes Aaron Bastani.
GE2019: Nigel Farage’s Climbdown Has Made This Election Clearer. Only Labour Can Defeat the Right
Aaron Bastani
News that the Brexit party will not be running against 317 Tory MPs has thrown this election into stark relief. For the Liberal Democrats and particularly the Greens it poses a question - what do you stand for? For Labour it means something important: it can only win this election fighting on class politics and against the elite - and Farage just made that a whole lot easier.
A Second Referendum Without a General Election Would Be the End of Corbynism
Holly Rigby
Last week Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson launched a petition to force Jeremy Corbyn to unequivocally commit to a second Brexit referendum, in which Labour would campaign to remain. Holly Rigby argues a second referendum without a general election would spell the end of Corbynism itself.
Novara FM: She’s Gone: After Theresa May
James Butler is joined by Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker to talk about the wake of the European elections, the rise of the Brexit Party and the decline and fall of Theresa May.
Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated
George Newth
Recent media coverage of the UK Independence Party has drawn stark comparisons between the party under Nigel Farage and so-called 'Ukip 2.0' under successor Gerard Batten. George Newth argues this discontinuity is being greatly exaggerated, and is only aiding Farage's self-reinvention as a moderate politician.
IMOBastani: Why Farage Is Now a Remoaner
Why does Nigel Farage now want a second referendum? Could it be something to do with his friends in the City?