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.
Tag: nigel farage
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?