Tag: politics
Downstream: Social Mobility Is a Lie. Aaron Bastani Meets Dan Evans.
With more strikes taking place and ever rising inequality, you’d think the left would be well-placed to talk about class with authority. But what if the movement had made a disastrous error when trying to understand the state of our nation? And what if we’re still missing a fundamental bit of understanding? Sociologist and trade […]
Downstream: Going Undercover With Neo-Nazis. Aaron Bastani Meets Julia Ebner
Since 2016 we’ve seen mainstream politics take a turn for the weird, epitomised by the surprise success of populist projects like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. And fringe views have continued to muscle into the middle ground, with conspiracy theories and far-right talking points trickling into political discourse. Julia Ebner has been charting […]
Downstream: The Housing Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think. Aaron Bastani Meets Vicky Spratt
Vicky Spratt is a London-based journalist and campaigner who writes on housing and the rental crisis. Her book Tenants is out now with Profile Books.
Downstream: We Must Ban Private Schools. Ash Sarkar Meets Richard Beard
Britain is unique in the way that public schools (that’s private schools to anyone outside of Britain) have a stranglehold on the establishment. Alumni of these schools are massively overrepresented in the upper echelons of society – so is it any wonder that the media, the judicial system and the political class treat normal people […]
Analysis: 2023 Will Be Make Or Break For The Scottish Independence Movement
by Jonathon Shafi
Explainers: What Does Qatar REALLY Want?
With the media furore around the world cup being held in Qatar, one might think that the mission to launder their reputation and establish themselves as a player on the world stage has failed. One might also think that the arguments about LGBT rights, migrant labour and FIFA corruption haven’t actually bothered the Qatari elites […]
Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow
Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t
by Emily Tolano
Downstream: Continuing to Live Was a Challenge. Aaron Meets Chris Packham
On the morality of having children, the Just Stop Oil protests and Southampton F.C.
Feature: PrEP Could End HIV Transmissions But Tory Austerity Is Scuppering It
by Sarah Woolley
Feature: How Mutual Aid Is Reaching Its Limits for Transgender People in the UK
by June Bellebono
Opinion: Is the European Research Group Losing Its Grip on the Tory Party?
by Helen Belcher
Analysis: Why Are Fewer British Muslims Voting?
by Khadijah Hasan
Analysis: Britain’s No-Growth Economy Means Politics Is Only Going to Get More Chaotic
by Aaron Bastani
Opinion: The Scottish Greens Want the Green Party to ‘Do Better’
by Euan Yours & Emily Tolano
Explainers: How Private Water Companies Are Killing Britain’s Rivers
Last year in Britain raw sewage was pumped into rivers and coasts 375,000 times. Not a SINGLE river in England has a clean bill of health. Aaron Bastani explains how private water companies are killing the country’s waterways – and why water bosses should face jail time.