Opinion: I Just Had a Daughter. But Being a Centrist Dad Never Made Less Sense
Aaron Bastani
Starting a family has always been associated with becoming more conservative. Not anymore, writes Aaron Bastani.
Tag: rightwing
Analysis: How Did the Far Right Get So Weird?
Richard Hames
Argentina’s cos-playing, corgi-cloning president-elect is just the latest product of the global rightwing Oddball Factory. How did the far right get so weird?
Opinion: Armistice Day Is Perfect for a Peace March
Joe Glenton
Suella Braverman has tried to instrumentalise the war dead to stop a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day. But as a veteran, I hope the streets are heaving, writes Joe Glenton.
Report: Turning Point UK Questions Inanimate Object After Bloodshed at Demonstration
Simon Childs
After an antifascist activist was beaten and bloodied while protesting a Turning Point UK rally, the rightwing group asked the 'burning' question: ‘why did they have a red pen in their pocket?’
Report: Why Are British Pundits Suddenly So Obsessed with the New York Times?
Aaron Bastani
The NYT has gone where the British press won’t on Brexit, Islamophobia and now the Queen. It’s no wonder our gatekeeping, conservative commentariat can’t handle it, writes Aaron Bastani - it shows we’re not special.
Explainers: Why BT Workers Are Going on Strike
BT recorded £2 billion in profits before tax last year. Its CEO, Philip Jansen, enjoyed a salary of £3.5 million. Yet it’s now offering engineers & call centre workers a real terms pay CUT. Aaron Bastani explains why BT workers have had enough.
Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar
There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!
Analysis: Arise Sir Dido, Britain’s Newest Culture Warlord
Sandeep Sandhu
Would-be NHS chief Dido Harding's attack on foreign-born health service workers is a tactical and dangerous erasure of British history, ripped straight from the Tory culture war playbook, writes Sandeep Sandhu.
Opinion: What’s the Point of GB News?
Aaron Bastani
GB News has arrived – and with it, Britain has entered a new political moment. One in which truth and fact are replaced by opinion and partisan spin, the boundary between news and parody disintegrates, phone-in shows elevate feeling and opinion above all else, and informed debate becomes a thing of the past.
Downstream: Maybe Don’t Defund the BBC? Interview With Nish Kumar
This week on Downstream Ash Sarkar met with Nish Kumar - comedian and host of The Mash Report - to talk about how he became the accidental face of the Defund the BBC movement, and why rightwing comics are the real snowflakes.
Opinion: Poland’s Pro-Choice Protests Are Radicalising a Generation
Ana Oppenheim
Attempts to outlaw abortion in Poland appear to have strengthened the country's growing pro-choice movement, writes Ana Oppenheim. Women across the country, many of whom never before saw themselves as activists, are learning what it means to defy authority and stand up for their rights.
Of Course the Right Value Old People’s Lives Less – Our Ageing Population Is a Problem for Capitalism
Aaron Bastani
As the coronavirus pandemic escalates, the lives of elderly people are increasingly portrayed as less worth saving. Given the immense problem demographic ageing presents to market capitalism, this is as unsurprising as it is unsettling, writes Aaron Bastani.