
Tag: saudi arabia


Novara FM: New Cities, Old Scams

Feature: How Vice Went From New Media Giant to Saudi Propaganda Machine
Simon Childs
One former staffer alleged that Vice is using security concerns as ‘a shield’ to stop the publication of critical articles about Saudi Arabia.

Long Read: ‘Levelling Up’ is Encouraging Gulf States to Buy Northern Football Clubs
Ali Reda & Philip Proudfoot

Opinion: Priti Patel Isn’t Just Punishing the Houthis, But All Yemenis
Tiara Ataii

Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism
Joe Duffy

Analysis: Western Elites Aren’t Mourning the Loss of Afghan Life, but of Their Own Power
David Wearing

Opinion: Four Antisemites Won’t Stop Me Supporting Palestine
Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Labour is Running a Saudi Apologist in Hartlepool – And It Should Be a Scandal
David Wearing
In 2018, Labour’s candidate in the Hartlepool by-election went on a state-funded trip to Saudi Arabia and came back a vocal supporter of the regime. While the party’s decision to run him in Hartlepool is certainly shocking, it’s also not even slightly surprising, argues David Wearing.

Novara Live: Jail Time for Travel Breaches

Report: The Welsh Village Taking on the Armed Forces
Francesca Newton

Novara Live: Rishi Sunak’s Meal Deal
Rishi Sunak claims his mini-budget will save your job and save the high street, but is a bonus for employers and a half-price meal voucher enough to save Britain from a virus-induced depression? With Michael Walker, Faiza Shaheen and Owen Jones.

Opinion: Britain’s Covid-19 Death Toll Goes Far Beyond Its Borders
David Wearing
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, criticism of the British government has focused on negligence within the UK’s own borders. But from Yemen to Iraq, Britain’s responsibility for the global death toll goes far further than is being reported, argues David Wearing.

Novara Live: Surviving Boris Johnson – With Faiza Shaheen and Jonathan Portes
With a mandate from only 0.25% of the UK electorate, Boris Johnson has been elected Tory Party leader and Britain’s next Prime Minister. Johnson has called gay people “bumboys”, black people “picanninies” and compared muslim women to “letterboxes”. He’s now willing to take Britain to a no-deal Brexit. So, can Britain survive Boris? With Faiza […]

Novara Live: Red Vs Blue Britain – With Gillian Keegan MP and James Meadway
The coming years in British politics will revolve around a single question: Do we want to live in Jeremy Corbyn’s or Boris Johnson’s Britain. To debate two visions for the economy and country, Gillian Keegan, Conservative MP for Chichester, and James Meadway, ex-advisor to John McDonnell, go head-to-head.

What’s Really at Stake in the West’s Rivalry With Russia?
David Wearing

On Foreign Policy, the Independent Group Will Offer Nothing But the Elite Consensus
David Wearing
