Opinion: Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour Are Basically Tories
by Francesca Humi
Britain’s alarm about the French far right obscures an important fact, writes Francesca Humi: many of Le Pen’s ideas are already a reality in the UK.
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Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It
by Koshka Duff
For eight years before their recent U-turn, the officers who assaulted Koshka Duff claimed they were just doing their jobs. They were right, she says: sexual violence is policing’s bread and butter.
Analysis: Starmer’s Half-Hearted Power-Grab Has Weakened Him, Not That His Allies Care
by Solomon Hughes
The Labour leader’s abortive attempt to introduce electoral colleges has left him looking weaker than ever. Yet his supporters are entirely willing to sacrifice Sir Keir and indeed the next election to get the party back onto the Third Way, writes Solomon Hughes.
Opinion: Judith Butler’s Censorship by the Guardian Shows Who’s Really Being Silenced in the Fight for Trans Rights
by Moya Lothian-McLean
Despite ‘gender critical’ feminists' cries that they are being censored, the Guardian cutting a sizeable chunk of its interview with gender theorist Judith Butler shows which side is really being subjected to the violence of silence in the battle for trans liberation.
The Bastani Factor: Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth on Israel & Palestine
Whether it’s the filtering process of mainstream outlets – or the ‘electric fence’ approach of lobbying organisations – the biggest casualty is truth and the Palestinian people. Aaron Bastani on why the truth is rarely uttered when it comes to covering the occupation.
Opinion: Erdogan’s Attempt to Ban Pro-Kurdish Parties Will Only Fuel the Resistance
by Rosa Gilbert
The HDP is facing its most extreme threat to date. But the broad coalition the party has convened isn't going anywhere, writes Rosa Gilbert.
Downstream: Is the Left Failing on Free Speech? Interview With Ronan Burtenshaw
Does the right actually care about free speech? Why should free speech matter to the left? Aaron Bastani speaks to editor of Tribune Magazine, Ronan Burtenshaw.
Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated
by 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.
The New Obsession With Populism Shows Centrist Politics Is Dead
by Aaron Bastani
This week the Guardian began an 'investigation' into the rise of what it terms the 'new populism'. But by misunderstanding and dismissing populism, placing the far right and socialist left alongside one another, the centrist intelligentsia have shown they've completely lost their way, argues Aaron Bastani.