Opinion: Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action
Juliet Jacques
Labour had a massive opportunity to counter the media onslaught and brighten the public mood, writes Juliet Jacques - and they’ve squandered it.
Tag: Tony Blair
Feature: How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown
Francesca Newton
While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear.
Feature: The Museum of Neoliberalism Is Being Bulldozed to Make Way for Luxury Flats
Juliet Jacques
The satirical museum has met an end too good to be scripted. Juliet Jacques meets its co-founder, the artist Darren Cullen.
Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’
Rivkah Brown
The far-right riots have exposed the racist core of Britain’s immigration panic. Angela Rayner has shown the right instinct by seizing this moment to chip away at the hostile environment, writes Rivkah Brown.
Opinion: Starmer’s Sandcastle Majority Says It All: First-Past-The-Post Needs to Die
Matt Zarb-Cousin
With several established parties now winning millions of votes, it’s time Britain stopped silencing vast swathes of the electorate, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin.
Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash
Juliet Jacques
Those celebrating the return of smooth-talking centrists to frontline politics seem to have forgotten the far-right they brought with them, writes Juliet Jacques.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Position on Austerity Is Almost Identical to the Tories’
Aaron Bastani
With his 'tough' position on public spending Keir Starmer is being far more dishonest than Liz Truss - and far more outlandish than Jeremy Corbyn.
Obituary: Berlusconi Didn’t Pave the Way for Italian Fascism – Liberal Technocrats Did
Matteo Tiratelli
Far more dangerous than the tangerine tyrant was Italian liberals' response to him, writes Matteo Tiratelli.
Ash Wednesday: The Novara Media Guide to Laundering Your Reputation
It doesn’t matter how badly you’ve messed up the country: the UK media is always on hand to help disgraced politicians back into the establishment. Tony Blair, Theresa May and Alastair Campbell all enjoy the favourable opinion of the nation’s journalists, in spite of everything they did with power when they had it. And if […]
Analysis: The UK Has Its Own Mass Incarceration Crisis
Ell Folan
The UK now spends £5bn a year on prisons, more than any other European country besides Russia, writes Ell Folan.
Opinion: Why Can’t Starmer Just Be Like Blair?
Oliver Eagleton
Try as he might, Keir Starmer will always fail to recapture the essence of Blairism. Oliver Eagleton explains why.
Opinion: Apparently the World Owes Tony Blair a ‘Debt of Gratitude’. I’ll Pass
Aaron Bastani
I’m not bothered about the former PM’s knighthood, writes Aaron Bastani – after all, Mussolini, and Mugabe received similar honours. But it’s bizarre that I’m supposed to thank him for creating more problems than solutions.
Opinion: Like It or Not, New Labour Offers Important Lessons for Saving the NHS
Ell Folan
Though rightly overshadowed by the Iraq War, the Blair government increased NHS spending by 56% and cut waiting times by 9 weeks. We must not be too averse to learning from this achievement, writes Ell Folan - our dying health service depends on it.
Novara Live: Stingy Sunak Is a Danger to Your Health
As scientists continue to assess the risks of Omicron, suffering businesses and workers have been left out in the cold with only a paltry support scheme. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial lay out why Rishi Sunak is a danger to Britain's health.
Opinion: Islamophobia Isn’t Ingrained in British Culture – It’s Fed to Us From the Top
Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana expected anti-Muslim hatred when she became an MP. She also knew exactly who’d be whipping it up. A new report proves her right.
Of Course Tony Blair Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan – He’s Still Profiting Off Interventionism
Joe Duffy
Not content with having kept the plates of global warfare spinning whilst in office, Tony Blair has spent his post-Downing Street years selling his services to the highest authoritarian bidder and banging the drum for perpetual military interventions.
Novara Live: Anti-Vax Protestors Storm ITN Studios
Are anti-vaxxers a threat to the free press? Ash Sarkar is joined by Owen Jones to discuss the protest outside ITN, another 'rare' intervention from Tony Blair, and the Mail on Sunday's absurd hit-piece against Jess Brammar.
Novara Live: Starmer Tells Labour to Embrace Blair’s Legacy
In the latest of his perpetual relaunches, Keir Starmer has urged Labour members to embrace Tony Blair's legacy. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.