This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke
Andrew Fisher
This is a much bigger problem than the £20 cut.
Tag: tories
What About the White Working Class?
Has the idpol-loving left abandoned the white working class? The answer is a bit more complicated than the Tories would have you think.
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.
The Tories Are on a Mission to Destroy Black Lives Matter
Kimi Chaddah
They're going all out.
The Right Are Panicking About Anti-Racism – As Well They Should Be
David Wearing
They're playing dirty, and it's a sign of weakness.
We’re Burnt Out – and Unless We Demand a New Normal, We Will Be Forever
Sophie K Rosa
We must imagine worlds that don’t wear us or our planet down.
‘Freedom Day’ Won’t Set Us Free
Keir Milburn
Populist masterstroke? More like unmitigated disaster.
Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed
Sophie K Rosa
Top-down pressure and 'benefit scrounger' narratives encouraged staff to be 'cruel and inhumane'.
Labour Won Batley and Spen Despite Starmer, Not Because of Him
Aaron Bastani
Leaflets made little mention of Labour, let alone Starmer, focusing instead on roads and rubbish.
Hancock’s Resignation Shows Just How Much Johnson’s Government Can Get Away With
Samuel Earle
It’s Boris’s world, and we’re just living in it.
Arise Sir Dido, Britain’s Newest Culture Warlord
Sandeep Sandhu
Funding cuts? Third wave? Nah, the NHS’s problem is foreigners, apparently.
It’s the Housing Market, Stupid: How Property Became the Battle Line of British Politics
Samuel Earle
Our political landscape has been warped by a single asset.
Attacks on the Arts Are Part of the Tories’ Culture War
Chardine Taylor-Stone
By cutting funding for arts subjects at universities, the Tories could be about to immiserate Britain's arts and culture industry for a generation.
Proportional Representation Won’t Solve All the Left’s Problems, But We Should Back It Anyway
Ell Folan
Whatever the system, Labour needs to win more votes.
Labour Crash in 2021 Elections
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani bring analysis of initial round of results from the May 2021 elections.
The Tories’ New Discipline Drive Prepares Some Kids for Work and Others for Prison
Sophie K Rosa
Young people say they are fighting 'oppression and authoritarianism' in their classrooms.
By Stoking Britain’s Culture War, Boris Johnson is Playing the Long Game
Samuel Earle
The Tories’ grip on society is tightening – and Labour will need more than a bigger Union Jack to stop it.
Like All Digital Parties, the Northern Independence Party Is a Reflection of Our Broken Politics
Paolo Gerbaudo
Starmer will blame the whippet party if Labour loses Hartlepool. He should start by blaming himself for the NIP's existence.