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Opinion: Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Some have argued that Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s new initiative should build its own institutions. Really, it should focus on influencing popular discourse and existing power structures - just like Ukip did, writes Lewis Bassett.

Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

In the wake of anti-immigration protests across several UK cities, Rivkah Brown reports from a protest outside a hotel housing migrants in London.

Analysis: Stop Pretending Reform Is Just an Anti-Immigration Party

Craig Gent

Reform is connecting with voters on material issues. Unless we come to terms with this threat, it isn’t going away, writes Craig Gent.

Opinion: Is This Reform UK’s Most Shameless Candidate?

Simon Childs

The Facebook account for Steve Beatty, who is standing for the party in Oxfordshire, liked posts from a tiny fascist party as recently as last week.

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Opinion: Nigel Farage Has Spotted a Major Gap in the Political Market

Aaron Bastani

With policies to purportedly save the high street and a promise to lift the two-child benefit cap, Nigel Farage is looking for new ways to capitalise on mass disaffection, writes Aaron Bastani.

Opinion: Suella Braverman’s Resignation Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to the Far Right

Aaron Winter

A Braverman leadership challenge, coupled with Farage’s rehabilitation, could see a massive far-right resurgence, writes Aaron Winter.

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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.

Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated

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 Far Right Don’t Care About Sexual Violence – They’re Just Trying to Gain Political Power

Dalia Gebrial

Tommy Robinson’s appointment as Ukip’s ‘grooming gangs advisor’ is just the latest in the far right’s attempts to use our outrage at sexual violence in order to gain credibility and power. We mustn't let them get away with it, argues Dalia Gebrial.

Novara FM: Local Election Results

Michael Walker, Dawn Foster and Richard Seymour take a look at the local election results.

IMOBastani: Why Farage Is Now a Remoaner

Why does Nigel Farage now want a second referendum? Could it be something to do with his friends in the City?

IMOBastani: Paul Nuttall Will You Resign?

Aaron Bastani on the forthcoming by-election in Stoke on Trent Central and John Harris dreaming of a UKIP win. Why John, why?

IMOBastani: Who is Paul Nuttall?

Aaron Bastani unpacks some of the policies of UKIP's new leader

Post-Industrial Towns: The Future of the British Left Post-Brexit

Harriet Protheroe-Davis

The likes of Nigel Farage and the Vote Leave campaign capitalised on the political abandonment felt in many post-industrial towns. It's time for the left - and Labour - to rebuild trust in these areas.

IMOBastani: ‘Have power without taking power’ – Farage’s Legacy

Farage is gone, at least for the next 5 minutes - but what's his legacy and where next for UKIP?

Long Read: How Did We Get Here? The EU Referendum and the Crises of Union

Joseph Leigh

Sunday Long Read: Britain now heads into a period of unprecedented turbulence. This was not supposed to happen. What does the result suggest about the state of UK democracy? And what strategic challenges does it present to the left?

Novara FM: Brexit: It’s happened

On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss Britain's historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.

Long Read: From Apathy to Outrage: Why Political Corruption Matters to the Left

Tom Scriven

Sunday Long Read: Corruption has been a long-standing feature of British democracy, and the rallying cry of populists throughout history. In light of the recent election expenses scandal, what does this mean for the left?

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Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

Analysis: Stop Pretending Reform Is Just an Anti-Immigration Party

Craig Gent

Opinion: Is This Reform UK’s Most Shameless Candidate?

Simon Childs

Opinion: Nigel Farage Has Spotted a Major Gap in the Political Market

Aaron Bastani

Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated

George Newth

The Far Right Don’t Care About Sexual Violence – They’re Just Trying to Gain Political Power

Dalia Gebrial

Novara FM: Local Election Results

IMOBastani: Why Farage Is Now a Remoaner

IMOBastani: Paul Nuttall Will You Resign?

IMOBastani: Who is Paul Nuttall?

IMOBastani: ‘Have power without taking power’ – Farage’s Legacy

Long Read: How Did We Get Here? The EU Referendum and the Crises of Union

Joseph Leigh

Novara FM: Brexit: It’s happened

Long Read: From Apathy to Outrage: Why Political Corruption Matters to the Left

Tom Scriven

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Opinion: Forget Movement-Building – the New Party Should Be the Ukip of the Left

Lewis Bassett

Report: Far Right Agitators Inflame Tensions at Migrant Hotel Protest in London

Analysis: Stop Pretending Reform Is Just an Anti-Immigration Party

Craig Gent

Opinion: Is This Reform UK’s Most Shameless Candidate?

Simon Childs

Opinion: Nigel Farage Has Spotted a Major Gap in the Political Market

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Suella Braverman’s Resignation Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to the Far Right

Aaron Winter

Opinion: The 2000s Are Back, Baby – And So Are the Fash

Juliet Jacques

Farage’s Ukip Must Not Be Rehabilitated

George Newth

The Far Right Don’t Care About Sexual Violence – They’re Just Trying to Gain Political Power

Dalia Gebrial

Novara FM: Local Election Results

IMOBastani: Why Farage Is Now a Remoaner

IMOBastani: Paul Nuttall Will You Resign?

IMOBastani: Who is Paul Nuttall?

Post-Industrial Towns: The Future of the British Left Post-Brexit

Harriet Protheroe-Davis

IMOBastani: ‘Have power without taking power’ – Farage’s Legacy

Long Read: How Did We Get Here? The EU Referendum and the Crises of Union

Joseph Leigh

Novara FM: Brexit: It’s happened

Long Read: From Apathy to Outrage: Why Political Corruption Matters to the Left

Tom Scriven

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