IMOBastani: UKIP Rise Continues, End of Op Mare Nostrum
Aaron Bastani on the continuing success of UKIP and the decision made by the UK gov't this week to defund a life-saving migrant rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
Tag: UKIP
Novara FM: Elections – Do They Matter?
On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss elections and electoralism. Do they matter for radical politics?
Novara FM: #ToryConf14, Housing, Britain’s Working Poor
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined by Dawn Foster as they discuss this week's Tory party conference, pema-austerity and three-party coalitions after 2015.
Losing sight of the bigger picture: 5 Lessons from the Rise of Ukip
by Christian Gilliam
With the recent media focus on Ukip’s apparent ‘earthquake’, complete with questions over an in-out EU referendum and loads of pictures of Nigel Farage drinking in pubs, it’s easy to lose sight of the role Ukip and the ‘Europe question’ are playing within the global political economy.
My Enemy’s Enemy: Ukip, the EU and Free Trade
by Eleanor Penny
Ukip's anti-EU crusade has lead many to jump to it's defence. However, the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being pursued by the EU will only serve to consolidate the economic might of the US and EU blocs. Not only does this chime well with Ukip's core policies, but it is also backed by the Tories, Lib Dems and Labour.
5 Reasons Not to be a Woman in the UK in 2014
by Tabitha Bast
From reproductive rights to Ukip to the internet, women are bearing the brunt of an onslaught which threatens both women's rights and maybe even the sisterhood which won them. Here Tabitha Bast explores what's making 2014 such a bad year to be a woman in the UK.
5 Reflections on the European Election Results
by Novara Reporters
The final ballots are being added to the results but the headline result is clear: Ukip have won the European elections. But what of Labour, the Lib Dems and the left?
#Vote2014: Highlights from Twitter
by Novara Reporters
Counts from the council elections are still underway and the European elections results are yet to be released. The results at present look a bit like this. Nonetheless our esteemed regime broadcaster, the BBC, has declared all power to the Kippers… Despite them not holding a single council (at time of press). Here’s a […]
Novara FM: European Elections and the Green Party, Worth Your Vote?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani discusses the forthcoming European elections with Green Party member Adam Ramsay and MEP candidate Amelia Womack.
9 Things You Might Not Expect From the Greens’ EU Manifesto
by Adam Ramsay
With European elections fast approaching, all the focus seems to be on a scraggly bunch of misfits. And UKIP, who have been receiving rather nasty parcels from said scraggly bunch. It seems depressing coming to terms with the fact we're still fire-fighting racist scapegoating at a parliamentary level in 2014, so is there any hope for a progressive Europe? The Green Party at least throw some interesting policies into the equation (and they're not all about the environment!)
5 Election Poster Campaigns the Parties Wish You’d Forget
by Novara Reporters
Nigel Farage is back in the news hoping to earn our vote through a subtle combination of scaremongering, racism and being a Proper Nice Bloke. With Ukip's incendiary posters coming to a small town near you and next year's general election set to be the dirtiest yet, we take a look at the campaigns the parties wish you'd forget.
4 Things the Wythenshawe and Sale East By-election Tell Us (About English Party Politics)
by Aaron Bastani
The recent death of Labour MP Paul Goggins recently triggered a by-election in Wythenshawe and Sale East. The vote took place yesterday with the results being finally declared in the early hours of this morning. What do those results tell us, if anything, about where the political parties stand ahead of May’s elections to the European […]
Novara FM: The Future of the UK in the EU, UKIP, Referenda
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the future of the UK in the EU, UKIP and referenda.