Report: Palestine Activists Are Planning to Besiege an Israeli Weapons Factory
by Rivkah Brown
First they shut down one in Oldham. Now they’re coming for one in Leicester. Rivkah Brown reports on the rise and rise of Palestine Action.
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Analysis: The Deindustrial Divide: Why Northern England is a Political Problem
by Craig Gent
Whether we like it or not, the ‘red wall’ narrative is likely to determine English politics for the decade to come. But understanding today’s ‘north-south divide’ has more to do with industrial legacies than culture, writes Craig Gent.
Novara FM: Riots and the Red Flag
#ACFM's Keir Milburn offers a bloody and boisterous workers' history of Leeds.
Live: Labour Scrapes Through in Batley & Spen Byelection
Kim Leadbeater's tight victory in Batley & Spen has given Keir Starmer breathing space. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani analyse the result and what it means for Labour
Live: The Batley & Spen Byelection Preview
With Batley & Spen looking likely to hand Keir Starmer another by-election defeat, Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss the issues dominating the campaign and the implications a loss would have on the Labour Party.
Live: Is Starmer’s Leadership About to End?
Defeat in Hartlepool and a historic low in Chesham & Amersham have caused a crisis of confidence in Keir Starmer. As advisors resigning and MPs speaking out, could his leadership be coming to an early end?
Report: ‘This is Our Home’: The Ex-Mining Community Fighting Demolitions in Yorkshire
by Ethan Shone
Residents of Wordsworth Drive and Sugar Hill Close, a privately-owned social housing estate in Oulton near Leeds, are fighting a developer seeking to demolish their homes and replace them with new, market-rate housing. Ethan Shone reports.
Live: It Woz Remain Wot Lost It?
On this episode of #TyskySour Aaron Bastani is joined by Paul Mason as they discuss Labour’s election results. Did the commitment to a ‘people’s vote’ destroy any chance of winning?
The View From West Yorkshire: 8 Lessons on Beating the Tories
by Daniel Whittall
When Theresa May launched the Conservative manifesto in Halifax, the town emerged as a likely bellwether and a symbol of the Tories´aspirations. Labour ultimately won the seat convincingly, so what lessons can be learned from Halifax about how to defeat the Tories?