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‘How to Stop Labour’s Autumn of Discontent Turning Into Farage’s Winter of Despair’
Keir Starmer’s Government must learn the lessons of history, or risk paving the way for an authoritarian future under Nigel Farage and Reform, argues Neal Lawson
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy
The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It’s time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage’s damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Morgan McSweeney’s Factional Labour Takeover Has Left Keir Starmer Looking Increasingly Alone’
Labour’s conference showed a party leadership doubling down on a strategy that has left the Prime Minister with few remaining supporters either in or outside the party, argues Neal Lawson
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Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage
The ‘Blue Labour’ founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer’s “tough” new Home Secretary for praise
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Keir Starmer’s Farage-Dominated Conference Takes Labour Up a ‘Darker Path’ Towards a Reform Government
The Prime Minister’s condemnations of Reform’s racist rhetoric, was undermined by him accepting the central premise of Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant politics, argues Adam Bienkov
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The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear
Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state
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The Attack Lines That Could Hurt Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Hardest
A new mega poll of voters reveals where Reform UK are most vulnerable to political attacks from their opponents
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Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of ‘Unachievable’ Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable”
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Nigel Farage’s Reform a Bigger Far-Right Threat Than the BNP, Says UK’s Leading Anti-Racism Campaigner
Hope not Hate’s CEO Nick Lowles says Reform’s rise is mainstreaming ideas that were previously taboo even on parts of the far-right
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‘Blue Labour’ and the Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into British Politics
The ideology of the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, which has transformed politics in the United States, is having an impact in the UK. But how is this influence being transmitted?
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Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?
Keir Starmer’s Government’s refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader’s plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov
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Whose Party? Your Party Backers in Call to ‘Democratise’ Left-Wing Group as Corbyn and Sultana Clash Over ‘Sexist Boys Club’
As Corbyn-Sultana tensions explode into the public arena, a new group is mobilising members to demand a ‘genuine say’ in the new party’s direction
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‘My Government Must Quit Twitter and Call Out Elon Musk’s Far-Right Hate’
Labour MP Noah Law explains why it’s time for Keir Starmer to start treating the billionaire X owner as the ‘foreign extremist’ he now is
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From Epstein to Starmer: Mapping Peter Thiel’s Web of Influence in the UK
The tech billionaire Trump-backer is rapidly gaining influence over politics and public services in the UK, reports Peter Jukes
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‘Peter Mandelson’s Sacking Is an Opportunity for Keir Starmer to Rethink His Trump-Pandering’
Starmer must square his claimed disgust about Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, with his embrace of Trump, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Keir Starmer’s Reluctant Sacking of Peter Mandelson Over Epstein Connections Gives the Lie to His ‘Crackdown on Cronyism’
The Prime Minister and his advisers spent years dismissing questions about Mandelson’s relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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‘There Is Still Time to Save the Labour Party From Itself and Forge a New Political Mainstream’
Keir Starmer is presiding over the decline of social democracy in Britain, but an alternative path is still possible, argues Neal Lawson
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Angela Rayner: Understanding the Pressures That Cost the Deputy PM Her Job
Where once honour, public service, even a sense of historical duty could command respect, today those values are dimmed in comparison to the pursuit of material position, argues Clive Lewis MP
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‘The Forgotten Human Impact of Yvette Cooper’s Cruel Anti-Refugee Policies’
The Home Secretary’s decision to stop people fleeing from war and torture from reuniting with their families should shame this Government, argues refugee rights campaigner Nick Beales
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Red Flags: The Far-Right Warning Signs Keir Starmer Is Refusing to See
The Prime Minister must wake up and stop trying to appease the very forces trying to exploit anti-migrant hate in order to destroy his Government, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Progressive Parties Must Start Working Together or Concede the Next General Election to the Nationalist Right’
If parties on the left can’t find a way of working together, then the Conservatives and Reform will, argues Neal Lawson
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Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain’s streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘Why Optimism of the Intellect Is Needed to Counter Britain’s Spiral Into Despair’
From public support for progressive policies to the courage of Palestine Action defenders, signs of a better future are emerging despite Labour’s authoritarian drift, argues Compass director Neal Lawson
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The Battle for the Soul Of ‘Your Party’ Is Already Underway
Some activists demand greater say in new left-wing group amid claims of top-down approach ahead of inaugural conference, reports Adrian Goldberg
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Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain
Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
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Labour MP Speaks Out About Keir Starmer’s ‘Punishment Beating’ Suspensions of Party Rebels
A Labour MP who voted against the Government’s recent plans for disability benefits cuts tells Adam Bienkov why they fear they could be the next rebel suspended by the party
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‘A Government That Crushes Dissent and Eliminates Hope Will Never Prosper’
The authoritarian impulse to eliminate disagreement and dampen hope will only push voters towards the extremes, argues Neal Lawson
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‘How the Green Party Should Respond to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s New Left Party’
The creation of a new explicitly left party means that any attempt by the Greens to compete on the same ground is now a dead end, argues Rupert Read
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Labour MP Accuses Environment Secretary of Misleading Parliament Over ‘£100bn Cost’ of Nationalising Water
Clive Lewis says Steve Reed’s figures are ‘for the birds’ as Thames Water is valued at £21bn despite coming close to collapse
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‘Keir Starmer Must Start Listening to His Labour Critics Rather Than Expelling Them’
The hope we offered voters at the last general election is rapidly slipping away and it’s time to change course, argues Labour councillor James Barber-Chadwick
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Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the ‘incestuous’ Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be defeated at the ballot box if bold changes to connect with the public and their day-to-day lives are made now
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Beyond Division: ‘Multicultural Nationalism’ and the White Working-Class
Labour must find a solution to the divisions being exploited by Reform UK and the Conservatives – a broader cohesive idea of our nation needs to be consciously created
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‘Giving the Vote to 16 Year Olds Is a Big Step Forward – Now Give It to Migrants Too’
The same arguments for extending the vote to younger people, should apply to other groups that remain disenfranchised too, argues Adam Ramsay
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The New Left: Could a Jeremy Corbyn Led Party Really Break the Duopoly?
There are huge barriers to creating new parties of the left, but it just might be possible, argues Neal Lawson
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Labour MP Dawn Butler Says She Is Thinking of Running for London Mayor
Butler told the Byline Festival on Saturday that her party must understand that socialism is “not a dirty word”
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Keir Starmer’s Government Says Elon Musk’s X AI Chatbot Endorsing Hitler Is a ‘Matter for the Company’
The Prime Minister’s spokesman dismisses calls to leave the social media platform, despite its official ‘Grok’ bot posting a series of antisemitic comments
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Worth Reduced to Work: A Disabled Person’s Experience of the Welfare Cuts Debacle
Penny Pepper explores the impact of the watered-down Welfare Bill and questions the very notion of ‘work’ as a marker of human value
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‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’
Neal Lawson on the series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now
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Another Future Is Possible for Keir Starmer’s Government
After a difficult start to his premiership, Keir Starmer must seize the opportunity to start delivering on the kind of radical change he once promised, argues Adam Bienkov
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11 More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Wanted to Tell You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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‘Keir Starmer Has Missed His Chance to Make a Bold Break With the Past on Foreign Policy’
The Labour Government has so far pursued a timid, unambitious, foreign policy, marked by inconsistency and in some cases moral failure, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Keir Starmer Is Out of His Depth and Out of His Time’
The Prime Minister’s recent troubles expose how badly our political leaders have lost touch with the shifting demands of the modern era, argues Neal Lawson
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An Island of Neighbours: Rebuilding Labour from the Ground-Up
Clementine Boucher and Luke Hurst, of the cross-party think tank Compass, share practical insights from its conference in London in May, focusing on how a ‘decade of radical renewal’ can become a reality
