Subscriptions-
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
-
‘Keir Starmer Must Break His Silence on the Climate Crisis Driving the UK’s Extreme Temperatures’
Soaring temperatures are pushing us towards environmental crises that the Government is doing little to prepare us for, argues Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay
-
Nigel Farage Says He Wants to Scrap the Two-Child Benefit Cap – But There’s Something He’s Not Telling You
The Reform leader needs to be reminded whose idea it was to push hundreds of thousands of children into poverty in the first place, writes Josiah Mortimer
-
From Srebrenica to Gaza: Genocide Denial and the Long Struggle for Justice
On the 30th anniversary of the largest mass killing in Europe since 1945, Martin Shaw compares it with how the West is now treating the ongoing genocide in Gaza
-
‘Supreme Court Gender Decision Achieved Nothing and Was a Waste Of Money’
Eleven weeks after the ruling, Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia tear it apart and explain how the media is making matters worse
-
The Decades-Long US-Israeli Plan for Regime Change in Iran Is Taking Shape
The recent attacks on Tehran are part of a long-standing plan by the US and Israel, argues Mel Frykberg
-
Lucy Connolly, Bob Vylan and the False Claims of a ‘Two Tier Justice System’
Attempts to claim that the treatment of Lucy Connolly and Bob Vylan in any way demonstrate a “two tier” justice system are completely wide of the mark, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
-
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
-
‘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
-
‘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
-
In Absurdia – Reign of Error
Soon after the attempt on Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July last year, Elon Musk reached out to the former and future President and, shortly thereafter, these star-crossed weirdos were embarking on a political bromance the likes of which MAGA America had never seen.
-
Repression Without Borders: How Putin Targets Russian Opposition Figures Abroad
The Kremlin has successfully launched a campaign to export Russia’s repressive state machinery into the global sphere, reports Denis Mikhailov
-
‘Algorithmic Chaos’: Power Becomes Untouchable if Truth Becomes Optional
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
-
The Real ‘Strangers’ Among Us
Those who declare the UK to be an island of estranged individuals are the ones who should be looking closer to home, writes Danny Dorling
-
Israel’s ‘Hunger Games’ in GazaAre No Closer to Ending 600 Days On
Recent sanctions by individual countries, including the UK, to censure excessive Israeli action will not change the dynamics of the conflict on the ground, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
-
Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat Arthur Snell
-
‘The Left’s Answer has to be Place-First Not Party-First Politics’
Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham sets out how his party in government can meet the challenge of the populist-right – without adopting its divisive agenda
-
Political Economy – Between a Rock and a Hard Place
It’s not a fashionable thing to say, but I have quite a lot of sympathy for Rachel Reeves. The Chancellor has endured a torrid first 11 months in office.
-
Mandrake – Palantir’s Pals
As Peter Thiel’s spy tech outfit Palantir sucks still more of our most intimate data out of the NHS after winning its £330 million “federated data platform” government contract, it’s striking how few questions are being asked in the Commons about what it’s doing with its new-found knowledge.
-
Sonia Purnell’s Perspectives – the Art of Failure
‘Failure would perhaps have propelled Starmer to become a greater performer for when he and the country needed it most’
-
Peter Oborne’s Diary – End of the Order
Last month in Sarajevo, I asked a guide to take me to the street corner where Gavrilo Princip (pictured) ignited the First World War by shooting dead Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie.
-
Refugee Week 2025: ‘We Cannot Leave This Global Problem Up to Our Idiotic Policymakers’
Community is key to solving the issue of immigration, argues Mathilda Mallinson
-
‘Israel’s Strikes on Iran Will Have Consequences for Decades and Threaten the Entire Middle East’
Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding on the ‘escalating fears’ experienced by people across the region
-
Inside the Collapse: How Putin’s Russia Turned Its Opponents into Exiles
There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports Denis Mikhailov
-
Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power
The story of how Keir Starmer’s chief adviser hoodwinked Labour party members tells us a lot about how power really works, argues Neal Lawson
-
‘The Telegraph Headline That Exposes the Hollowness of Right-Wing Rage’
The coverage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla tells you everything you need to know about the media’s failings, argues Mathilda Mallinson
-
Who Are the People Rachel Reeves Is Really Providing ‘Security’ For?
The Chancellor offered security for the profit margins of defence and construction companies while largely missing the opportunity to invest in the economic security of working people, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
-
Rachel Reeves Has Quietly Ended the Thatcherite Consensus and Opened the Door to the UK Becoming a Nordic-Style Economy
The Chancellor’s Spending Review was far more radical and transformative than anyone has yet realised, argues Josiah Mortimer
-
‘Britain Will Be Better off for Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review’
The Chancellor’s decision to prioritise growth, while investing in green energy, social housing and levelling up the country, should be welcomed, argues Simon Nixon
-
‘Donald Trump’s Los Angeles Military Deployment Is an Assault on American Democracy’
It’s time to shake off our ‘Trump denial syndrome’ and wake up to the clear and present danger posed by the President, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
-
‘When Hate Spreads Faster Than Truth, Should We Fight Fascism With Censorship?’
Censorship is dangerous, but I am struggling to see how we fight the rising tide of hate and fear without it, writes Mathilda Mallinson
-
‘The Gaza Genocide and the Double Standards of the UK Government’s Commitment to International Law’
Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international human rights law doesn’t appear to extend to the Israeli Government, argues Martin Shaw
-
‘BP’s Cynical Greenwashing Sponsorship Tactics Over British Cultural Institutions Has Now Been Exposed’
These internal memos reveal how fossil fuel companies use cultural sponsorship as a means of cultural and political control, argues Juliette Daigre
-
‘They Don’t Make Them Like This Any More’
In an era of Donald Trump’s naked self-service, Alexandra Hall Hall pays tribute to the passing of a true American public servant, Richard L Armitage
-
‘How the Media is Cashing in on the Rise of Nigel Farage’
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
-
‘Seven Reasons the Left Keeps on Losing’
Progressives need to learn these lessons from the national populists in order to defeat them, argues Neal Lawson
-
How Russia’s Fake Spirituality Became a Key Weapon in the Kremlin’s Disinformation Toolbox
Under Putin, Christianity has been turned into a political tool to spread false narratives about the war in Ukraine
-
How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better
By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic political ruse that keeps everyone alienated, writes Hardeep Matharu