Labour is under pressure to change tack on Brexit – but is it too late...
The party’s EU election drubbing has brought to the surface rows that have been rumbling for some timeSince its dismal showing in the European elections, Labour has been in an extended row about...
View ArticleThe BBC’s Panorama set out claims of antisemitism in the Labour party. Our...
Former officials made allegations over racism complaints and the party’s handling of them under Jeremy CorbynThose who Labour’s high command refers to as “outriders” have been out and about on Twitter,...
View ArticleTo the Tory rebels: hold your nerve, put your country first, and defeat...
Whatever their party, whatever their Brexit stance, MPs must vote with their conscience today and stop no-dealI don’t have enough fingers to count the things Nick Boles and I disagree on. The...
View ArticleLabour is finally reaching out to minority voters to help shape policy |...
For too long the party has focused on white voters in leave areas, while taking the support of everybody else for grantedThe Jeremy Corbyn project wants to hear from people within minority communities...
View ArticleLabour has been united by an awful Brexit deal – not a ‘Stalinist purge’ in...
Boris Johnson’s proposal is so damaging to workers’ rights that party divisions are being set aside to oppose itIn the social media swirl surrounding Saturday’s Brexit vote, one parliamentary...
View ArticleHow immigration became Britain’s most toxic political issue
Over 20 years, the debate about freedom of movement has become skewed by a hostile narrative. By Rachel ShabiFew chance encounters have had a greater political impact than Gordon Brown’s fateful...
View ArticleThe treatment of antisemitism in our politics should fill us with despair |...
A dangerous prejudice that demands our serious attention and analysis has become the subject of escalating partisan conflictAt Labour’s conference in Liverpool last year, I bumped into two...
View ArticleIt’s not ‘free stuff’ – what Labour is really offering is universalism |...
Ignore the cynics. Labour’s pledges on basic public services show the way towards a fairer, more efficient society“Do you accept that a lot of this free stuff that you’re talking about, it sort of...
View ArticleThe populist right fought a dirty culture war. Labour failed to fight back |...
The Brexit discourse amped up the right’s sense of wounded national pride, which found its perfect antithesis in CorbynIn the post-election rows about Labour’s heavy losses, Brexit is ever-present. The...
View ArticleChild refugees have become pawns in a rightwing culture war | Rachel Shabi
In striking down Alf Dubs’ House of Lords amendment, the government is feeding nativist narratives“Who could be against children joining their families?” Few questions better capture the cruelty of the...
View Article'Do not despair of losing so often' – Lea Tsemel, the Israeli lawyer who...
She has been called a traitor and the Israeli government tried to block an award-winning new film about her work and spirit. As the BBC screens Advocate, we meet the ‘angry optimist’In 2015, during an...
View ArticleThe war between boomers and millennials benefits neither side | Rachel Shabi
In today’s circular economy precariousness crosses the generational divide Sitting in a Wakefield coffee shop, three women in their early 70s, each of whom was raised in a Labour family, discuss the...
View ArticleUK missed coronavirus contact tracing opportunity, experts say
Thousands of council workers could have been deployed by the government but were not asked Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has been accused of missing an...
View ArticleBoris Johnson's lockdown is the latest target for the right's angry culture...
Critics are using the coronavirus crisis to revive the Brexit narrative of freedom-loving patriot v Britain-hating leftistCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFor weeks we have...
View ArticleSanctuary in the city: how urban parks saved our summer
Created by the Victorians as Britain industrialised, city parks and green spaces have ‘become living rooms’ during the pandemicAs lockdown eased, green spaces nationwide began to throng with crowds,...
View ArticleRashford takes on the government – again: Politics Weekly podcast
Jessica Elgot is joined by Rafael Behr to talk about a week of confusion over lockdown rules and free school meals. Lisa O’Carroll updates us on how Brexit has affected UK trade with the EU so far....
View ArticleJohnson's flag-waving optimism is harming Britain – and helping Covid |...
The prime minister’s boosterism, rooted in Brexit, is the last thing the country needsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJust ahead of the first national lockdown in March last...
View ArticleWomen reach 40 and hit their stride … only to be cruelly shoved aside at work...
It’s no coincidence that women are sidelined once they become confident enough to stop conforming to sexist standardsPerhaps you have heard about the mysterious case of the disappearing older woman,...
View ArticleFrom peacekeeper to joke-maker: Israeli comedian Noam Shuster
The trilingual performer was rapidly gaining ground – and then Covid hit. A new documentary follows her time in quarantine, where compassion bridged cultural dividesIsraeli satirist Noam Shuster was...
View ArticleStronger communities are emerging out of the wreckage of the pandemic |...
During Covid, thousands of mutual aid projects were founded. They’re now seeking permanent solutions to long-term issuesWhen Slung Low theatre in Leeds closed during the first lockdown in March last...
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