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Can Zohran Mamdani save the American left?
Zohran Mamdani has upended New York City politics – and potentially revitalised the American left.
Born in Uganda, raised in Manhattan - the socialist…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump, Starmer and Mandelson don't walk into a banquet
Trump is arriving in the UK today for his much anticipated state visit.
Rachel Cunliffe and Will Lloyd look at how it might play out in the aftermath …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Tommy Robinson's protests & Danny Kruger's defection
This weekend more than 110,000 people from across the country took part in a far-right protest in central London organised by the activist Tommy Robi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Are politicians LARPing? | Listener questions
Are the Greens ‘anarchists’? Has British politics become Americanised? And why was Theresa May prime minister?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Rachel Cu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Where does JK Rowling get the time to obsess about me? | Nicola Sturgeon interview
In power for nearly a decade, Nicola Sturgeon is Scotland’s longest-serving First Minister. She reshaped Scottish politics, leading the SNP through m…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Political violence becomes mainstream in the US
Earlier this week the prominent right-wing activist, and close Trump-ally, Charlie Kirk was shot during a public appearance in Utah. Graphic videos o…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Starmer's mess
Following the disarray caused by Angela Rayner’s resignation and the sacking of Peter Mandelson, Keir Starmer’s latest reset is a mess.
His newly resh…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Mandelson and the friends he keeps
This week in part of an ongoing battle for the release of the “Epstein files”, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a trove of documen…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
In Britain's broken housing market, does the Renters' Rights Bill go far enough?
This week the renters’ rights bill returns to the House of Commons for its final debate.
But in a country where tenants are spending around 40% of th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Reform conference: "Farage has accepted the inevitability of being PM"
As Keir Starmer spent the weekend trying to glue his cabinet back together, another was basking in the glow of the NEC spotlights and a governmental …
10 months, 3 weeks ago