Tenth episode of Revolutionary Despatches with Katherine Wright and David Brian.

Recorded 31st October 2020. Released 2nd November 2020.

In this episode, we discuss:

- [00:00:46] The UK government's response to Coronavirus

- [00:34:15] Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party and the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn

- [01:18:13] The UK government's guidance on schools' use of left-wing materials and the BBC's guidance on 'controversial topics'

Theme music is 'Autoantagonist' by hardcore band Regular Gonzales, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

Shownotes:

The Northern Research Group's Letter to Boris Johnson:

(www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/…out-of-lockdown)

The Northern Research Group's views on Rishi Sunak:

(www.newstatesman.com/politics/econo…up-rishi-sunak)

Keir Starmer & Labour take hit over Jeremy Corbyn suspension:

(twitter.com/YouGov/status/1322213828600438785)

The EHRC Report into Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party:

(www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defau…r-party.pdf)

Phil Burton-Cartledge on the EHRC report & Jeremy Corbyn:

(averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2020/10…rt.html)

Barnaby Raine in Salvage on Anti-Semitism on the left:

(www.evernote.com/shard/s457/clien…B%257C%2BSalvage)

Government guidance to schools on left-wing materials:

(www.theguardian.com/education/2020/…ial-in-teaching)

Tim Davies' clarification on BBC guidance to staff:

(www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54749024)