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Matt Hancock has been caught having an affair with a key aide who hired to tackle the pandemic. He’s admitted breaking social distancing rules, but not commented on potential conflicts of interest. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the hopeless health secretary.

The cycle of struggle that erupted in 2011 – from the Arab Spring to the movement of the squares to the anti-austerity demonstrations in Britain – was characterised by stress on horizontalism and decentralised leadership. But as that movement grew and changed, it found itself running into the limits of that form, and entered into […]

MPs have criticised the term ‘white privilege’ in a report on the underachievement of white working class students. Once again, the usual suspects are overlooking class to use kids as a front in their culture war. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial. Tories Blaming the Term ‘White Privilege’ for Underachievement in Schools

Defeat in Hartlepool and a historic low in Chesham & Amersham have caused a crisis of confidence in Keir Starmer. As advisors resigning and MPs speaking out, could his leadership be coming to an early end? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar. Is Starmer’s Leadership About to End?

What do we mean by solidarity? Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle and Jeremy Gilbert consider the meaning of a much-used word in this unusual Trip, recorded live as part of HKW’s online festival, Acid Communism: Spectres of the Counterculture. With music from Nina Simone, The Youngbloods and The Special AKA, the gang consider the legacy of […]

Does a Lib Dem victory in Chesham & Amersham show Boris Johnson risks losing the ‘blue wall’? And after Labour secured only 1.6% of the vote, what is next for Keir Starmer? With Michael Walker and Owen Jones Lib Dems Beat Tories in Shock Byelection Win

Desire. It takes a young, working-class man out of the car factory, through the academy, and out of it again. It takes him through nightclubs and seminar rooms, cruising grounds and bathhouses, through intense relationships – both enduring and transient – and into a restless, enduring inquiry into human life as condensed in our greatest […]

An independent panel into the murder Daniel Morgan has ruled the Metropolitan Police are “institutional corrupt.” We speak to Peter Jukes on the significance of the findings. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial. Metropolitan Police Institutionally Corrupt

Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar respond to Johnson’s press briefing confirming a four week delay to further easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Johnson Announces Covid-19 Restrictions to Continue

The prime minister is reportedly due to announce a delay to the planned 21 June reopening from coronavirus restrictions. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.