The Social Review

Joe sits down with the Shadow Health Secretary, Jon Ashworth, to talk about the Labour leadership contest, his work in the Shadow Cabinet, what went wrong in the election, the future challenges facing politics, Mark Fisher, and what the most punk rock thing he's ever done is.

Jasper sits down with Morgan and Kirsten Kurt-Elli to discuss Ireland's recent general election. Is the Sinn Fein surge a result of political rehabilitation or changes in the Irish electorate? Why did Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael fail? And are female leaders the key to electoral success for left-wing parties?

Morgan & David sit down with Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Minister for the Treasury, to talk tax: how the tax code can be reformed, how Labour should market its tax policies, why she's backing Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, and the most punk rock thing she's ever done.

Join the Social Review's Open Labour Conference delegation (Pete, Joe, Morgan, Anisha, Sean, Tom and Sarisha) as they break down their reactions and thoughts on last week's leadership hustings over some pints!

This week, Jasper sits down again with Steve Lapsley of Open Labour's NEC to preview their winter conference on Sunday, January 26th, discussing their Labour leadership hustings and the fallout from the general election.

It's the night before Christmas, and Jasper, sick of Labour losing yet another election, joins the Conservative Party. However, at home, he is visited by Joe, the King of Soft Left Twitter, who sends him three groups of ghosts from the past, present and future of British and global politics in an effort to change his ways. Will Jasper come back to the soft left in time for Christmas, or is he lost to the right forever? Written while drunk, inspired by Charles Dickens and featuring a special MP guest star, we present to you: 'A Social Review Christmas Carol'!

Jasper sits down with freelance political campaigns strategist @TessFrancesc to diagnose what went wrong with Labour's election campaign, ranging from the manifesto presentation to the lack of message discipline. Plus, Joe gives a call to arms for the left and argues that activists must embrace community organising in the wake of the election defeat.

The Tories have won - again. Jasper, Eugenie, Tyron and Lines sit down to offer their post-election analysis and figure out where the Labour Party and the left go from here. Who should lead Labour next? What should we be learning from defeat? And can the new Conservative electoral coalition survive?

This week, Lines gives some explainers on cybersecurity, why we should all be caring more about it and how defence policy will increasingly be written for the digital world. Plus, Jasper, Tyron and Sean break down some of the finer points of Labour's manifesto pledges on foreign policy and security.

Jasper chats to Labour activists Miriam, Sean, Michael and Dominique to learn about the art of canvassing and door-knocking, why and how political parties do it, and their funniest stories from life on the doorstep. Plus, William joins for Optimism of the Will - a new segment on what there is to be optimistic about in this week of the 2019 General Election Campaign.