Geopolitics
Middle East Eye – Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links
Palantir has a £330m contract to process the UK’s National Health Service data. Read the article HERE.
Labour Party
Corruption
Joe Gill – Is Burnham just Starmer with vibes? The same lobby groups funded both
Burnham promised to end neoliberalism, but he has already U-turned on his most ambitious policies. Joe Gill has worked as a journalist in London, Venezuela and Oman, for newspapers including Financial Times, Morning Star and […]
National Politics
David Jamieson – Social Democracy Upside Down
‘With Labour’s working class base eroded, its old stabilising service to British capitalism can no longer be performed. There is little prospect of durably reversing this fracture.’ In Tribune. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Deepak Tripathi – Fragmented Britain: Seventh Prime Minister in a Decade
British politics has never been the same since Brexit. Deepak Tripathi, PhD, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He blogs […]
National Politics
Middle East Eye – Andy Burnham promises ‘new economic and political model’ as UK prime minister
It is prudent to remain highly sceptical of Burnham, but committing to eliminating rough sleeping on day one is not a bad start. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Burnham knows that Labour’s Gaza policy has to change if he has any chance of succeeding where Starmer failed
Restoring some semblance of a moral core to the Labour Party won’t be easy, but is politically necessary for Andy Burnham. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator […]
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne – Starmer’s not a ‘decent man’: he’s an apologist for genocide
The attempts to re-write history about Keir Starmer are in full flow, but some of us won’t forget what he did and said about Gaza. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction […]
National Politics
Oscar Rickett – Once Keir Starmer had beaten the left, he had no plan for government
“Keir Starmer ends as he started: with lies.” Oscar Rickett is a news editor and reporter at Middle East Eye. He has previously written and worked for the Guardian, Vice, openDemocracy, ITN, Africa Confidential and […]
National Politics
Tom Blackburn – Good Riddance to Keir Starmer
‘As pundits rush to portray Keir Starmer as a ‘decent man’ overwhelmed by events, they overlook the defining feature of his political career: a willingness to deceive and betray in pursuit of power.’ In Tribune. […]
National Politics
Tom Blackburn – Andy Burnham: smart pragmatist, or political weathervane?
Andy Burnham is favourite to win the Makerfield by-election, which could put him on course to be British Prime Minister. But will a Burnham-run Britain actually be any different from a Starmer-run Britain? Tom Blackburn […]