Josh White / 09 May 2022
Dead Centre
Blairism Without Blair
Twenty-five years after winning a landslide victory, Tony Blair haunts the Labour Party.(...)
Tony Blair
John Foster / 02 Apr 2021
The End of the Left
The Last Neoliberal, by Bruno Amable and Stefano Palombrini
There is a case to be made that the left is dead. (...)
Josh White / 01 Mar 2021
The Tony Blair Cargo Cult
Keir Starmer as a Meme
A white man stepped foot onto the shores of a remote beautiful island in the South Pacific. His name was John Frum.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 12 Jun 2020
Working-Class Cosplay
Sleaford Mods’ All That Glue
As I stared up at the mountains I love, glowing a beautiful and terrifying orange, trying to suppress a cough that just kept coming, listening to the new Sleaford Mods collection All That Glue was surreal. (...)
Josh White / 06 Apr 2020
Meet the New Boss
The Soft Left Chief
Labour leader Keir Starmer will soon appoint his shadow cabinet. He has a strong mandate and overwhelming support from the traditional media that hated Jeremy Corbyn with an incessant passion.(...)
Josh White / 02 Mar 2020
Five Stages of Brexit
Breaking Down the Breakup
Britain's departure from the European Union was a day of jubilation for some and mourning for others. Many people are still clinging to easy answers and false hopes. It's time to sober up.(...)
Josh White / 17 Feb 2020
Destroying the Labour Party
The False Promise of Centrism
“You can’t change things if you’re in opposition,” says the centrist dad. “Labour has to get back into power to help the majority of people. That means we have to appeal to the centre-ground. Otherwise, you’re just a protest party.”(...)
Josh White / 03 Feb 2020
Exit to Nowhere
Britain Enters the Void
It was inevitable that Brexit Day would be a day of mourning for some and of celebration for others. Some of us did our best to ignore it.(...)
Josh White / 16 Dec 2019
Lost the Battle, Not the War
Lessons From Labour
They failed to stop Brexit and lost Britain to the far-right. Few defeats could be as humiliating as that suffered by the Labour Party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn.(...)