Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani is the co-founder of Novara Media, and the author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism.

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Keir Starmer is already looking defeated A lack of ideological direction is tearing Labour apart

26 Sep 2024

The Left is coming for Starmer

23 Sep 2024

Labour Together is far more dangerous than Momentum The think tank is exerting significant influence over Keir Starmer's government

26 Aug 2024

Jeremy Hunt is the candidate Labour would fear most None of the Tory leadership contenders can match his level of competence

19 Aug 2024

Keir Starmer challenges Atlanticist consensus on Israel Labour is charting a decisive new course on foreign policy

04 Aug 2024

Keir Starmer finally breaks with the US over Israel A pivot on UNRWA funding is just the beginning

22 Jul 2024

Tony Blair wants to run Starmer’s government Labour is still being haunted by the former prime minister

10 Jul 2024

Historically low vote share threatens Starmer’s legitimacy A surge in support for third parties has exposed Labour's weaknesses

03 Jul 2024

The media is giving Keir Starmer an easy ride Journalists are too fixated on attacking the Tories instead

22 Jun 2024

Why did Keir Starmer let Natalie Elphicke join Labour? The Opposition leader should be careful about who he brings into the fold

09 May 2024

How Jamie Driscoll can humiliate Keir Starmer His mayoral victory would be a defeat for the Westminster clique

02 May 2024

Could David Cameron work for Labour? The Foreign Secretary was asked by Ed Balls whether he'd serve under Keir Starmer

16 Apr 2024

Why won’t Britain stand up to Israel over aid worker deaths? Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have both offered mealy-mouthed responses

04 Apr 2024

Boris Johnson is not the hero Conservatives need Nostalgia for the ex-PM will quickly dissipate on the campaign trail

13 Mar 2024

Prime Minister Starmer will be more hawkish than any Tory The Labour leader's record shows he is happy to genuflect to Washington

29 Jan 2024

War with Iran would be a grave error Neoconservatives are seeking to escalate the conflict in Gaza

03 Jan 2024

Where is Keir Starmer’s ‘pragmatism’ on Israel? The Labour leader is proving more hawkish than the Tories

20 Dec 2023

Keir Starmer’s phoney admiration for Margaret Thatcher The current Labour Party has no connection to small business

04 Dec 2023

Why is Keir Starmer opposing a ceasefire? A revolt by Labour MPs shows his staunch Atlanticism could hurt him

16 Nov 2023

Labour Conference: long on excitement, short on substance Delegates are in denial about their differences

09 Oct 2023

Why I support the Government vape ban E-cigarettes are a scourge that has been ignored too long

15 Sep 2023

Labour is now the centre-right party Keir Starmer is more trusted than the Tories on immigration, tax and crime

01 Sep 2023

Labour and the Tories are becoming a uniparty Policy differences between the two parties are becoming blurred

18 Aug 2023

The child benefits cap is anti-family Keir Starmer is going against his party's core principles

18 Jul 2023

Starmer on education: a mashup of Blair and Alain de Botton The Labour leader's big speech was wordy and short on substance

07 Jul 2023

The IMF is no friend to British workers Higher immigration hurts blue-collar wages more than graduate jobs

09 Jun 2023

Don’t trust Keir Starmer’s Brexit metamorphosis The Labour leader has changed his stance constantly since the referendum

02 Jun 2023

The British Left is moving beyond Labour Keir Starmer should fear the Lib Dems and Greens outflanking him

10 May 2023

Mike Gapes’s return to Labour shows he never cared about Brexit The former MP cynically used the referendum to remove Jeremy Corbyn

08 Mar 2023

I hate to admit it, but Keir Starmer is good at politics The Labour leader is a ruthless pragmatist

26 Sep 2022

The socialist case for Trad Architecture

19 Jul 2022

Which Tory does the Left fear most? There are one or two dark horses

07 Jun 2022

How Blair broke Britain

28 Apr 2022