Letting the mask slip: What’s really behind the Tories’ unlocking plans
We’re back to the era of sink or swim. In a pandemic, it heralds chaos, writes Maheen Behrana.
Maheen Behrana
‘Labour must not dismiss its young voters, it should offer them hope’
‘We need someone to offer us hope – hope of affordable housing, of employment rights, of action on inequality.’
Keir Starmer needs to break apart the Tories’ bogus appeal to nostalgia
The Tories represent the status quo on steroids. Labour has to offer a new direction.
Labour needs to take new direction on race and immigration
‘I could not vote for a Labour party which started mirroring the Tories’ stance on immigration and race,’ says Maheen Behrana
Unpacking ‘progressive patriotism’: What Starmer’s stance means for Labour
Patriotism has be more than simply pitching to the right of Jeremy Corbyn, writes Maheen Behrana.
There’s no sovereignty in being America’s puppet
Is this what ‘taking back control’ looks like?
Focus on merits of ESOL schemes, not political point scoring
English-language classes for immigrants are not simply fodder for opponents of Boris Johnson, says Maheen Behrana.
It’s time for the left to destroy the myth of ‘meritocracy’
New research suggests people accept inequality when they believe it is ‘fair’. But no one deserves to be in poverty.
