Political ideologies

Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right

Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right

  • A montage of images showing behind the scenes action at local TV stations' studios, featuring cameras, people and sets

    The people’s airwaves: saving local TV

    Local TV promised to platform grassroots politics and marginal voices, but weak regulation and a broken business model let the sector thin out. Andy Brain surveys the survivors and asks how communities might reclaim local video

  • A black and white archive photo of women at a rally

    Five ‘quiet’ women who shaped Britain’s politics

    Women who have driven social change are often sidelined in movement histories. Esther Freeman highlights five capital rebels you should know

  • A community group, some in yellow high-vis vests, posing for a photograph in an alley

    The battle for community-led Pride in Place

    The high-profile local regeneration initiative will test Burnhamism’s commitments to devolving power and empowering communities, argue Nick Mahony and Frances Northrop

  • Forgiveness is part of socialism

    Exploring past examples of ‘revolutionary forgiveness’, D K Renton considers the socialist value of striving to repair harm

  • A collage on a pink background showing the covers of the books listen in order in the article

    Book previews: summer 2026

    David Matthews shares his pick of the best books upcoming and hot off the press – perfect for holiday and sunny day reads

  • Two men sitting side by side on House of Commons benches. Others sitting nearby are blurred out and the photograph appears torn between the two men

    Reform, Restore and the fragmenting right

    There are farcical elements to the Farage/Lowe schism but also a real danger of dragging British politics ever rightwards, writes Rhys Clarke

  • A black and white photo of hands holding aloft a cardboard sign that reads: 'planet over profit'

    Fires in the Night – review

    Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action

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