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00:56:03

Novara Live: Starmer Leaves Black Labour MPs Scared...

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2023/05/19

Black MPs have told Channel 4 News they’re too scared to speak out about racism for fear of losing the Labour whip. What the hell is going on in Keir Starmer’s party? Plus: a viral video shows Just Stop Oil protestors assaulted; and Matt Hancock insists he is a human being. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

00:45:46

Novara Live: We're All Being Screwed by Water...

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2023/05/18

Water companies have issued an apology over sewage dumping and announced higher consumer bills will pay for infrastructure improvements. Plus: BT have announced tens of thousands of job cuts and are set to replace a fifth of them with artificial intelligence; the cost of living crisis continues, but Tory MP Brendan Clarke Smith has the dumbest response. With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Shon Faye.

01:28:04

ACFM Microdose: Sitcoms At Work

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2023/05/18

After last week's look at the politics of comedy, this time the gang turn to the gogglebox for a Microdose about sitcoms. Specifically, we're watching comedy shows set in the workplace – from shoddy B&Bs to big-box superstores, from Wernham Hogg to Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. What lies beyond the double entendres and cheap sexism of the '70s? Where did workplace humour go in the '90s? How did TV cops reckon with Black Lives Matter in the 2020s? And which sitcom is a favourite of both Nadia

00:50:29

Novara Live: Rent Reform Finally on the Horizon, 1.5C...

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2023/05/17

Michael Gove has finally announced reforms he says will protect renters from dodgy landlords. Is it good enough? Plus: 1.5C of warming to global temperatures is now inevitable according to climate scientists and record temperatures are almost guaranteed over the next five years. We speak to Climate scientist Ella Gilbert. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

00:44:55

Novara FM: Tout le Monde Déteste la Police

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2023/05/17

The French left is in its most explosive state for a generation. In response to the pension reforms pushed through by Emmanuel Macron's government, the Yellow Vests, unions, students and environmentalists alike are linking up their struggles. The tactical vocabulary has expanded: strikes and official protests have been supplemented by blockades, 'wild demonstrations' and power cuts targeting the French elite. Meanwhile, escalating police violence has put multiple protesters in comas. We tell

01:00:00

Novara Live: Gove & Fascism at Shambolic National...

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2023/05/16

The second day of the National Conservatism conference has seen eyebrow raising speeches from Douglas Murray and warm words about the event from Michael Gove. Plus: A record number of people are out of work due to long-term illness; and how should online misogyny be tackled? With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Ash Sarkar.

00:58:49

Novara Live: Suella Braverman’s Immigration Agenda,...

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2023/05/15

Suella Braverman has used the brand new National Conservatism conference to bash her own immigration policies. Will the move wash? Plus: Keir Starmer says he doesn’t care if he sounds Conservative; and we speak to Cihan Tugal about the initial results of the Turkish presidential election. With Michael Walker and Kim McIntosh.

01:42:53

ACFM Trip 33: Comedy

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2023/05/14

What’s the point of comedy? Stand-ups were at the forefront of the cultural backlash against Thatcherism, but today’s meme-driven lols are rarely in the service of left-wing politics. Meanwhile, the world’s most powerful people seem intent on having a laugh, from podcasting politicians to presidential comedians. In this Trip, Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn put together an ACFM theory of humour. Does satire make us more cynical? Is there such a thing as a national sense of humour? Are

00:59:38

Novara Live: Starmer Says UK Migration System Is...

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2023/05/12

Keir Starmer has said the UK migration system is "broken" after new figures have predicted net migration could have been nearly a million in 2022. Plus: Alastair Campbell goes nuclear on Newsnight; and Ash Sarkar drops truth bombs on BBC Question Time. With Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.

00:56:03

Novara Live: Tory Brexit Headbangers Turn On Badenoch...

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2023/05/11

Kemi Badenoch has taken heat from Brexit headbangers after confirming the government won’t be repealing all EU laws by the end of the year. Plus: The Bank of England raise interest rates yet again; and CNN conduct a town hall debate with Donald Trump. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

00:58:09

Novara Live: Another Met Police Shocker, Justin Welby...

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2023/05/10

The Archbishop of Canterbury has attacked the government for their awful migration policies, but home secretary Suella Braverman is pushing ahead. Plus: James O'Brien gets it wrong again; and Piers Morgan is in hot water after the high court hears he knew about phone hacking at the mirror group. With Michael Walker and Barnaby Raine.

00:51:05

Novara Live: Met Polices Shameful Apology

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2023/05/09

After arresting peaceful protestors at the King's coronation, the Met police have now issued an apology. Plus: the Tory government are due to house 500 migrants in a floating barge; and GB News get another OfCom complaint upheld. 00:22- Met Police’s SHAMEFUL Apology 19:26 - Migrant Barge 28:10 - 0% Deposit Mortgages 37:52 - Keir Starmer: “NHS Trumps Woke” 44:05 - GB News Slapped Down Again By Ofcom With Dalia Gebrial and Amardeep Singh

00:57:10

Novara Live: Met Police In Yet Another Disgrace -...

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2023/05/08

The metropolitan police are again finding themselves amid scandal after arresting dozens of republican protestors at the King's coronation. Plus: so-called 'free speech defender' Lee Anderson comes out against free speech, and will the Lib Dems prop-up a Labour minority government? With Ash Sarkar and Mike Bankole.

01:02:53

Downstream: The Country Where Communism Almost Worked...

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2023/05/08

In 1990, the Berlin Wall came down and the experiment of communist East Germany came to an end. Yet for a time it was a successful project, raising living standards against massive odds and providing stability for the first time in half a century. So is it time to reassess Europe’s most wealthy, and advanced communist country, the DDR? Aaron Bastani speaks to author and historian Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990.

00:56:48

Novara Live: Sunak's Tories Take A Beating

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2023/05/05

The 2023 local elections have seen the Conservatives losing hundreds of seats across England. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani analyse the results and what it means for Sunak's government, Starmer's Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens. Plus: the WHO say that Covid-19 is no longer an international health emergency, and Peter Hitchens takes on the government over Britain's poor rail service.

00:54:21

Novara Live: Voter Id Arrives

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2023/05/04

New laws brought in by the Tories have seen ID requirements appear for the first time in English local elections. Plus: David Starkey makes more shocking and racist comments on GB News, and another oil and gas giant record enormous profits. 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Voter ID Arrives 10:58 - Apple Union Busting 33:04 - Tory House building Debate 42:18 - David Starkey Racist Dog-Whistle With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Ash Sarkar.

00:56:53

Novara FM: Much More Freedom Is Necessary W/ Sophie...

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2023/05/04

Despite the gains won by a century of feminism, the conveyor belt of normie life still pushes us towards the nuclear family and the picket fence. We can sense that our freedom is still limited by our material conditions – the prohibitive cost of housing, for instance – but is it also limited by our lack of imagination? In her debut book, Novara Media contributor Sophie K. Rosa explores that question and makes the case for 'radical intimacy': the idea that expanding our notion of intimate, caring

00:58:10

Novara Live: Starmer & Sunak Clash Over Housing Ahead...

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2023/05/03

With local elections looming, Keir Starmer chooses the topic of housing to take on Rishi Sunak at PMQs. Plus: should the development of AI such as chat-GPT be a concern for the future of humanity? and Rachel Reeves is skewered by GMB over Keir Starmer's broken pledges. With Michael Walker and James Meadway.

00:58:25

Novara Live: Tory Stooge Richard Sharp RESIGNS As BBC...

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2023/04/28

Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chair after failing to declare that he had helped facilitate a loan for Boris Johnson, the then Prime Minister who appointed him. Plus: we speak to David Broder about Giorgia Meloni - the far-right leader of Italy who has visited Rishi Sunak. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

00:50:44

Novara Live: Starmer's Labour Still Defending...

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2023/04/27

The long-awaited white paper covering regulation of the gambling industry has been published. Should Labour be accepting money from gambling giants? Plus: just how bad is the newly passed Public Order Bill? And the RCN lose a court case to the government, halving the length of their upcoming industrial action. With Moya Lothian-Mclean and Shon Faye.

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