Opinion
Neville Southall tackles... The toxicity of Twitter
Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned internet sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week, he reflects on his time on Twitter - from the trolls and the insults to learning about and supporting some of the most marginalised groups in society.
Written by: Neville Southall
Even £50 million won’t make a new centrist party relevant
From Where I Stand — Simon Franks has clubbed together with some other super rich people to start a new political party. It's a vanity project without a policy or support from a movement, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin, and it is destined to fail.
Written by: Matt Zarb-Cousin
To tackle bigotry, Labour won’t take lessons from the right
From Where I Stand — Labour is not immune from the prejudice that permeates our society, writes Dawn Foster, but the left can do better than take advice from the likes of UKIP and the Tories - just look at their track records.
Written by: Dawn Foster
'Moderate' Labour MPs have hurt our anti-Semitism fight
From Where I Stand — Last week it felt like we were making progress with tackling anti-Semitism in Labour, writes Rhea Wolfson. And then certain people had to go and ruin it.
Written by: Rhea Wolfson
The cure to 'left-wing' anti-Semitism is political education
From Where I Stand — The past week has exposed some uncomfortable realities within the labour movement. A handful of self-proclaimed progressives peddle anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, while a larger number are simply ignorant and unaware. The answer, writes Owen Jones, lies in serious political education.
Written by: Owen Jones
Neville Southall announces... his plan to be Prime Minister
Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week he presents his manifesto for Britain, and lets us know what he'll do when (not if) he is elected as Prime Minister.
Written by: Neville Southall
Jeremy Corbyn is no anti-Semite, but he did fuck up
From Where I Stand — Anti-Semitism in our society needs tackling head on, writes Michael Segalov. The left has a proud history of fighting racism and bigotry, and anyone blindly defending Corbyn's Facebook post is part of the problem.
Written by: Michael Segalov
The Premier League protests are a working class revolt
From Where I Stand — Football fans are revolting across the country, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin, and they're determined to put people and not profit at the heart of the beautiful game.
Written by: Matt Zarb-Cousin
Revisiting Cynthia Nixon’s contentious views on sexuality
‘Being gay is a choice’ — As the former Sex And The City star enters the race for New York Governor, writer Aimée Lutkin examines her complicated relationship with bisexuality, the public eye, and the LGBTQ community.
Written by: Aimée Lutkin
Want to see who has blocked you on social media? Get a grip
Welcome to the pity party — With a loophole on Grindr now being exploited by users looking to see who has blocked them, Justin Myers takes a look at our unhealthy obsession with confronting our online haters and engaging with their irrelevant minds.
Written by: Justin Myers
