10: The Leader's Office

Joining us on this very special edition of the podcast, to discuss the EHRC report into Labour's institutional antisemitism, Corbyn’s suspension, and where the Labour Party goes from here, we are privileged to be joined by Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland, human rights barrister Adam Wagner, former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth and the New Statesman's political editor Stephen Bush. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal. A huge thank you also goes out to Lathe and Co Wealth Advisors for sponsoring this episode!

As Sir Kier Starmer began his leadership of the Labour Party, an explosive internal party dossier allegedly drafted in response to the EHRC investigation leaked online after news broke that Labour's own lawyers advised against submitting it. Joining us in Episode 12, our first episode of the Post-Corbyn era, to discuss the Labour Leak, the party’s response to the antisemitism crisis and what this document means for the future of the party, are privileged The New Statesman’s Stephen Bush, journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and the Jewish Labour Movement's national secretary Peter Mason. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal.

Discussing foreign policy, anti-imperialism and who stands on ‘the right side of history’ we are joined by the chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, and, also sitting on the select committee, the SNP’s Defence spokesperson, Stewart McDonald.  For a Labour perspective, we are also privileged to be joined by former foreign policy advisor to Robin Cook, David Clark. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal.

With just over a week left to go of the Labour leadership election we are exploring life in Jeremy Corbyn’s office during his tenure. With us for Episode 10 to explore factionalism, Corbyn's response to the antisemitism crisis and Labour’s election results, we are privileged to be joined by a very special guest, James Mills, former special adviser to both Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell. A full transcription of the episode can be found at our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal.

The loss of Labour's traditional northern heartlands was one of the most devastating elements of the 2019 general election defeat. In Episode 9, we explore just how Labour's 'Red Wall' turned blue as we are joined by the former MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, Ruth Smeeth. A full transcription of the episode can be found at our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal. To visit our sponsor, please head on over to ExpressVPN.com/POST.

Corbyn swept aside all competitors for the Labour leadership contest by promising a radical rethink of the British economy and ending years of Tory austerity. But what are Corbyn’s economic principles, and were they really as popular with the electorate as Labour say? Here to explain those questions and more, Episode 8 of Corbynism: The Post-Mortem features left wing economic heavyweights Frances Coppola, Paul Mason, and one of the economists initially brought in by Labour for consultation, Danny Blanchflower. A full transcription of the episode can be found at our website. Donations for our charity appeal for Help Refugees should be made through their website: Choose.Love If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, or making a donation via PayPal.

What exactly is Corbynism? That is the question we set out to answer on Episode 7 of Corbynism: The Post-Mortem, with our special panel of guests featuring the left wing academics behind the book Corbynism: A Critical Approach, Frederick Harry Pitts and Matt Bolton, and music journalist Taylor Parkes, author of one of the most prescient and damning articles ever written on Corbynism. Corbynism: A Critical Approach can be found here. Taylor Parkes on the Corbyn campaign trail can be found here. A full transcription of the episode can be found on our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon.

Episode 6 of Corbynism: The Post Mortem we are joined by the Labour Party's MP for Walthamstow Stella Creasy to discuss antisemitism, Brexit, backbench dissent and the fight for the future soul of the Labour Party. A full transcription of the episode can be found on our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon.

In Episode 5 of Corbynism: The Post-Mortem, we take a look at what life was like under Corbyn's tenure for Jewish MPs and how tension grew between the leader's office and the Parliamentary Labour Party, featuring Labour's MP for Barking, Dame Margaret Hodge MP. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan also makes a cameo appearance at the end of the show to share his thoughts on Labour's 2019 General Election defeat. A full transcription of the episode can be found on our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon.

Episode 4 focuses on Labour’s crushing 2019 General Election defeat featuring the BBC’s election wizard Professor Sir John Curtice, the New Statesman’s political editor Stephen Bush, and Labour councillor and data analyst Christabel Cooper, who has recently just co-authored a report into the 2019 result for Europe For The Many. Christobel Cooper's report can be found on Europe For The Many's website. A full transcription of the episode can be found on our website. If you would like to support the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon.