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Zohran Mamdani has turned down an 18% pay rise that would have brought his salary to $305,800 (£227,645). “I haven’t knocked on anyone’s door in New York City and they’ve said their concern is that the mayor makes too little,” he told reporters on Thursday. The same day, members of the city council voted to approve a pay raise for themselves and other officials.
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"My experience is about living culture that’s always, always made fresh and anew when you have new layers of migration" Author and campaigner Jonas Patrick Marvin 🇵🇸 speaking to Ash Sarkar about how elites try to erase the humongous benefits of multiculturalism.
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“You had other options, and I think that one of the options was not to cover it at all.” Barry Malone, an independent journalist and former executive producer at Al Jazeera, has offered a critique of Novara Media’s coverage of Prof Jason Arday. Speaking to Michael Walker on Novara Live on Monday, Malone argued that as an independent media organisation, Novara ought to have taken a more critical and anti-racist view of the story. Malone, a regular guest co-host on Novara Live, avoided discussing the Jason Arday story in public until after his death, except to criticise the level of media attention it was receiving.
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Ash Sarkar breaks down the real reason British culture is crumbling. Hint: it’s got nothing to do with immigration.
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Did this rant encourage Andy Burnham to crack down on vape shops? Novara Media’s Aaron Bastani visited Wigan – part of the Makerfield constituency – ahead of the 18 June byelection that enabled Burnham to become prime minister. While there, he saw the degradation of the high street that has come to define 21st-century Britain – vape shops, betting shops and street scars. "Dare I say, it's the political equivalent of low self-esteem," Bastani said. Bastani has spent months advocating for the government to "go after dodgy vape shops". This week, the prime minister announced that councils would get more powers to stop gambling and vape shops from opening. "I don't see why anywhere should have to accept they have empty shops, vape shops and the challenges that come with that," Burnham said.
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'It's a comedy show, isn't it? It's a comedy show. And Donald Trump is also a comedian.' Aaron Bastani in conversation with Gary Stevenson (Gary Stevenson), following his most recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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"If the British government is going to be completely dominated by the bond market, MPs might as well go home." Diane Abbott told Cathy Newman on Sky News that whoever replaces Keir Starmer as prime minister must go through a "properly organised selection process", regardless of any "hissy fit" made by the bond markets. When this provoked laughter from Newman and eye rolling from former Conservative cabinet minister Gillian Keegan, Diane Abbott argued that there's no point in having a parliament if the financial sector always has the final word.
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"I'm not a survivalist, but I'm certainly preparing. I mean, we're increasing the number of water butts, we're having water harvesting because that's going to be obviously a huge issue in summers to come. We're saving seed. We're not doing it yet, but we will be storing things like flour and sugar and cooking oil in relatively large quantities in the cellar because it's common sense" Aaron Bastani in conversation with natural disaster expert Bill McGuire on this week's Downstream. Watch the full episode now on YouTube.
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George Galloway: Children shouldn’t be taught that gay relationships are “normal”.
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"Keir Starmer said: ‘Well, if you don’t like it, leave.’ So I did, and Jeremy and I – along with millions of others – are going to build something new and different. And they are rattled." In her first interview since resigning from the Labour Party, Zarah Sultana MP sets out her pitch for her and Jeremy Corbyn's new party.
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"We don't talk about how China actually, on some of these goals, again hunger, poverty, climate action, is literally number one in the world in terms of real action – and not just talk." Ash Sarkar in conversation with top economist, Mariana Mazzucato (Mariana Mazzucato), discussing whether her theory of mission-oriented economics is the same as China's. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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84-year old retired priest Sue Parfitt has been repeatedly arrested for breaking counter-terror law by holding signs to protest the proscription of Palestine Action. Today, she went further than ever before, vocally expressing support for the group, and encouraging the police arresting her to join her in that support. She was arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000, a criminal offence that carries a sentence of up to 14-years. She told Novara Media why she’ll continue to break the law.
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Dylan Law is a 20-year-old from Hackney who’s pissed off with his local council – and now he’s running to change it. On 7 May, Dylan is standing as a Green party candidate in the Hackney Downs ward. He's also struck a deal with Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett that if she’s elected, she’ll appoint him her deputy. At the launch of the Greens’ local election campaign on Thursday, Dylan spoke to Rivkah Brown about the Labour party’s escalating attacks on the Greens.
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Is Gary Stevenson a “populist rabble rouser”? On Novara Live, Ash Sarkar says she agreed with Gary Stevenson when he proposed a 2% wealth tax on people who own assets worth more than £10m. She also points out that Dan Neidle – who said the idea was “absolute populist claptrap” – comes with his own political origin story.
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“There’s one thing more powerful than a billionaire – and it’s a union.” Hours before the 2026 Met Gala, which was sponsored by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, union organisers put on a ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ in New York, featuring Amazon delivery drivers, warehouse workers and campaigners. “Working people are underpaid, undervalued and under-appreciated,” said co-host Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. “Let those billionaires uptown have their Met party – we’re going to have something way more fabulous down here!”
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Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel, after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted. Thunberg, along with hundreds of other activists onboard, was illegally detained by Israeli forces. Addressing crowds, she said: “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.” *Monday, 6 October 2025
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“Israel treated us terribly. It denied people essential medicine. One night, yesterday night, we were shouting that someone was possibly having a heart attack. They didn’t come. They didn’t care. They gave us food that was infested with insects. They subjected some people to torture.” Novara Media’s Kieran Andrieu, who joined the Global Sumud Flotilla, said he took part to stand in solidarity with Palestinians and described the harsh conditions passengers faced. “This is how Israel behaves towards Europeans. You can only imagine how it treats Palestinians every single day.”
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