The Left’s Immigration Failure - Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani, co-bossman ⁨@NovaraMedia⁩ just burnished our leftie credentials!!!

Super gassed to share this episode with one of our absolute favourite political commentators. We filmed this on August 20th (2 months before release) so we didn't manage to get into the Your Party in-fighting / capitulation nor the rise of eco-populist Zack Polanski. Sorry about that.

But we still managed to get into the weeds on immigration, identity politics and why Aaron thinks the Labour Party is failing to win over the public!!! You're welcome.

In a time of insurgent politics, commentators like Bastani have taken the risk of meeting audiences where they are. While mainstream media continues to flounder, Novara has grown to new heights, breaking audience records month on month. Given the way digital is now dominating electoral politics, it's hard to see how Novara's coverage isn't shaping the weather for Leftist audiences in the UK and further afield.

That said, Bastani often appears as a bug bear amongst leftist comrades, exasperated at his heterodox takes, pushed from his marxist-futurist, self-confessed socially conservative vantage point. He is not afraid to think for himself nor challenge those who disagree with him. That's why he's at the frontier of what's left.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:25 Digital Political Communication

10:50 Corbyn’s Labour Failures

20:22 Why Labour is Losing

34:30 End of 2 Party Politics

43:40 Reform’s Immigration Plans

54:00 Labour’s Comms Problem

1:05:35 Britain’s Managed Decline

1:16:08 Identity Politics and Race

1:25:00 Can Leftist Politicians Capitalise

1:35:45 Strategic Autonomy and US-UK Relations

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