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The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right

For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Ministers can raise taxes if they come out fighting. But no one in this cowardly Labour government seems able

Ahead of the budget, Rachel Reeves should be out making her arguments. Instead, there is silence – and a huge opportunity for Labour’s opponents, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Special relationship? There can be no such thing with a snake like Trump

Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bitten, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025

It’s come to this: Keir Starmer is now just the warm-up act for Nigel Farage

As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025

Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff, a crisis hidden in plain sight

Her right to buy policy enriched the private sector at taxpayers’ expense. Last year, it sparked another gold rush – and looming calamity for local authorities, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

Labour’s plan for ‘growth’ won’t take off, but it will leave ordinary people behind

We used to call this ‘trickle-down economics’, and we learned a long time ago that it is a myth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

Liz Truss is long gone from Downing Street – but zombie economics lives on

Labour’s panicked reaction to economic turbulence is to promise ‘ruthless’ cuts. That’s not an intelligent answer, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025

All Starmer’s failings play into the hands of Farage – the prime minister is the gift that keeps on giving

From rightwing rhetoric to a lack of action on the cost of living crisis, Downing Street is only fuelling the rise of Reform, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024

Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class

The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024