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DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

Don’t underestimate Faragism this election. He’s a virus infecting UK politics

It’s no wonder Nigel achieves such cut-through when the media panders to him and mainstream politicians say little of note, says Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

UK politics: minister defends loss of high-profile Tory MPs after Gove joins exodus – as it happened

Treasury minister Bim Afolami said it was ‘not unnatural’ for high-profile Tory MPs to be standing down at an election

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024

Both feted and gilded, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are two sides of the same rotten politics

After three days of the election campaign, it’s clear the PM will change – our rotten political system won’t, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024

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Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain

Our capital has many problems, but it is time to push back against attacks from those who neither know nor understand it, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

To understand Britain’s malaise, visit Shildon – the town that refused to die

People will blame Brexit, Boris and austerity, but this country’s demise goes back decades – and shows no signs of stopping, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

If the high-rollers surrounding the disgraced FTX founder had any qualms about taking his money, they didn’t show it, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

One simple change could restore faith in local democracy. But nobody is talking about it

If council tax was charged at 3% of disposable income, only the richest would pay more. Funny that it hasn’t been implemented, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024

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So this is how the Royal Mail ends: killed by lying politicians, lousy managers and ruthless moneymen

The decline of this great institution is a story in microcosm of how so many aspects of British life have been degraded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

The Tories are right, we should stop the boats. Just not the ones they’re talking about

The ocean-poisoning superyachts of global plutocrats are a symbol of the class that’s really behind Britain’s misfortunes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

One year on, is Rishi Sunak fulfilling his five promises to voters?

Prime minister pledged to halve inflation, grow economy, cut national debt, lower NHS waits and ‘stop the boats’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

Heading isolated and paranoid into the night, these are the voters our politicians created

So many citizens are angry and cynical, like Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle. I wish our leaders would ask themselves why, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

The miserly tale of how a university took its staff’s wages – and the public paid the price

Even Scrooge would marvel at Queen Mary’s pay-docking over a marking boycott. No wonder higher education is in turmoil, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2023

How do young Britons see the massacre in Gaza? These Luton students will tell you

For many people under 25, the daily pulverisation of Gaza has become their generation’s rallying cause , says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023

Ever get the feeling you’re being bribed? This is how the Tories will fight the next election

The chancellor’s autumn statement was a mishmash of giveaways, but you can spin Britain’s grim economic reality only so far, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

The Westminster panto is in full swing: but there are real dangers waiting in the wings

War, economic breakdown and the climate crisis spell the end of ‘the end of history’, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

The thousands calling for a ceasefire and peace deserve better than abuse and belittlement

Politicians and much of the media ignore, stereotype and demonise protestors. This lack of engagement is a risk to us all, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

For Labour to reach alienated working-class voters, Starmer needs to treat them less like tools

The likely next PM will never win over ‘working people’ while his party cosies up to corporations and betrays the unions, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023

This horror story visited on South Wales by Suella Braverman could be coming to a street near you

A far-right backlash against the home secretary’s asylum policy has brought a deluge of hate to a peaceful Welsh town, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2023

Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking

First, Sharron’s car was impounded. But what followed shows how the poor are punished for their poverty

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

Uxbridge was not just an anti-green protest: it was the sour spirit of Brexit revived

This byelection should have been a Labour landslide – but local Tories’ freedom to choose their candidate changed all that, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2023

So George Osborne has a new podcast. What do the victims of his austerity policies get?

Entertainment launders reputations. No wonder washed-up politicians are so keen to invest in this great speech bubble, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

Britain is the Dorian Gray economy, hiding its ugly truths from the world. Now they are exposed

Our rulers painted false pictures of success while real wealth and wages withered away, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

Notes on a scandal: this is how Starmer’s bullies took out Jamie Driscoll – and why it matters

Having examined how the North of Tyne mayor was barred from standing again, I see something akin to McCarthyism, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

First it was no to Polish plumbers, then Afghan refugees. Now the right doesn’t want any migrants at all

This week’s furore over entirely legal migration proves it was never the kind of foreigner you were, simply your foreignness, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2023

The lesson from the Diane Abbott row: if we fight racism in silos, we just can’t win

The row caused by Diane Abbott’s dreadful letter was depressing, but just as sad was what it revealed about modern racial politics, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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