What will Zack Polanski do first with the Gre...

Labour’s new version of the ASBO, pet owners’ campaigns against Bonfire Night and Karl Bushby’s controversial voyage back to Hull.Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn discuss the stories of the week.READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/the-sketch/2026/11/budget-debates-are-a-cha ...  Show more

Who are Nigel Farage's bastards?Emily Lawford has spent 6 months getting to know the young men who've left Reform, chasing politics and values even further to the right. Their new leader? Farage's old friend and leader of the splinter party Restore, Rupert Lowe.Read Emily's full ...  Show more

This part two of our discussion about a new left party. You can listen to part 1 here: https://novaramedia.com/2025/01/30/time-for-a-new-left-party/ James Schneider, Jeremy Corbyn’s former Director of Comms, argues for a new party. But who would it speak to? Would it be democrati ...  Show more

Zack Polanski, the self-confessed eco-populist, won the leadership of the Green Party in a landslide this week. So Westminster Insider Host Sascha O'Sullivan finds out why the Green Party have often struggled to be taken seriously in SW1. Sascha speaks to the man himself – Polans ...  Show more

With the climate at the top of the news agenda, why isn't the Green Party doing better? Matt asks Siân Berry if she can hold the party's only parliamentary seat, and finds out how green politicians in Europe have fared in government. 

Plus: Columnists Katy Balls ...