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The biggest stories and guests from the UK and international left. Hosted by Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, Moya Lothian-McLean, Dalia Gebrial and more.
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Oct 31, 2025 • 1h 4min
World’s Top Financial Journalist Explains Why Britain Is Broke
 In tonight’s special episode of Novara Live we’re taking a break from the news cycle for a deep dive on Britain’s economy with world-leading financial journalist Martin Wolf. 

Oct 30, 2025 • 1h 4min
Calls For Rachel Reeves To Be Sacked After Rental Law Breaking
 Calls For Rachel Reeves To Be Sacked
Plus: Wilders’ far-right party and centrist D66 tie in Dutch elections, is the Labour Party dead? And the ‘Your Party’ drama continues.
With: @NoJusticeMTG & Dalia Gebrial 

Oct 29, 2025 • 1h 4min
Israel’s Ceasefire Violation Kills At Least 104
 The ceasefire in Gaza has been broken, again.
Plus: The devastation from Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica, and The historian who thinks culture made capitalism.
With: Michael Walker, Mouin Rabbani, Mikaela Loach, Faiza Shaheen &
Anton Howes.
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Oct 28, 2025 • 1h 14min
Green Party Surges As Labour Hits Record Low
 Green Party membership has surpassed 150,000 – more than that of the Lib Dems and the Conservatives. Meanwhile, Labour is polling at their lowest in history.
Plus: Agency workers hired to cover the Birmingham bin strikes may now go on strike themselves, and Elon Musk could leave Tesla over a $1 trillion pay dispute.
With: Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu. 

Oct 27, 2025 • 1h 3min
The Release of the Epping Sex Offender Shows Nothing Works in Britain
 The bizarre accidental release of the Epping sex offender shows Britain’s institutions are failing.
Plus: British journalist Sami Hamdi, arrested by ICE for criticising Israel, Javier Milei wins in Argentina’s midterm elections, and Reform MP’s anger towards diversity in TV adverts.
With: Michael Walker, Curtis Daly & Ernesto Seman. 

Oct 24, 2025 • 1h 7min
Labour Suffer HUGE Blow In Caerphilly By-Election
 Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle has taken a historic Labour stronghold in the Caerphilly by-election.
Plus: Ireland goes to the polls to elect a new President, why Zack Polanski’s brand of eco-populism is infuriating the right, and we speak to Times Columnist James Marriott about the decline of reading.
With: Michael Walker & Aaron Bastani.
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Oct 23, 2025 • 1h 7min
Trump Says Israel’s West Bank Annexation “Won’t Happen”
 Trump rejects Israel’s plan for West Bank annexation.
Plus: New polling shows that ‘wealth tax’ is gaining momentum, KCL withdraws a student’s visa sponsorship after pressure from a pro-Israel lobby group, and Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo clash in the final Mayoral debate
With NoJusticeMTG , Ash Sarkar & Harriet Williamson. 

Oct 22, 2025 • 1h 3min
Why the Grooming Gangs Inquiry Is Collapsing Before It Started
 A fourth survivor quits the grooming gangs inquiry
Plus: Reform faces big test in Welsh By-Election, the warnings about superintelligence are getting louder, and Andrew Marr gets hit by reality
With: Michael Walker, Helena(NoJusticeMTG), Dan Evans and Ben Cumming
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Oct 21, 2025 • 1h 10min
Prince Andrew Under Pressure To Leave Public Life Forever
 Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir has been published in the UK, putting Prince Andrew and his links to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein back in the spotlight.
Plus: The row over Maccabi Tel Aviv continues, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes to jail, and Zack Polanski takes on Robert Peston as the Green Party continues to rise in the polls.
With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.
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Oct 20, 2025 • 57min
Israel Violates Gaza Ceasefire, Killing at Least 99
 Israel violates Gaza ceasefire… again.
Plus: The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans continues to prove divisive, and Prince Andrew gives up royal titles as Epstein links increase.
With Ash Sarkar and NoJusticeMTG. 


