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For GB News’s funders, £130 million is a small price to pay for vast influence

Mar 6, 2026

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8 min read

For GB News’s funders, £130 million is a small price to pay for vast influence

The channel of “reactionary rage bait” has just released its latest accounts, which are yet another demonstration that there’s no shortage of funds on the right of British politics, argues Sam Bright

Sam Bright
Sam Bright

Politics

The Greens aren’t ‘extreme’, prime minister: they’re just behaving like Labour should

Mar 3, 2026

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6 min read

The Greens aren’t ‘extreme’, prime minister: they’re just behaving like Labour should

After a heavy byelection defeat, Starmer only sounded absurd by implying that the winner – popular local councillor Hannah Spencer – was ready to ‘tear the country apart’, writes Sangita Myska

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska

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Shattered windows, broken rules ... and victory! The medics who protested against the climate emergency

Feb 27, 2026

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11 min read

Shattered windows, broken rules ... and victory! The medics who protested against the climate emergency

In the latest blow to draconian restraints on the right to protest, six doctors and nurses linked to Extinction Rebellion were dramatically acquitted last week. A play about their trial aims to shine a light on a barely publicised case. Claire Armitstead tells their story

Claire Armitstead
Claire Armitstead

Politics

Could Manchester go turquoise (or Green)? No-one from Reform would speak to us

Feb 25, 2026

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8 min read

Could Manchester go turquoise (or Green)? No-one from Reform would speak to us

John Sweeney visits Gorton and Denton to talk to voters and candidates ahead of this week's byelection. He has little joy at Reform HQ, and potential voters seem shy. Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer, however, is happily hitting the doorsteps...

John Sweeney
John Sweeney

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Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread

Feb 24, 2026

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14 min read

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics, writes Tamsin Shaw

Tamsin Shaw
Tamsin Shaw

Politics

David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’

Feb 20, 2026

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9 min read

David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’

The once-respected historian has descended into public racism again on his contrarian podcast. The even bigger problem is, he’s now an adviser to the hard right, says Sangita Myska

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska

Politics

Political writer Ash Sarkar: ‘This one's really going to get me into trouble...’

Feb 20, 2026

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10 min read

Political writer Ash Sarkar: ‘This one's really going to get me into trouble...’

The author of Minority Rule answers the Nerve Q&A - on why she's not despondent about politics, the appeal of Zack Polanski and why 'handwash only' means what it says. Interview by Ursula Kenny

Ursula Kenny
Ursula Kenny

Politics

Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors

The majority of the money behind Nigel Farage’s movement was being supplied by Conservative interests even before the defection of so many high-profile figures from the party – to the alarm of former Reform faithfuls, writes Charlie Young

Charlie Young
Charlie Young

Politics

Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world

Feb 10, 2026

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14 min read

Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world

In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all is that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our culture, writes Carole Cadwalladr

Politics

Trump promised an invasion. That’s all many Iranians have left to hope for

Feb 6, 2026

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8 min read

Trump promised an invasion. That’s all many Iranians have left to hope for

The US president told us help was on the way, and many Iranians believed him. Even now, with ‘talks’ under way, they look to the sky in hope, writes UK-based Iranian film-maker Elahe Esmaili

Elahe Esmaili
Elahe Esmaili

Politics

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Jan 30, 2026

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13 min read

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr

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How Trump turned Davos into Mar-a-Lago

Jan 23, 2026

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9 min read

How Trump turned Davos into Mar-a-Lago

I’ve worked at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, writes Bruno Giussani. It used to achieve things, but is now a fully fledged sub-division of Donald Trump's court

Bruno Giussani
Bruno Giussani

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‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’

Jan 20, 2026

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16 min read

‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’

The geopolitics expert, who warned of the president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, tells Carole Cadwalladr how deep the roots of American white nationalism are – and that European governments needs to wake up, fast

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Nazi slogans and racist memes: a guide to the US government’s flirtation with fascist propaganda

Jan 19, 2026

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11 min read

Nazi slogans and racist memes: a guide to the US government’s flirtation with fascist propaganda

Departments are under fire for social media content that references far-right ideology and symbolism - and which seems increasingly explicit. John Mulholland rounds up the most shocking posts

John Mulholland
John Mulholland

Politics

How the ICE enforcement raids turbocharged an army of citizen journalists

Jan 16, 2026

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9 min read

How the ICE enforcement raids turbocharged an army of citizen journalists

The online documentation of ICE agents in the field via viral video footage is turning the tide of public opinion, and has seen the administration respond with highly stylised films of their own, writes John Mulholland

John Mulholland
John Mulholland

Politics

Iran is forced to choose between the shah and the ayatollah. But we reject both

Jan 13, 2026

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8 min read

Iran is forced to choose between the shah and the ayatollah. But we reject both

As far as we know, there are more protestors in danger on the streets than ever, writes UK-based Iranian filmmaker Elahe Esmaili. This wave of unrest could herald a new revolution for my country – if we can be truly free to create our own future

Politics

'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

Jan 9, 2026

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6 min read

'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

Heba Muraisi has never been charged, tried or convicted of terrorism. But she and the other hunger strikers have been stripped of humanity in the way they have been labelled by the government. The damage is evident in how ordinary people react to them

Natasha Walter
Natasha Walter

Politics

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

Jan 8, 2026

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9 min read

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are not accidental – they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order run by the ‘great powers’, writes analyst and former diplomat Arthur Snell

Politics

Cover-Up filmmaker Laura Poitras: ‘What do I always carry with me? An escape plan’

Dec 19, 2025

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9 min read

Cover-Up filmmaker Laura Poitras: ‘What do I always carry with me? An escape plan’

As her film about trailblazing reporter Seymour Hersh hits Netflix, in the week it made the Oscar documentary shortlist, the director answers the Nerve Q&A - on troublemakers, optimism and her ‘hippie’ schooling

Guy Lodge
Guy Lodge

Politics

Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

Dec 12, 2025

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8 min read

Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

The CIA once promoted abstract expressionism as a tool of regime change. Now we have AI videos of Trump bombing people with faeces

Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee

Politics

Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media

Dec 12, 2025

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12 min read

Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media

In the absence of any youth-friendly policies, British politicians, led by Keir Starmer, are doubling down on online comms – and it isn’t working. Nerve editorial assistant Anandita Abraham analyses some cover-your-eyes examples

Politics

If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr

Politics

‘A permission structure for violence’: what the murder of a healthcare CEO and the cult of Luigi Mangione tell us about the alienation of young America

Dec 4, 2025

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20 min read

‘A permission structure for violence’: what the murder of a healthcare CEO and the cult of Luigi Mangione tell us about the alienation of young America

On the anniversary of the death of the UnitedHealthcare boss, John H Richardson, the author of a new book about the man charged with the killing, talks to John Mulholland about the contrasting attitudes to the case, and the ‘distress’ endemic in US society

Politics

John Sweeney: Reform UK’s 'boy wonder' Warwickshire council leader has gone too far this time

Dec 2, 2025

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7 min read

John Sweeney: Reform UK’s 'boy wonder' Warwickshire council leader has gone too far this time

The Nerve's Reform correspondent assesses teenager George Finch’s recent controversial comments about the alleged rape of a child – and says he’s skating on thin ice

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