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SANGITA Myska

Sangita Myska: Andy Burnham’s right about his speakerphone ban. But will anybody hear him?

Oct 30, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Andy Burnham’s right about his speakerphone ban. But will anybody hear him?

Antisocial behaviour may seem like too small a thing for a PM to get involved with. But a more considerate Britain is the first step to a less divided Britain, writes the Nerve’s political commentator

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Zack Polanski is in a deep political hole. His own party put him there

Oct 13, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Zack Polanski is in a deep political hole. His own party put him there

The Greens’ leader did not handle the pointless and damaging conference motion about Zionism well. But why on earth would his own supporters create such a trap for him?

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Burnham has promised to become the King of Care. I’m desperate to believe he’ll succeed

Sep 29, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Burnham has promised to become the King of Care. I’m desperate to believe he’ll succeed

Having witnessed, and reported on, the parlous state of the system that looks after the vulnerable, I know how important (and how difficult) reform will be, writes the Nerve’s political columnist

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska on Starmer's legacy: he couldn’t read the room, take a stand... or even leave with grace

Sep 8, 2026

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Sangita Myska on Starmer's legacy: he couldn’t read the room, take a stand... or even leave with grace

The government’s decisive action and language today over Israeli settler violence points to the many things that could and should have been different under our former PM, writes the Nerve’s political commentator

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Is Jason Arday a fantasist or a victim of racism? Actually, he’s both

Aug 11, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Is Jason Arday a fantasist or a victim of racism? Actually, he’s both

The former professor’s claims about his extraordinary life do not bear scrutiny. But the frenzied and vicious reporting about him is impugning the good name of every black academic

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Hats off to Farage for an incredible achievement: he’s turned the rightwing press against him

Jul 14, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Hats off to Farage for an incredible achievement: he’s turned the rightwing press against him

The increasingly absurd spectacle of the Clacton byelection is starting to drag down Reform’s polling numbers – and Britain’s media barons don’t like a loser, writes our political commentator

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Burnham’s vow to deport the Rochdale gang leader is a big and difficult promise

Jul 7, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Burnham’s vow to deport the Rochdale gang leader is a big and difficult promise

The PM-in-waiting has marched on to the far right’s home turf by promising to act against Shabir Ahmed. He must know the task is fraught with obstacles and risk, writes the Nerve’s political columnist

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: He may be King of the North - but Andy Burnham should still stand in a leadership election

Jun 23, 2026

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Sangita Myska: He may be King of the North - but Andy Burnham should still stand in a leadership election

Labour’s coronation is going smoothly – too smoothly. A leadership contest to stress test the next prime minister is necessary for the good of party, and to unite the public behind him, argues the Nerve’s political commentator

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Henry Nowak’s father asked for peace. In response, Nigel Farage produced a conveyor belt of lies

Jun 9, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Henry Nowak’s father asked for peace. In response, Nigel Farage produced a conveyor belt of lies

The horror of the teenager’s murder, and the police failings surrounding it, have been shamelessly exploited by the far right’s disinformation machine whose claims, in turn, have been legitimised by the media

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