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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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4 min read

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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5 min read

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

Sangita Myska: Over 2000 British citizens have served in the IDF during the Gaza war. Our government doesn't want to know

May 26, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Over 2000 British citizens have served in the IDF during the Gaza war. Our government doesn't want to know

A cross-party open letter demands the UK government upholds its obligations to screen returning dual-nationals for their links to potential war crimes

Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

May 12, 2026

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Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

The PM’s position is untenable, and his time in office has been a string of unforced errors, but Labour is even more badly served by the current chaotic infighting. The only way forward is an orderly transition to a candidate that both wings of the divided party can respect

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska: Should Bitcoin investor Nigel Farage be promising to pass laws boosting crypto? Of course not

Apr 26, 2026

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4 min read

Sangita Myska: Should Bitcoin investor Nigel Farage be promising to pass laws boosting crypto? Of course not

In the US, Trump is already riding roughshod over glaringly obvious conflicts of interest. We can’t let the same thing happen in Britain

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
The Greens aren’t ‘extreme’, PM: they’re just behaving like Labour should

Mar 3, 2026

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6 min read

The Greens aren’t ‘extreme’, PM: 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
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

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