Too toxic for the centre-left and out of favour with the far-left: Where now for Aaron Bastani?
A recent Financial Times profile will have given the controversial blogger a much-needed ego boost.
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The Canary repeats right-wing smear against human rights organisation
In The Canary’s mission statement, it claims to provide an alternative to the “largely conservative” mainstream media controlled by “a handful of powerful moguls.” That is, when it’s not lifting stories from one of Britain's most right-wing political commentators.
Ex-footballer Neville Southall boycotts Novara Media
Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper, Neville Southall, has declined to appear on a Novara Media podcast due to allegations that the site has given a platform to people accused of sexual assault.
Alt-left’s Aaron Bastani offered role at New Labour think tank
Novara Media’s Aaron Bastani has been offered a job as Head of New Media at the IPPR - the one-time intellectual home of New Labour
Skwawkbox accuses Muslim cabinet minister of lying about hate letter
The Alt-left website has attacked Housing Secretary Sajid Javid over an Islamophobic hate letter he received.
Spreading conspiracy theories blaming Israel for the Salisbury attack, the Alt-left media are doing Vladimir Putin’s work for him
Following the attack in Salisbury of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Alt-left media sites The Canary, Evolve Politics, and Skwawkbox, have been promoting conspiracy theories which blame the British government, Israel, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Ahead of Theresa May’s response to the Salisbury attack, Alt-left site Evolve Politics quotes 9/11 conspiracy theorist in defence of Russia Today.
Evolve Politics, an online news outlet, has come to the defence of Russia Today (RT), ahead of Theresa May’s speech setting out Britain’s response to the attack in Salisbury. It is expected that she may propose action against the Kremlin-backed channel.