'Absolutely pathetic': Owen Jones 'kicked out of Labour Party conference' Owen Jones has claimed he has been kicked out of the Labour Party conference. The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2025
Corbyn and Sultana: the needs of the left are greater than any of your differences Millions of UK voters are desperate for radical change. For their sake, we must hope Your Party’s hotheads give way to calm strategists, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
If Labour admitted there is a genocide in Gaza, it would have to admit its own hand in it From publicly shunning British Palestinians, to supplying parts for fighter jets, Labour looks increasingly out of step with international opinion, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025
This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10 A simple, terrible and obvious mistake is being made. The more Labour echoes Reform’s talking points, the more it strengthens them, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2025
From the streets of Baghdad, I saw a clear line to the bloodshed in Gaza The west faced no reckoning for the death and destruction it wreaked in Iraq. That made the war crimes we’re now witnessing inevitable, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025
Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster. They knew what was happening all along, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025
British ministers are betting they won’t face justice for complicity over Gaza. It’s a big risk to take David Lammy seemingly believes Israel and its supporters will always be able to act with impunity – but the status quo surely cannot hold, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025
Labour MPs rally behind Diane Abbott after second suspension LABOUR MPs have rallied around their veteran colleagues Diane Abbott after she was suspended by the party again. The National (Scotland) · Jul 18, 2025
Galileo’s recantation and Palestine Action Letters: Rev Canon Dr Rob Kelsey on having to recant the truth, just like the 17th-century Italian polymath The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025
The BBC has alienated everyone with its Gaza coverage. After this latest failure, who will be left to defend it? The decision to take Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone off iPlayer was not necessary – and has opened it up to further accusations of bias, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025
Fact check: Clip about October 7 attack was taken out of context Two short clips did not include the context either side which showed that Owen Jones was making a point about a line of questioning. Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025
Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician’s words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025
Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him He has used clear messaging to redirect anger from the disenfranchised to the economic elites. That the wealthy are worried shows it’s working, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025 The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025 Don’t think Nigel Farage will kill off the Tories? Just look at Reform UK’s surge in Scotland The party is making inroads among people who once chose not to vote. But as Zia Yusuf’s resignation shows, chaos still reigns, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025 Robert Jenrick has been on a bizarre political journey. It’s made him incredibly dangerous Once a pro-remain Cameronite, he’s now engaging with the far right – and he’s in pole position for the Tory leadership, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025 A moment of judgment has come at last: not just for Netanyahu but for his enablers Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza has prompted international condemnation, but many of those critics will face their own reckoning, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025 Starmer and his allies spent so long attacking Labour’s left, they forgot how to govern Rehashing 20-year-old Blairite ideas that were stale then will inspire nobody. Britain is crying out for bold, transformative policy-making, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025 Trump’s border intimidation is coming for US citizens too – ask streamer Hasan Piker The leftwing, pro-Palestine streamer’s interrogation by airport officials on his return to the US shows a chilling escalation of the war on free speech, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025 If the Greens really are to become the Reform-style populists of the left, Zack Polanski could be their man The deputy leader is challenging for the top job at a time when the party urgently needs to pick up disillusioned leftwing voters, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025 Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025 While Starmer’s hand was forced on British Steel, it’s time to forge ahead with more nationalisations The majority of Britons are sick of privatisation and value public ownership. Labour must offer a radical alternative, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025 Israel deporting two Labour MPs? The British government is finally outraged Eighteen months of slaughter in Gaza has resulted in little more than tepid official letters. It’s taken diplomatic humiliation to cause real anger, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones