The paper I assume was genuinely radical back in the day since iirc Manchester was at the heart of the British labour movement. Now they have to half heartedly pretend they're still left wing while having essentially the same politics as the economist.
My understanding, and I am not British, is that there was a vibrant leftist journalism in the UK, but that it has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Guardian today is basically ideologically neoliberal.
The paper I assume was genuinely radical back in the day since iirc Manchester was at the heart of the British labour movement. Now they have to half heartedly pretend they're still left wing while having essentially the same politics as the economist.
My understanding, and I am not British, is that there was a vibrant leftist journalism in the UK, but that it has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Guardian today is basically ideologically neoliberal.
knowing that many UK tabloids used to be left wing blew my mind
Murdoch press is a hell of a drug