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Gaza is a massive factor in Labour's polling woes
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Makerfield by-election
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Nigel Farage suggests Reform should be “unapologetic” about Robert Kenyon’s offensive social media posts
He claimed that Kenyon’s remarks are “the kind of comments you’ll hear in every pub in the country every evening”
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Most Makerfield voters would be less likely to vote for a candidate who has posted offensive content
Voters also support Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring utilities into public ownership and would not want measures in the Employment Rights Act to be scrapped
Labour leadership crisis
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Andy Burnham should refuse to serve in Keir Starmer’s cabinet’, says MP
An ally of Andy Burnham has told LFF that he should refuse to serve in Keir Starmer’s cabinet should he […]
Labour leadership crisis
Andy Burnham says he won’t hold back on early changes to House of Lords -including downsizing it
Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has said that he will not hold back on early changes to the House of […]
Right-Wing Watch
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Right-Wing Watch
Woke-bashing of the week: GB News can’t decide whether the NFL supports Pride Month, but still declares a Trump triumph
Is the NFL actually distancing itself from Pride Month, or is GB News selectively presenting evidence to fit a preferred political narrative?
Right-Wing Watch
Right-wing media watch – The Mail’s Burnham ‘fake running’ stories exposed
For a newspaper that invested considerable effort in implying Burnham’s jogging routine was somehow fabricated, the sight of the Greater Manchester mayor posting a competitive 10km time was an awkward reminder that sometimes a runner is simply a runner.
Right-Wing Watch
The media’s shocking role in Britain’s anti-trans movement
Through sustained media attention, political opportunism and well-funded campaigning networks, trans people have been elevated from a small minority seeking equal treatment into a symbolic battleground in Britain's culture wars.
Right-Wing Watch
Woke-bashing of the week: When even the Chelsea Flower Show becomes ‘woke’
The article opens with artist Grayson Perry’s quip that Chelsea is “Glastonbury for people who wear linen,” a line obviously intended as affectionate satire, but repurposed as the prelude to a familiar conservative grievance narrative.
Opinion
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Columnists
The housing crisis is manufactured. We can end it.
Wage cuts and the right to buy are to blame
Opinion
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From their by-election candidate's offensive social media posts to Farage's unsubstantiated Russia hack claims, it's not been going well for Reform
Columnists
The King’s Speech wasn’t the transformative plan for the country we need
The government has some good policies, but not a transformative plan for society.
Opinion
The big lesson from the local elections? We need proportional representation
The British public has moved on from the old way of doing politics. Now it’s time for our voting system to catch up.
Opinion
Tom Watson: The bins, the bombs, the ballot box
Local elections collide with national anger as voters walk away from the two-party system
Opinion
The government must act now to ensure the AI transition benefits everybody
The UK must urgently reform its tax, social security and skills systems to keep up with a rapidly changing labour market