Top 5 local election battles to watch this May
With the local elections on 1 May, Left Foot Forward picks out the most competitive races and potential game-changers.
The article predictably enlists a cast of familiar right-wing voices to make the case for British universities to follow Trump’s lead.
“This situation has the alarming potential to evolve into a propaganda regime over time, requiring urgent attention.”
Behind the 14-mile sea wall at Canvey Island, little was going on to celebrate St George’s Day, which the right-wing broadcaster took as a sign of national shame.
Expecting the anti-net zero brigade to do their homework might be asking too much.
Independent candidates are fast becoming the conscience of the left, offering a way to hold Labour to account. Their rise, like Reform’s, shows how broken Britain’s two-party system has become, and how ripe it is for potential change.
In 2024 alone, 5,000 people closed their Barclays accounts in protest.
Nick Candy, the party’s treasurer, told the FT that the party is also looking to raise funds from British expatriates who can donate in their own name as well as rich foreigners with UK businesses.
Jenrick is now saying he wants to “send Nigel Farage back to retirement”
‘The free voter ID scheme has utterly failed.’
Remember when Boris Johnson claimed the UK was “first in line” for a free trade deal with the US back in 2017?