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Andy Burnham could change voting system without manifesto commitment, Make Votes Matter says
The group's CEO said that putting proportional representation in a manifesto "is great, but the urgency is greater than that"
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Senior Tory left red-faced after being shown Makerfield poll putting Conservatives in last place
A senior Tory MP was left humiliated on air when shown the results of a voting intention poll for the […]
News
Andy Burnham calls Farage ‘desperate’ for attacking Manchester refugee support scheme
'Are you getting desperate, lad?'
Makerfield by-election
Reform knew about Robert Kenyon’s social media accounts before selecting him as their Makerfield by-election candidate
Robert Kenyon has posted a series of sexist and anti-migrant posts and voiced support for far-right figures
Makerfield by-election
Reform says ‘entirely reasonable’ for its Makerfield candidate to blame Hillary Clinton for Manchester Arena bombing
Reform has decided to continue supporting its by-election candidate in Makerfield, despite a number of scandals involving past social media […]
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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.
Right-Wing Watch
Right-wing media watch: Daily Mail lines up veteran Brexiteers to sound the ‘Brejoin’ alarm
A decade on from the referendum, the case for Brexit sounds like a tired record stuck on repeat.
Right-Wing Watch
The Murdoch effect: How the right abandoned climate conservatism
“Murdoch will be looked back on by historians as someone who used their media monopoly to influence the destabilisation of the Earth’s climate.”
Right-Wing Watch
Right-wing media watch: Flag fury once again consumes the right
The Telegraph drafted in the reliably vexed Sir John Hayes, who declared he could see no reason for the flags to be removed “whatever the weather.”
Opinion
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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
Opinion
Kim Johnson MP: ‘You cannot renew the Labour Party by removing one fixer while protecting the culture that enabled him’
This is not the party I came into politics to represent. Our movement is rooted in trade unionism, solidarity, democracy and social justice. But these values have been increasingly sidelined