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Basit Mahmood

Opinion

Rishi Sunak’s comments accusing striking workers and unions of ‘waging class war’ are shameful and full of hypocrisy

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

‘The language of ‘class war’ is not helpful, in fact it seeks to portray those who are undertaking strike action, whether it be nurses, rail workers or border officers as ‘enemies of the state’

Bob Stewart
News

Tory MP Bob Stewart tells human rights activist who was tortured to ‘go back to Bahrain’

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

Alwadaei asked the MP: “How much did you sell yourself to the Bahraini regime”.

Pat Cullen
News

Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen says nurses are ‘dreading Christmas’ as she sets out in damning detail the hardships they face

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2022

“Some members have told me over this last week that they are fearful they are going to lose their own house under not being able to pay their rent come the new year”

Conservative Party rosette
News

The Tories’ new senior treasurer served as a minister in the brutal regime of Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

“Just when you think the Conservatives have plumbed the depths of sleaze and scandal we have this: a billionaire who was a part of Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic regime”

Brexit
News

Brexit ‘fantasies’ have made ‘severe challenges’ in NHS worse and could widen health inequalities, report finds

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

‘The effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces.’

Dowden
News

Tory minister left red-faced after his false claim about the cost of public sector pay rises is exposed

Basit Mahmood
19 December, 2022

“If you want to be honest with people this morning, your numbers are not completely accurate are they?”

HMRC
News

A fall in tax investigations means HMRC lost out on £9bn, says watchdog

Basit Mahmood
16 December, 2022

While the Tories have been busy telling us that they can’t afford to invest more in public services, it’s emerged that a fall in tax investigations carried out by HMRC has cost the government £9 billion. The FT reports: “HMRCtest

Pat Cullen
News

Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen roasts Peter Hitchens on Question Time for claiming nurses shouldn’t strike

Basit Mahmood
16 December, 2022

“Could Peter live in Central London on £27,000 and travel to his work every day, costing possibly around £500 a month to get to and from work”

Nigel Farage on GB News
News

GB News was biggest media spender on MPs in past year

Basit Mahmood
16 December, 2022

Press Gazette reports that 60 MPs made just under £350,000 from media appearances last year with some of the highest earning upwards of £40,000 a year.

Grant Shapps
News

Grant Shapps gets upset and complains about having facts and figures ‘thrown at him’

Basit Mahmood
15 December, 2022

“If you’re uncomfortable with me using all these statistics on growth how would you like me to measure your performance as the Department for Growth?”.

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