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Basit Mahmood

Voting Ballot Box
News

EXCLUSIVE: 65% of voters want Liz Truss to call a general election immediately, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
19 October, 2022

When it comes to party affiliation, nearly half of those who voted Conservative in 2019 want an immediate election (49%), with 89% of Labour voters also demanding one.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
18 October, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Daily Mail
News

Daily Mail roasted for front pages which cheered on disastrous mini-budget

Basit Mahmood
18 October, 2022

‘The Mail couldn’t hide its glee at the unfunded tax cuts, which disproportionately benefited the wealthiest’

Nadine Dorries
News

Nadine Dorries ridiculed after suggesting Boris Johnson be brought back as a PM

Basit Mahmood
18 October, 2022

“He lost that mandate when he broke the law, lied and broke the ministerial code and was forced to resign by his own government.”

Child poverty
News

4 million children now living in homes without adequate access to food, as food insecurity doubles since January

Basit Mahmood
18 October, 2022

One in four households with children (25.8) have experienced food insecurity in the past month, with an estimated 4 million children affected

Lis Truss speaking at her first PMQs
Opinion

How long does Liz Truss have left as Prime Minister?

Basit Mahmood
17 October, 2022

Politico estimates that up to 100 MPs are poised to submit or have already submitted no-confidence letters to Graham Brady, with the aim of forcing a change to the existing rules.

Jeremy Hunt
News

Jeremy Hunt demolishes Liz Truss’s entire mini-budget announcing massive U-turns

Basit Mahmood
17 October, 2022

Hunt said that the government will “reverse almost all of the tax measures”

Liz Truss speaking in the House of Commons

10 cabinet ministers including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Thérèse Coffey and Jeremy Hunt would lose seats in election, poll shows

Basit Mahmood
17 October, 2022

Boris Johnson is also predicted to lose his seat and the party would also face a disastrous result in the red wall, losing all 45 seats it currently holds.

Royal Mail building
News

Royal Mail workers in ‘largest strike of the year’ over low pay

Basit Mahmood
13 October, 2022

“Postal workers face the biggest ever assault on their jobs, terms and conditions in the history of Royal Mail.”

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, October 2022

Basit Mahmood
13 October, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

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