Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive outlets…
Basit Mahmood
The damning chart which shows why so many public sector workers are striking
Using data from the ONS, the chart shows how much public sector pay has fallen behind that of private sector pay since 2010.
Mick Lynch tears into the BBC for ‘parroting right-wing attack lines’
“Why are you pursuing this line, I read this stuff in the Sun and Daily Mail and the Telegraph.”
Official statistics watchdog reprimands Conservatives over false £800bn post-Brexit trade deal claims
‘It is misleading to describe the £800bn figure as a measure of ‘new global trade’ resulting from the recent deals’
Tactical voting campaign launched in 62 seats to oust Tories
“There is now an undeniable demand from the country – not only for a new government, but a new political system.”
Sunday Express admits it made false claim about unaccompanied children seeking asylum
“This was incorrect and misrepresented the data published by the Home Office”
RMT’s Mick Lynch says the country could soon see a general strike
“I definitely think there will be generalised action as we go through into the New Year.”
Tories threaten to push ahead with anti-strike laws in new year if Christmas strikes take place
“If the Christmas Eve strike goes ahead, we need to crack on with the anti-strike laws early in the new year”, said one minister.
Keir Starmer takes Rishi Sunak apart at PMQs for handing over millions to Tory Peer for dodgy PPE
“How did his colleague Baroness Mone end up with nearly £30 million of taxpayers money in her bank account?”
Wife of former Putin minister makes another £52,000 donation to the Tories
Lubov Chernukhin, the UK’s biggest female political donor ever and who is a wife of a former Putin Minister, donated a further £52,000 to the Tories over the summer.