Rishi Sunak proved again this week that he doesn’t understand child poverty
56% of people in poverty in the UK are in a working family and 7 in 10 children in poverty are in a family where at least one parent works.
Basit Mahmood
More right-wing news websites set to be launched by former editors of Sun and Mail Online
Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie plans on launching a new right-wing populist website in the New Year called the Daily Disclosure.
Nadine Dorries attacks Rishi Sunak over social care plans
Reacting to the news that the policy could be delayed and even possibly shelved altogether, Dorries took to Twitter to condemn the move saying she was ‘very surprised’.
Nurses vote to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history
“Anger has become action – our members are saying enough is enough.”
Rishi Sunak humiliated at PMQs over Gavin Williamson appointment and failed windfall tax
“He can’t even stand up to a cartoon bully with a pet spider”, so how can he stand up for the British people?”.
Tories slammed for hypocrisy after Gavin Williamson ‘bullying is never acceptable’ video comes back to haunt him
Williamson quit the cabinet in disgrace yesterday, over allegations that he bullied MPs as well as civil servants. He denies any wrongdoing.
Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list includes Paul Dacre and Tory donor who had to quit over shares selling scandal
“I predicted a Lavender List of “dodgy donors and obsequious courtiers”.
Daily Mail ridiculed after claiming it was Ed Miliband who tanked the economy
“When was Ed Miliband the Prime Minister???”
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‘Anti-woke’ insurgents Restore Trust fail miserably in bid to take control of National Trust
The majority of members voted down a motion to condemn the National Trust’s participation in Pride events with 65% voting against it at the AGM