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Basit Mahmood

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EXCLUSIVE: Tory councillor said Islam ‘is the enemy’ and that it ‘will have to be defeated’

Basit Mahmood
12 April, 2022

Councillor Gary Talbot, from Stourport Town Council, tweeted: “Islam is the enemy within England, and it will have to be defeated within England, by the English”.

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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will be fined for attending parties during lockdown

Basit Mahmood
12 April, 2022

So far, a total of more than 50 fines have been handed for Covid law-breaking in government buildings.

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Outrage after Tory MP defends colleague convicted of sexually assaulting teenage boy

Basit Mahmood
12 April, 2022

‘Crispin’s views are wholly unacceptable’

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

Basit Mahmood
11 April, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

UK benefits fall to their lowest value in 50 years

Basit Mahmood
11 April, 2022

Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.

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‘Arrogant’ and ‘lacking in self-awareness’: Rishi Sunak slammed for ordering inquiry into who leaked his wife’s tax status

Basit Mahmood
11 April, 2022

“How about an enquiry into the 4.3bn fraudsters have gotten away with? Or billions in dodgy PPE contracts?”

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Tory minister laughed at and mocked on BBC Question Time after insisting that £200 energy ‘discount’ is not ‘a loan’

Basit Mahmood
8 April, 2022

‘But you have to pay it back, it sounds like a loan?’

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Government slammed for plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing

Basit Mahmood
8 April, 2022

“What next? “Offshoring” the unemployed? The sick? the disabled? Protesters? Criminals?”

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Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy criticised for ‘misleading statement’ defending her non-dom tax status

Basit Mahmood
7 April, 2022

Tax campaigners have been quick to point out that non-dom status is a choice individuals make rather than something that is automatically conferred as a result of nationality.

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Government defeated in the Lords over plans to introduce photo ID in elections

Basit Mahmood
7 April, 2022

Cabinet Office research has found that 42 percent of those with no photo ID said they were unlikely to apply.

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