Nadine Dorries mocks Rishi Sunak for wearing a £3,500 suit and £490 Prada shoes
“Rishi visits Teeside in Prada shoes worth £450 and sported £3,500 bespoke suit as he prepared for crunch leadership vote.”
Basit Mahmood
Isn’t it time for further legislation to tackle social class inequality and classism?
According to the Social Mobility Commission, even when those from working-class backgrounds have the same education attainment, role and experience as their more privileged colleagues, those from poorer backgrounds are still paid an average of £2,242 (7%) less.
Channel 4 proves another Nadine Dorries claim to be untrue
After rigorously investigating the claims, Channel 4 says it had found no evidence to back up what Dorries said.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, July 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Liz Truss says she wanted Boris Johnson to ‘carry on as Prime Minister’
Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she said: “I wanted Boris to carry on as prime minister.”
Tory members demand they are given the option of voting for Boris Johnson in the leadership ballot
The wording of the petition states: “I demand Boris Johnson is added to the ballot as an option for the members to vote upon in the forthcoming election.”
Firefighters’ union blasts government policy of cutting resources amid heatwave crisis
“Firefighters are at the forefront of the climate emergency. The demands of the job are increasing but our resources have been under attack by government cuts for over a decade. 11,500 firefighter jobs have been slashed since 2010.”
Daily Mail mocked for piece attacking ‘woke’ and ‘climate alarmist Met Office’ amid heatwave crisis
The record-breaking temperatures yesterday meant that the fire service in London faced its busiest day since the second world war, as fires raged throughout the country.
Government’s net zero strategy breaches UK’s climate obligations, High Court rules
The law requires the government to produce detailed climate policies showing how the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…