Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Basit Mahmood
Times slammed for ‘shockingly misleading’ bar chart on Boris Johnson’s popularity
‘The world’s most misleading graph in Today’s Times’
Barristers go on strike over legal aid fees
Junior barristers can earn as little as £88 a day in court for a bail application and are not paid for preparation work or travel, meaning they can end up earning less than the minimum wage.
Boris Johnson hit with new wave of no confidence letters
Boris Johnson’s announcement that he intended to run for a third term and govern into the mid 2030s, is said to have provoked Tory MPs
Tory chair quits after spectacular by-election losses for Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton
Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, June 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Daily Mail mocked for front page claiming ‘Labour isn’t working’
“The Tories have been in government for 12 years, and yet shitrags can still run nonsensical headlines”
RMT boss Mick Lynch praised for superb performances against corporate media and Tory MPs
‘Others should study his techniques’
Dinner with Boris Johnson sells for £120,000 as rich Tory donors splash cash at party’s summer ball
An African safari trip sold for £65,000 while a shooting weekend went for £37,000 and wine tasting for £30,000, along with a Chelsea vs. Arsenal tickets for £5,000.
Tory hypocrisy: Number 10 planning to tear up restrictions on City bosses’ pay while urging pay restraint for rest of us
“Everyone counts or nobody counts.”
