Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to the Labour Party in first brick to fall from Johnson’s red wall
Wakeford had written a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
Basit Mahmood
Majority of 2019 Tory voters think people on low incomes and the poorest have become worse off since last election
58% of 2019 Conservative voters think people on low incomes have become worse off financially since the last general election.
2019 intake of Tory MPs launch plot to boot Boris Johnson from office
Boris Johnson has run out of road
Race equality groups condemn vote to introduce voter ID as ‘voter suppression’
327 MPs voted in favour of introducing photo ID at elections, including 85 Tories who voted against the need for Covid passes to gain entry into nightclubs and big events.
UK poverty report: 1.8 million children are growing up in deep poverty
There are 500,000 more children living in significant poverty in 2019/20 compared to 2011/12
Mainly foreign owned GB News to play the national anthem every day
The same GB News that is largely foreign owned, with its start up cash down to two foreign investors.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Boris Johnson hands out gongs to people he sacked so he can keep skeletons in the closet
John Whittingdale and Nick Gibb, who were also sacked from government, will also be handed knighthoods to ‘keep them quiet, its been reported.
Nadine Dorries turns attention to destroying the BBC in bid to save Boris Johnson
Dorries said that “state-run TV has had its day”.
Carole Cadwalladr in court today to fight defamation claim by Brexit backer Arron Banks
Whatever the outcome of the ruling, it will have far-reaching consequences for public interest journalism in our country.
