Basit Mahmood
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Liz Truss wins support of economist who advised Thatcher and who got it spectacularly wrong on Brexit
Minford claimed that leaving the EU without a trade deal would have boosted the UK’s GDP by 4%
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.”
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…