Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Basit Mahmood
Tory minister defends UK offering just 50 visas to Ukrainian refugees during car crash interview
The UK’s response has been slammed as ‘inhumane’
EU issues 30 times more sanctions than UK since Russia invaded Ukraine
Analysis by Bloomberg shows that while the EU has sanctioned 490 Russian entities since the country first invaded Ukraine, the UK has just sanctioned 16.
Conservative party co-chair Ben Elliot deletes company webpage boasting about Russia ‘elite’ connections
The Labour Party has also written to Johnson, demanding that he sack Elliot as co-chair, after he secured nearly £2 million of Russia-linked donations for the party
‘Rewarded for failure’: Gavin Williamson mocked after receiving knighthood
‘Cock it up. Know where the skeletons are. Resign. Arise Sir ……..’
Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast: 5 takeaways from the latest episode
A roundup of the Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast
Who is Igor Shuvalov, the ‘Kremlin crony’ mentioned by Keir Starmer at PMQs
Shuvalov is on the EU’s sanctions list but not on the UK sanctions list.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, March 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Anger after MPs get £2,200 pay rise as rest of the country faces cost of living crisis
“It’s time for a pay rise for all workers – not just MPs.”
Roman Abramovich in ‘desperate bid to sell off assets before they are seized’
Abramovich could even sell Chelsea Football Club this week