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Basit Mahmood

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Electoral Commission issues unprecedented warning about threat to its independence

Basit Mahmood
23 February, 2022

‘The Statement has no precedent in the accountability arrangements of electoral commissions in other comparable democracies, such as Canada, Australia or New Zealand’.

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EXCLUSIVE: Two-thirds of voters want rules changed so MPs can call out lies in Parliament, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
23 February, 2022

While 66% of voters backed a change to the rules, just 19% opposed any changes.

Boris Johnson

Unions slam Boris Johnson for telling Britons to learn from ‘disciplined’ Germans

Basit Mahmood
22 February, 2022

Statutory sick pay in Germany is 50% pay for 84 weeks, while in the UK statutory sick pay is £96.35 per week for 28 weeks.

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‘Totally deluded’: Arron Banks and Nigel Farage blame the EU over Putin’s aggression

Basit Mahmood
22 February, 2022

‘Not so much GB News as KGB News’

Eton

EXCLUSIVE: Voters support ending the charitable status of private schools, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
22 February, 2022

44% support ending the charitable status of private schools, compared to 15% who oppose any such move.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

A roundup of progressive news….

Daily Mail

Daily Mail slammed for ‘grotesquely offensive and insulting’ front page

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

‘No-one should have to work while they’re sick.’

Boris Johnson

Wife of former Putin minister is on ‘shadow cabinet’ of Tory donors who have direct access to Boris Johnson

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

Lubov Chernukhin is said to have lobbied against higher tax for the ultra-rich and is the largest female donor in British political history

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham rips apart dishonest Tories ‘playing from Trump’s handbook’ during Question Time

Basit Mahmood
18 February, 2022

‘You cut councils in their budget then you campaign against council tax rises when councils have no other choice but to do that.’

Steve baker

Fed up constituents set up ‘Steve Baker Watch’ over MP’s climate stance

Basit Mahmood
18 February, 2022

‘People in High Wycombe have had enough of MP Steve Baker, his uncaring attitude to his constituents & his work with climate-denying cronies’

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