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Basit Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood

Shabana Mahmood tears into Reform’s Sarah Pochin after her racist comments

Basit Mahmood
31 October, 2025

Thus far, Farage has refused to take action against Pochin, showing how spineless he is as party leader

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham says Nigel Farage’s Reform ‘beatable’ after failing to win by-election

Basit Mahmood
30 October, 2025

“Isn’t the positive though from the Caerphilly by-election that Reform are beatable.”

Child poverty

Government warned child benefit cap must be scrapped altogether or face rise in poverty

Basit Mahmood
30 October, 2025

Gordon Brown has also called on the government to lift the cap and to fund it through taxes on online gambling.

Starmer

Keir Starmer roasts Kemi Badenoch at PMQs after reminding her of Tories’ awful record on the economy

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2025

“Just on Monday this week the Turkish government signed an £8bn deal for Typhoons, earlier this year the Norway government a £10bn for frigates, that’s because the budget we passed, fixing the mess they left.”

Asylum hotel

Companies supplying asylum accommodation on track for another record-breaking year of profits

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2025

The three major companies behind the multi-billion pound asylum accommodation system have already made £383 million in profits through taxpayer-funded contracts

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham pleads with government to scrap two-child benefit cap

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2025

‘You will lift so many kids out of poverty, in London, Liverpool, in Manchester.’

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler is almost thrown out of Commons for calling Sarah Pochin a racist

Basit Mahmood
28 October, 2025

‘I don’t want to be thrown out of Parliament again, so I will withdraw the fact that I am referring to the Member of Parliament as a racist because of her racist comments.’

Theresa May

Theresa May rips into her own political party for emboldening Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
28 October, 2025

‘For the Conservative Party, it risks chasing votes from Reform at the expense of the wider electorate.’

Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart takes apart far-right thug Tommy Robinson

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2025

Disappointment with the government is “not a reason to embrace a convicted criminal with what I see as very, very dangerous views’

Chris Philp

Shameless Tory MP Chris Philp refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s comments racist during car crash interview

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2025

It shows once more how spineless the Tory party has become in a race to the bottom with Reform UK.

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