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Basit Mahmood

A photo of the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting slams Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s comments as racist

Basit Mahmood
27 October, 2025

“What we have seen is a return of 1970s and 1980s-style racism I thought we had left in the history books.

Katie Lam

Tory MPs complain to whips over Katie Lam’s call to deport legal immigrants in order to make UK ‘culturally coherent’

Basit Mahmood
24 October, 2025

“It’s either dog-whistle or it’s so vague it’s meaningless,” one Tory MP said

Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries mocked on BBC Question Time as she struggles to explain Reform immigration plan

Basit Mahmood
24 October, 2025

Glad to see the Question Time audience not take Dorries that seriously.

wealth tax

Overwhelming majority of Britons support wealth tax, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
23 October, 2025

Of the 12 proposals put to the British public to see which they would support in principle, the second most popular was a ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth more than £2m, which garners the support of 69% of the public.

Mike Graham

Mike Graham ‘suspended from Talk show’ after racist posts on Facebook

Basit Mahmood
23 October, 2025

Graham has since been suspended from his breakfast show, the Daily Mail reports.

Eton

Labour’s VAT on private school fees is set to raise more money than expected

Basit Mahmood
22 October, 2025

This will now mean that the Labour government will be able to channel more of the funds raised into the state sector.

James O'Brien

James O’Brien takes apart Tory MP Katie Lam over her calls to deport legally settled families

Basit Mahmood
22 October, 2025

“I think this is the single most disgusting thing since Robert Jenrick last opened his mouth.”

Stephen Doughty

Labour minister slams Nigel Farage for spouting ‘Kremlin talking points’ in Commons takedown

Basit Mahmood
21 October, 2025

‘I’m surprised that the honourable gentleman has the gall to come here and talk about national security…’

Keir Starmer

Labour government is spending more than Boris Johnson on levelling up in first year

Basit Mahmood
21 October, 2025

The Labour government is spending more than Boris Johnson on levelling up in its first year in office, investing £2bn more, new analysis has revealed.

Katie Lam

Tory MP Katie Lam condemned for saying legally settled families should be deported to make UK more “culturally coherent”

Basit Mahmood
21 October, 2025

‘Cranks like Katie Lam don’t get to define what our culture should be or which of our friends and neighbours should be deported…’

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