Bank of England governor says UK must do “everything we can” to improve trade with EU
Andrew Bailey has called for the UK to “rebuild” its trading relationship with the European Union.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Woke bashing of the week – Reform to ban councils from flying ‘woke’ flags
Worryingly, it’s often the mad-as-a-hatter crowd who go the distance in politics, just look at Donald Trump.
Trump eyes Rwanda for migrant deportations, echoing UK’s controversial scheme
Trump’s proposal, would potentially make Rwanda the first African nation to accept third-country deportees from the US.
Right-wing media watch – Immigration panic drowns out UK/India trade deal
You might expect that with a UK/India trade deal having been seen as one of the crown jewels of post-EU independence, the pro-Brexit media would be celebrating its arrival after more than three years of negotiations across successive governments.
Farage: who are the guilty men (and women)?
Like a recurring rash, Farage keeps coming back, louder and more emboldened each time. But who let it happen? Who are the enablers—the donors bankrolling his campaigns, the commentators parroting his lines, the broadcasters handing him a microphone time and time again, and the botched policies of the other parties?
Northern women face deep inequalities and urgent need for change, report warns
“It’s a damning reminder of the deep inequalities women in the North continue to face in health, in work, and in opportunity.”
Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s holy snitch hotline!
It makes you nostalgic for the days when it was just Fox News and of course its UK copycats – GB News and the Daily Mail – which tuned their violins for the annual “Easter cancelled” and “War on Christmas” symphony, where the absence of a nativity scene becomes a constitutional crisis.
Ending poverty could save Britain £75bn a year, says charity
Trussell is calling for an “essentials guarantee” to be embedded within Universal Credit to ensure recipients can afford basic needs such as food and heating.
Kemi Badenoch’s call for ‘massive Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament’ met with brutal mockery
“Good idea—the pigeons need something new to shit on.”
Right-wing media watch – Mail reaches for the trans panic playbook
In faithfully amplifying Lord Ashcroft’s latest attempt to cause political embarrassment, through the ever-reliable culture war wedge, the Mail doesn’t just play dirty, it plays painfully predictable.