Lord John Bird urges government to step up on poverty to head off Reform threat
Bird warns that unless the government acts now, they will not hold back the rise of Reform at the next general election.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Sale of the Telegraph takes another turn
After two years of uncertainty, the ownership saga of the Telegraph has taken yet another twist.
Right-wing media watch – Starmer’s immigration crackdown will never appease the right-wing press
No matter how hard Labour tries to demonstrate control over immigration, the right-wing media will keep moving the goalposts, and will almost always favour the headline-grabbing provocateur that is Nigel Farage.
The war on net zero: how political climate consensus fell apart
Today, net zero is no longer a unifying goal, it’s a political dividing line. Its biggest threat is manufactured outrage and political cowardness.
Music industry urges UK-EU Summit to address post-Brexit trade barriers for musicians
“Put simply, the current arrangements are not working. Which means audiences, artists and venues in the EU and UK are missing out on the enormous benefits which closer cultural exchange would bring.”
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.
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?