Labour to back bankers’ bonuses: How the Left responded
Rachel Reeves has said she has ‘no intention’ of re-establishing the cap.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Activists protest outside Shell HQ as company announces second-highest cash flow in its history
It would take the average British worker over 640,000 years to earn as much as Shell did in 2023.
Watchdog confirms government may have broken law on river pollution
‘Rather than raise its ambition when it comes to protecting our rivers, the government has left the law unenforced for years and encouraged some actors to pollute our waterways.’
Human rights organisations demand weapons embargo to stop fuelling Gaza crisis
‘All states have an obligation to prevent atrocity crimes and promote adherence to norms that protect civilians. The international community is long overdue to live up to these commitments.’
Could the Tories still win?
Could 2024 become remembered for the British people ‘hurling the findings of the opinion polls back into the faces of the pollsters,’ as Times’ journalist George Clarke wrote following the Tories’ shock win in 1970?
Brexit and cost-of-living crisis force Spanish NHS workers to abandon Britain
‘Good luck NHS nurses, you need it.’
Nicola Sturgeon hailed as ‘most relatable politician’ for Boris Johnson is a ‘f***ing clown’ comment
‘Peak honesty in politics’
Top Levelling Up official admits speed of delivering ‘levelling up’ has ‘not matched expectations’
The comment is the latest confirmation that the Tories’ levelling up agenda is failing.
Watchdog slams Prime Minister over repeated claims to have ‘cleared’ asylum backlog
Even Fraser Nelson, editor of the right-wing Tory magazine, The Spectator, joined the criticism, likening Sunak’s X post to that of a ‘snakeoil salesman.’
How the Right sabotaged ‘responsible capitalism’
The sabotaging of ‘responsible capitalism’ takes us to America, where, as culture wars rage, businesses seen as socially and environmentally progressive are under attack.