Making babies – the Right’s latest bright idea
Orbán-style birthrate populism with nasty racist undertones has arrived in Britain. How worried should we be?
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Criticism grows over Lee Anderson’s £100,000 GB News’ job in wake of Laurence Fox misogyny scandal
‘At some point the government party might have to give the fact its deputy chair appears on this channel some consideration.’
Amnesty launches global protest repression map, revealing UK is ‘worse than average’ on empowerment rights
‘The UK is rapidly aligning itself with a host of repressive governments we have previously condemned for the way they crack down on protesters, dissent and fundamental freedoms.’
Thousands gather in London for National Rejoin March
Protesters, waving flags from across Europe, made their way to Parliament Square.
What will happen to the Tories if they lose the next election?
The internal fall-out over Sunak’s Net Zero U-turn and Truss’ admission that her own party didn’t buy her tax cuts, tells us everything about the current state of a deeply divided Conservative party, where different factions, with their own ideologies, motives, followers, and agendas, will be vying to take grip of the party, post-general election.
Boris Johnson let off the hook over ‘clear breach of rules’ over Daily Mail column
‘Here we go again. There is no real democracy without real accountability.’
Manchester launches first locally controlled bus service in four decades
“I hope it signals the start of a public transport revolution across the whole of England,” says Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham.
A list of the strike action this autumn
Aslef has announced more strikes, which will coincide with the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
Tories’ flagship ‘levelling up’ has ‘stalled’ under Sunak, says IfG report
The focus on closing gaping regional inequalities has lost momentum.
Nigel Farage promotes Rejoin March on GB News
‘We are extremely grateful to Nigel Farage and GB News for promoting our march.’