Tory peer Chris Patten labelled ‘woke’ for evisceration of Brexit on Question Time
The former Tory chairman delivered a searing attack on Brexit, leaving right-wingers’ fuming.
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Charities call for ‘complete reform’ of childcare system, including better pay for professionals
‘Childcare holds the power to tackle disadvantage by enabling parents to work and boosting children’s outcomes. But this opportunity is being missed and new government investment risks entrenching rather than changing an unequal system,’ says the JRF.
Eurosceptic media mocked for ‘Brexit victory’ gushing over car plant deal
‘Having to pay £500m isn’t a win, it’s another cost of Brexit. Where are those extra maths lessons?’
The Sun forgets its owner’s taste for luxury travel in dig at Rachel Reeves’ business class flight to US
The newspaper didn’t dwell on Rupert Murdoch owning an $84 million private jet.
Right-wing ramp up ideological war on civil servants
A competent government should be capable of crisis management. But what we have seen in 13 years of Tory rule has been the complete opposite.
Farage announces more Brexit ‘regrets,’ while hinting at a potential political return
The former Brexit Party leader also said he would have accepted worker shortages to reduce net migration.
Young imam wins town and district seats in local elections
The result marks the first time an imam has won a council seat.
Thousands sign petition to end corporate pollution in UK rivers
The campaign comes as under-fire water companies apologise for repeated sewage spills.
NatCon leadership pitches and Brexiteer fury: There’s trouble at mill for the PM
With its no shortage of whackadoodle speeches interrupted by protestors shouting claims of fascism, and the Home Secretary making a blatant bid for party leadership, if NatCon UK proved anything, it is that Tory internal discipline is collapsing.
Brexit, climate change and ‘greedflation’: The principal reasons behind the spiralling cost of food
As inflation continues to rip through family budgets, and consumers are forced to pay sky-high food prices, the government has come under fresh pressure to crackdown on supermarkets.