Pressure mounts on Morgan McSweeney as Labour MPs react angrily over Mandelson appointment
The handling of the situation has caused anger across the Labour benches.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
UK seafood imports at risk of human rights abuses, report finds
Since leaving the EU, the UK has drastically reduced checks on imported seafood.
The right’s ‘free speech’ hypocrisy after the killing of Charlie Kirk
These are the same voices who frequently portray themselves as global defenders of “free speech.”
Smear of the week – The right-wing smear campaign against Angela Rayner exposes its own hypocrisy
Whatever your views are on Rayner and her tax affairs, it’s clear she’s long been a target of media animus, not just for her politics, but for who she is.
Right-wing media watch – The right-wing media’s dangerous martyr myth
Her case has become a lightning rod for the British and American right.
Women unite against far-right rhetoric linking immigration to sexual violence
The open letter condemns the far right’s “racist lies” under the guise of protecting women and girls.
Collapse of critical Atlantic current no longer low-likelihood – but where’s the media interest?
“Why isn’t this headline news? The implications are horrifying …”
Bangers and backlash in the Cotswolds: Inside MAGA-on-Thames
Why are American populists and their British cheerleaders gravitating to the scenic villages and rolling hills of the Cotswolds?
Reform MP Sarah Pochin puts her foot in it (again) with comments about female police officers
The comments provoked backlash, including from former Merseyside police chief constable Serena Kennedy.
Disability rights campaigners demand disabled people be central to welfare reform
“The absence of disabled voices in the design of welfare systems results in processes that are degrading, overly bureaucratic, and often unfit for purpose—sometimes even life-threatening.”