Why the new asylum bill is one of the worst pieces of legislation enacted by the government
‘The Conservatives have clearly decided that a harsh asylum policy will play for them at the next election.’
‘The Conservatives have clearly decided that a harsh asylum policy will play for them at the next election.’
It is not the negotiating masterclass that Sunak would have us believe. Most of its provisions were offered unilaterally by the EU in October 2021.
Unlike the Paris accord set for climate emissions in 2015 the new Global Biodiversity Framework does not set country specific targets
‘For regional inequality to come to an end a Labour Government will need to go further, by for example guaranteeing greater funding to poorer regions’
Climate change will not wait for us to act. Every week, month and year we delay the ambitious and unavoidable action we need to take to prevent runaway climate breakdown, the harder it becomes to achieve.
“Giving Putin more Ukrainian land now would not only radically undermine Ukrainian sovereignty but also unravel the post-World War II international system more generally. If Russia is allowed to forcibly annex neighbouring territory, what is to stop other countries from doing the same?”
“Voters need to know why the government have made bad choices, and what Labour would do instead, not just that Labour would be a more trustworthy and competent administration, important though that is.”
‘The Government should reflect that none of the problems with the Protocol it has pointed to should have come as any surprise’
‘Scientists believe the world is increasingly likely to experience global warming of 1.5C within the next five years because of record greenhouse gas levels’.
Labour will need to take next week’s results in their stride. Yet there are trends to watch.