Petition demanding an early general election hits more than 500,000 signatures
The petition, which calls for an ‘immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government’ has, as of today, received 557,976 signatures.
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Nadine Dorries fears Liz Truss is becoming too right wing
You know things are bad when even Dorries is telling her leader to stop “lurching to the right”.
Our dangerously ideological new government is wasting no time in dismantling the UK as we knew it
We are seeing a dangerous attack on the system of rights, rules and regulations that constrain the worst excesses of rapacious capitalism.
More than 330,000 excess deaths in Great Britain linked to austerity, study finds
‘Mortality rates across the UK stopped improving in the early 2010s, largely attributable to UK Government’s ‘austerity’ policies.’
Suella Braverman slammed after saying it’s her ‘dream’ and ‘obsession’ to see asylum seeker flight to Rwanda
“Suella Braverman is now perilously close to making Priti Patel look like the second most callous & ignorant Home Secretary in living memory.”
Kwasi Kwarteng blames ‘pressure of Queen’s death’ for his disastrous mini-budget
Yet another excuse…
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Tory education minister Andrea Jenkyns called out for peddling fake news and stoking culture wars
There are currently no British universities offering a degree in Harry Potter studies.
Outrage after Tory chair tells people struggling with the cost of living crisis to just ‘get a new job’
“People know that when their bills arrive, they can either cut their consumption or they can get a higher salary, higher wages, go out there and get that new job.”
Nadine Dorries suggests Liz Truss should call a general election.
“If Liz wants a whole new mandate, she must take to the country.”