Former YouGov staffer retracts claim he was ‘banned’ from releasing 2017 general election polling
UPDATE: Chris Curtis has since issued a clarification on the claims he made regarding YouGov’s polling during the 2017 general election.
Left Foot Forward
Boris Johnson taken to task over failing the NHS
“24 hours in A&E used to be a TV programme,” he said. “Now it’s the Government’s policy”.
Diane Abbott: Boris Johnson’s crisis also means we have to step up the struggle against racism
‘When the government finds itself in difficulties as a result of its own policies, it resorts to xenophobic and outright racist measures’
Doubts raised over legality of the government’s Northern Ireland Protocol bill
Just days after his integrity was questioned by his own MPs in a vote of no-confidence, Johnson is now bringing forward legislation that may well break international law.
Amelia Womack: What eight little eggs tell us about the climate crisis
The tiny cogs in the machine that is our ecosystem are rusting, falling out of sync, or failing to keep turning.
Tory MP says he voted for Boris Johnson in no-confidence vote after securing review into funding for local council
“I talked again with ministers about why a fair funding package has not yet been forthcoming for the Isle of Wight Council.”
Tories tell Boris Johnson ‘get out’ after worse result than Theresa May
‘Deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies’
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Tory Party in full blown civil war: Nadine Dorries admits government’s pandemic preparation was ‘found wanting and inadequate’
‘We now have Tory cabinet ministers stating on the record how un-prepared the Government was for the pandemic’.
The government is demanding the impossible when it comes to the Northern Ireland Protocol
‘The Government should reflect that none of the problems with the Protocol it has pointed to should have come as any surprise’