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Left Foot Forward
Tories ditch plans to cap UK MPs’ earnings from second jobs following sleaze scandals
The government says a cap would be ‘impractical’
Boris Johnson returns from Saudi Arabia empty handed after begging dictators for oil increase
Despite Johnson’s meeting with bin Salman for 1 hour and 45 minutes there was little sign of a breakthrough.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, March 2022
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Mike Buckley: What would a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine look like?
‘Putin will suffer consequences enough, potentially costing his leadership. But for now, the priority must be ending the war as quickly and completely as possible.’
‘Going cap in hand from dictator to dictator is not an energy strategy’: Boris Johnson slammed for begging Saudi dictator for help
‘Saying we are not going to rely on Russia and then going to Saudi Arabia is not an energy strategy.’
Rachel Hopkins MP: Defending BTECs is vital to a progressive skills agenda
‘Under the Conservative Party’s rule, the skills agenda has been nothing more than an afterthought. Apprenticeship starts have fallen by 38%, the number of adult learners has dropped by 4 million’
Tory MP deletes Twitter account after claiming it would be ‘immoral’ for Britain to take in more Ukrainian refugees
His comments also drew criticism from his own Tory association
Diane Abbott MP: The government should be more like the British people when it comes to welcoming refugees
‘Ministers have offered delay, misdirection, legalism and conditionality. By contrast the public has offered concern, donations, and some are even willing to open their homes’.
‘They’re lying to you’: Editor interrupts Russian TV news broadcast with ‘no war’ protest
‘No war, stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.’