Diane Abbott MP: Drum beats of war are trying to drown out voices for dialogue and peace
‘We have naïve platitudes about ‘standing with our NATO partners’, when NATO is not going to be doing any fighting at all.’
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Matt Hancock broke the law when appointing Dido Harding and Mike Coupe to senior posts, High Court rules
The court found that Hancock broke the law after appointing Baroness Harding as Chair of the National Institute for Health Protection and Mike Coupe as Director of Testing.
John Bercow launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson calling him a narcissist and ‘worst PM of my lifetime’
“It is time that he gave up office and beetled off into the distance, which would be an enormous relief”
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Boris Johnson’s ‘ex-lover’ tells GB News viewers that the prime minister has been replaced with some sort of clone
“There is something that happens to you before you take office when you become a world leader”
Tory chair to deliver speech at radical right Heritage Foundation which denies climate change science and is linked to voter suppression group
The Heritage Foundation is also linked to the Heritage Action for America, which has bragged about supporting voter suppression across the country.
The government must invest in the early years if it wants to ‘level up’
‘Without the required investment in services for under-5s and their families, inequalities will continue to open up from the start’
Neil Coyle has Labour whip suspended following allegations of ‘disturbing’ and ‘racist’ remarks
A Labour Party spokesperson said, “The Labour Party expects the highest standards of behaviour from all our MPs and we take allegations of this sort very seriously. Accordingly the Chief Whip has now suspended the Labour whip from Neil Coyle pending an investigation.”
The UK is on the road to an elected dictatorship
Professor Prem Sikka looks at the government’s latest power grab
‘Lies are just not acceptable’: John Major issues challenge to MPs to remove Boris Johnson
In a scathing attack on the prime minister, Major accused Johnson of breaking lockdown laws and creating a climate of mistrust.