Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, November 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Left Foot Forward
Natalie Bennett: Reparations need to be guaranteed at the COP26 climate talks
‘Reparations – partly but certainly not only in the form of “loss and damage” – are essential, and need to be guaranteed at this COP climate talks’
EXCLUSIVE: Overwhelming majority of public demand action on lobbying, poll finds
‘70% of voters think there need to be greater controls to limit lobbying in politics in the UK, compared to just 4% who disagree’
Tory threats to EU over Article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol could badly backfire
‘Johnson and Frost are playing a dangerous game. EU watchers are predicting far from sitting back and taking it on the chin the EU may launch immediate action against the UK’
Baroness Jones: The government has legitimised the sewage discharges that will be happening from now on
‘They had the chance to deal with the pollution of our chalk streams, rivers and sea, and refused.’
Kim Johnson MP: Tory sleaze? Call it what it is – corruption
‘This is not merely a few instances of dodgy behaviour. This is an entrenched culture of corruption and acting with impunity.’
EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters think Boris Johnson should’ve sacked Owen Paterson rather than letting him resign
57% of Conservative Party voters think Paterson should’ve been fired rather than be allowed to resign, as do 73% of Labour and Liberal Democrat voters and 80% of SNP voters.
‘The majority of areas left behind by the government’s net zero plans are Tory seats’
‘Getting to net zero fairly is essential’
Wera Hobhouse MP: Tory fossil fuel funding is delaying an end date for fossil fuels
‘As long as we have a Government dominated by vested interests, the UK will make no progress on climate action.’
The MPs making thousands in extra income who could be affected by a consultancy ban
Here’s a list of some of the most prominent MPs, mostly Tories, earning thousands in extra income who could be affected by any ban on consultancy work