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‘Words have consequences’: Johnson blamed for inciting political ‘poison’ after protestors mob Starmer
Resentment is simmering over the PM’s Savile comments, with MPs across the political spectrum urging him to apologise after the Labour leader was targeted by protestors last night.
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news....
The five most agonising car-crash interviews with Tory MPs on the parties’ fiasco
The partygate debacle has put Conservative MPs under pressure on camera as they attempt to defend the beleaguered PM and add some justification to the whole sorry affair.
The energy price crisis is also down to the UK’s obsession with privatisation
This week Shell reported that its profits have increased from $4.85bn to $19.3bn as rising energy prices have filled its coffers.
Calls for a 6% increase to benefits to protect low-income families amid cost of living crisis
'There has long been a profound mismatch between what those with a low income have, and what they need to get by'
How we can reverse the financialisation of the care sector
The care sector is only one example of how financialisation - the turning of society to serve finance, rather than seeing finance serve society is a leader, in the wrong direction