Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, May 2021
Our roundup of the progressive news the media missed.
Left Foot Forward
Andrew Gwynne MP: Tory ‘levelling up’ plans look a lot like cronyism
We need proper scrutiny of the government’s pork-barrel politics.
Wera Hobhouse MP: The Lib Dems’ door is open to a progressive alliance
Parties need to work together to boot out the Tories – and secure PR – writes the Lib Dem MP.
EXCLUSIVE: Third of voters say government’s Covid inquiry is too late
“We shouldn’t have to wait until next year for the inquiry into how coronavirus has been handled,” Caroline Lucas tells LFF.
Jim McMahon MP: How Labour mayors are reversing the blunder of bus privatisation
Next stop, public ownership? Labour figures are adopting the London model to overhaul England’s beleaguered buses.
EXCLUSIVE: Scots have right to another indy referendum, say voters in England
The findings come as Nicola Sturgeon is once against sworn in as First Minister, after voters elected a pro-independence majority.
Have British weapons been used in the ongoing atrocities against Palestine?
Campaign Against Arms Trade calls for an investigation into possible abuses.
Greens reject claims of ‘coalition with Tories’ on London Assembly
The Greens instead accused the Labour party of trying to block them from chairing the Transport Committee.
Plans to introduce photo ID for voting ‘are about voter suppression’, says Labour MP
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP also says that the move will disproportionately affect those from underrepresented and marginalised communities.
Why levelling-up is just another Tory hoax
‘Levelling-up’ has been used as a slogan by Boris Johnson’s government to implement its far-right policies.