Tory MP charged with racially abusing activist
Stewart was filmed last year telling a Bahraini dissident who was imprisoned and tortured for his human rights activism in the country to ‘go back to Bahrain’
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Universal Basic Income trialled in England for first time
Our society is going to require some form of basic income in the coming years, given the tumult of climate change, tech disruption and industrial transition that lies ahead.
Nigel Farage is roasted over his ‘desperate’ attempt to get paid subscribers
“The grifter keep on grifting … why am I not surprised.”
Mick Lynch makes journalists look clueless yet again
‘If I have a strike and nobody knows it’s happened and it’s had no effect whatsoever, I’m wasting my members’’ time’
Tory peer Chris Patten labelled ‘woke’ for evisceration of Brexit on Question Time
The former Tory chairman delivered a searing attack on Brexit, leaving right-wingers’ fuming.
Question Time audience member roasts ‘shameful’ government for protecting Covid WhatsApps
The audience member slammed the government for wasting taxpayers’ money and time.
Andy Burnham urges Labour to adopt proportional representation
‘I think we need to change the House of Commons as well, I think we need voting reform.’
Anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe perfectly explains why the Tories are to blame for the cost of living crisis
‘We’ve been hearing a lot over the last year-and-a-half now about the cost of living crisis, as though it’s fallen out of a clear blue sky.’
Evening Standard owner who hosted Boris Johnson at lavish parties sanctioned by Ukraine over Putin’s war
The Russian oligarch bought the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers more than a decade ago.
Millionaire Tory MPs demand an end to inheritance tax
People can pass on estates of up to £1 million to their spouse or civil partner without paying any inheritance tax.