
The political and economic consequences of Liz Truss
12 months after her shambolic premiership commenced, we look at the lasting impact of our shortest-serving PM’s disastrous attempt to remould Britain into a low tax, deregulated economy.

12 months after her shambolic premiership commenced, we look at the lasting impact of our shortest-serving PM’s disastrous attempt to remould Britain into a low tax, deregulated economy.

“Him taking this stand shows me he’s not impartial because he’s pandering to the top boss, to the right-wing”

A “dark day for our country”

Earth has passed from a warming phase into an ‘era of global boiling,’ says the UN chief. Could there be a worst time to drag the existential climate crisis into party politics and debate about potential backsliding on environmental commitments?

Like many a mad culture war trend peddled by the political right in the US, cries against ‘woke capitalism’ are advancing in Britain.

With its general election just a week away, fears are mounting that the hard-right Vox party could form part of Spain’s national government. The win would embolden far-right parties that have been thriving across Europe. The UK cannot afford to be complacent about the rise of the protectionist far-right that’s taking shape all around us.

The senior doctors’ strike has proven a particular bugbear for many on the Right. Amid the gushing anniversary celebrations, the Tory press didn’t hold back in making its contempt over the consultants’ industrial action known.

‘The logic was tortuous and irrational’

Importing tactics from the hard-right in the US, a dangerous anti-gay and trans rhetoric is emerging, peddled by extremists and conspiracy theorists.

The right-wing network’s growing audience sadly proves there is an appetite for angry, red-faced, white men shouting at the screens about Meghan Markle and immigrants.