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Andrea Jenkyns lives in Yorkshire but is standing for mayor in Lincolnshire
Labour-controlled Doncaster City Council faces a threat from Reform UK this Thursday. Left Foot Forward visited the city to see how locals plan to vote.
“The discontent is a by-product of dire Tory poll ratings and a perception that Badenoch, 45, has performed poorly and focused on the wrong issues”
The Greens have made massive gains at each local election since 2019
The article predictably enlists a cast of familiar right-wing voices to make the case for British universities to follow Trump’s lead.
“This situation has the alarming potential to evolve into a propaganda regime over time, requiring urgent attention.”
Behind the 14-mile sea wall at Canvey Island, little was going on to celebrate St George’s Day, which the right-wing broadcaster took as a sign of national shame.
Expecting the anti-net zero brigade to do their homework might be asking too much.
Independent candidates are fast becoming the conscience of the left, offering a way to hold Labour to account. Their rise, like Reform’s, shows how broken Britain’s two-party system has become, and how ripe it is for potential change.
In 2024 alone, 5,000 people closed their Barclays accounts in protest.
