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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Today

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Today

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Today

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

Latest Posts

Vote leave

Just 2% of voters think Brexit has had a very positive impact on the NHS, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
4 February, 2025

Many will recall the Brexit bus which promised an extra £350 million a week for the NHS should Britain vote leave.

A picture of the Thames Water logo

The water industry shows how the state indulges corporations to the detriment of society

Prem Sikka
4 February, 2025

Since 1989, water companies have been the subject of over 1,100 criminal convictions, but governments are content for them to control the industry.

A photo of an Asda store
News

Thousands of Asda workers win latest stage of decade-long equal pay claim

Olivia Barber
4 February, 2025

A tribunal has found that most female shopworkers involved in the case have jobs of equal value to higher-paid positions in Asda’s warehouses.

Chris Worrall

GB News’ arguments on Brexit, borders and Trump taken apart by Labour activists

Basit Mahmood
3 February, 2025

Businesses are drowning in red-tape, with £7bn in costs from additional customs administration and at least £10bn in lost trade, with exports dropping by 30% as a result of Brexit

Voting Ballot Box

Half of Brits support introducing Proportional Representation voting system, latest poll finds

Basit Mahmood
3 February, 2025

The public also believe that it is more important for seats to be allocated proportionally between parties (46%) than for the largest party to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons (27%).

A photo of Suella Braverman appearing on LBC radio
News

Suella Braverman spent thousands of public money on media training while Home Secretary

Olivia Barber
3 February, 2025

Despite the costly media training, Braverman was later sacked for a media outburst

Reform UK

Reform UK rally told people who backed remain ‘shouldn’t be allowed to vote’

Basit Mahmood
3 February, 2025

Support for reversing Brexit is high, with 55% of Brits in favour of rejoining the EU.

A photo of four of the five Reform UK MPs in Parliament
News

Shocking poll finds Reform could win 70 seats if an election were called now

Olivia Barber
3 February, 2025

Hope not Hate has warned that the poll should be a “wake up call”

Donald Trump

Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s attack on ‘wokeness’ and the UK right-wing echo chamber

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 February, 2025

The echoes of Trump’s presidency are already reverberating across the Atlantic, emboldening right-wing commentators in the UK to rally behind a shared vision of dismantling progressive social policies.

Refugees
News

Scottish Refugee Council launches new tool to help refugees locate support services

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 February, 2025

Since 2012, the UK’s ‘hostile environment’ policy has created challenges, preventing asylum seekers and refugees from fully integrating.

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