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Four of the worst recent right-wing ‘polls’ and why they’re so misleading

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The polls that regularly appear on the pages of the right-wing press, frequently rely on loaded questions, selective statistics and audiences already primed to agree with the publication’s editorial position.

From lockdown to legitimacy: how pandemic fringe politics pushed populism into the mainstream

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

The longer-term political consequences of the pandemic’s spread of fringe beliefs are visible in the evolution of Reform UK. Its anti-lockdown positioning provided Nigel Farage with a means to reconnect with disaffected voters and reassert his political relevance, much as he had done, with notable success, during the Brexit campaign.

Right-Wing Watch

Thousands sign petition calling for UK to join the European single market

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

“It would make it easier for British companies to trade, collaborate and hire, and it would help restore the confidence international investors once had in the UK as a gateway to Europe.”

Brexit anniversary

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Nick Clegg warns Elon Musk could become a “political puppet master” in US politics

Olivia Barber
6 December, 2024

The former deputy PM and Lib Dem leader, who is now Meta’s president of global affairs, says Musk is playing an “outsized role” in the Trump administration.

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How Luton Council’s airport company is helping to generate crucial investment in frontline services

Javeria Hussain
5 December, 2024

The council’s airport company has contributed nearly £500 million over the past two decades to frontline services and community and charitable organisations.

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Five key takeaways from Keir Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’ speech

Olivia Barber
5 December, 2024

The Prime Minister Keir Starmer has laid out the six new milestones for his government as part of Labour’s Plan for Change.

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Richard Tice condemned for defending Reform MP who kicked girlfriend

Basit Mahmood
5 December, 2024

A spokesperson for Women’s Aid told Sky News they were “appalled” by Mr Tice’s interview.

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Brexit cuts British food exports to the EU by nearly £3bn per year

Olivia Barber
5 December, 2024

Exports to the EU have fallen by an average of 16% per year in the last three years

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Britons favour proportional representation over First Past the Post, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
5 December, 2024

It comes after MPs narrowly voted in favour of reforming the voter system, in what was a symbolic vote, unlikely to become law, earlier this week.

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Tory prison expansion plan to cost £4bn more than planned, damning NAO report finds

Olivia Barber
4 December, 2024

The NAO has described the plan as “unrealistic and not prioritised”.

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Kemi Badenoch humiliated at PMQs as Keir Starmer reminds her that ‘two of her predecessors had convictions for breaking the COVID rules’

Basit Mahmood
4 December, 2024

‘Mr Speaker I gently remind her that two of her predecessors had convictions for breaking Covid rules.’

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Revealed: The first rail services to be brought back into public ownership

Olivia Barber
4 December, 2024

“John Major’s decision to privatise British Rail in 1994 was foolish, ideologically-driven, and doomed to fail.”

Voting Ballot Box
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MPs support proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote

Basit Mahmood
4 December, 2024

t comes after MPs from across the political divide came together last month to issue a cross-party call for Britain’s First Past the Post voting system to be scrapped.

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