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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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MPs make fresh calls for criminal proceedings in debate on Grenfell phase 2 report

Olivia Barber
3 December, 2024

“Justice will only truly be served when there are criminal prosecutions and those responsible pay the price.”

A photo of building site
Opinion

It’s not the financialisation of housing that is causing the housing crisis: It’s a lack of supply

Chris Worrall
3 December, 2024

The accusation that housing has suddenly turned into a financial commodity ignores history

Man with mask holding vaccine
News

Rachel Reeves appoints counter-fraud commissioner to probe dodgy covid contracts awarded under Tories

Olivia Barber
3 December, 2024

Tom Hayhoe has landed the covid counter-fraud job, with an initial focus on reviewing PPE contracts

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News

Users flee from Elon Musk’s X: 60,000 people deactivated their X accounts on average each day in one week alone

Basit Mahmood
3 December, 2024

The exodus continues…

A banner dropped on Westminster Bridge reading "#EndFossilFuels - Fast, fair, forever"
News

Over three-quarters of UK universities exclude investments in fossil fuel companies

Basit Mahmood
3 December, 2024

‘115 (out of 149) UK universities have now publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels, representing 77% of the UK Higher Education sector’

A placard with text reading "There is no planet B"
Opinion

The degrowth agenda is a political dead end masquerading as environmental salvation

Chris Worrall
2 December, 2024

Let’s build the future we want to see, not destroy it.

Assisted dying
Opinion

As a GP here’s why I feel conflicted about the Assisted Dying Bill

Shabina Qayyum
2 December, 2024

As a politician, I want nothing more than a fair and accessible society for all. However, as stated above, I fear the implications for my profession.

A picture of Paul Mason speaking on Sky News
News

Paul Mason slams Elon Musk’s ‘plan’ to make $100m donation to Reform UK

Olivia Barber
2 December, 2024

‘Well good luck with that, because I think last time I saw, Musk was a United States citizen so to give it [the donation] to Reform would be illegal’

Brexit
News

EXCLUSIVE: Voters want closer ties to the European Union, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
2 December, 2024

The poll findings come after Trump’s win in the U.S. election, with many urging the Labour government to adopt a closer trading relationship with the EU following Trump’s intentions to engage in a trade war.

Nigel Farage on GB News
News

GB News blew £100,000 getting rid of ‘woke’ gender neutral toilets after posting an operating loss of £42.4 million

Basit Mahmood
2 December, 2024

Bosses at the channel are reported to have been so furious at the “woke” bathrooms at their Paddington studio that they spent eye-watering sums to “fix” them.

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