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.
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.
“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.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was prevented from speaking at the recent farmers’ protest outside Downing Street, amid concerns it would become the ‘Farage show’
“John was not only a Labour legend but an inspiration to me and a dear friend. He will be greatly missed by so many.”
Yet more Tory lies..
It didn’t go well for Alex Burghart’s first PMQs
More than 277,000 people visited a food bank in the Trussell community for the first time between April and September.
“I would certainly like the opportunity to cross-examine him to see … how he reconciles his promotion of freedom of expression with his promotion of pure disinformation.”
The Daily Record reports that party insiders in Scotland are concerned the backlash to the controversial winter fuel cut could hinder Labour’s chances of toppling the SNP.
At this summer’s general election, only just over half of the votes of all registered postal voters living overseas were counted. Many were denied that right. But as a new report demonstrates, solutions are at hand.
Musk has had a strained relationship with Brazil’s left-wing government.
Trump, who is a protectionist, has said that he plans on introducing a 20% levy on most imports to the US in order to help out domestic businesses, with 60% on imports from China.
