Manchester completes UK’s first-of-its-kind village to support people out of homelessness
The project comes amid rising levels of homelessness in the city.
Four of the worst recent right-wing ‘polls’ and why they’re so misleading
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
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.
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If media is so fixated on equivalence, where are the calls for Trump to step aside?
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Boris Johnson could return to the Telegraph as global editor-in-chief as Nadhim Zahawi plots bid
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Labour minister launches brutal takedown of Elon Musk’s X
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The poll findings come at a time of widespread dissatisfaction among the public with Brexit, with polls consistently showing that a majority of voters believe Brexit to have been a mistake.
Labour unions and the US presidential election
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Brexit voters have a negative view of Nigel Farage for first time ever, poll shows
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Musicians’ Union to approach government to raise post-Brexit touring concerns
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