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.”
The far-right thugs will do all they can to attempt to turn communities against one another, we must never let them win. We must remember that we have more in common than divides us.
“To blame the victims of this violence is an insult to people of colour across the country, who are living in deep fear”
The political system has abandoned low/middle income families and makes them an easy target for right-wing extremists offering simplistic solutions
‘Your resignation is necessary and urgent.”
‘One of the most repulsive, inaccurate and frankly embarrassing headlines in the history of the Daily Telegraph’
“The writing was clearly on the wall for some time” says senior adviser to Tory PMs
A fivefold increase in threats to Muslims
The Labour government has committed to “resetting” relations with Brussels, making striking a deal on food safety and animal and plant health a priority.
Only 2 percent of social homes are furnished or partly furnished, compared to 29 percent in the private rental sector, research shows.
The former immigration minister promises to create a party that “Suella Braverman feels comfortable in.”
