Rishi Sunak ridiculed after blaming old IT systems for not allowing him to raise benefits further
‘He’s insulting your intelligence’
The ‘time has come’ for a Universal Basic Income says Andy Burnham
“A universal basic income will put a solid foundation beneath everybody so that they can have a life with security and stop worrying about everything.”
Greenpeace activists stop tanker loaded with Russian fossil fuels from docking near London
The environmental group says that it had no option but to take action after the government’s refusal to say ‘no to funding Putin’s war on Ukraine’, adding that it would do it for them.
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Natalie Bennett: The Queen’s Speech was devoid of ideas on both the economy and environment
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: Mental health should be a priority when it comes to rebuilding the economy
‘One in ten sick days recorded at work during the last year were due to mental health conditions according to the latest ONS figures’
Tory MP slammed after claiming poor people can’t ‘cook properly’ or ‘budget’
‘Cooking from scratch won’t help families keep the lights on or put food on the table’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, May 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Why is Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel building a financial and political network in the UK?
The billionaire has been investing in lots of British startups and has connections to right wing academics pushing an anti-woke agenda.
Michael Gove mocked for ‘bizarre’ interview
Sarcastically making light of serious issues, the levelling up minister adopted different accents in a truly strange rant on national TV.
Queen’s Speech criticised for doing nothing to alleviate cost-of-living crisis
‘It is sad to see a government more obsessed with holding on to their own power and influence, rather than using that power to support the very many people who face what seem like unsurmountable obstacles, just to get by.’
UK’s threat to breach Northern Ireland protocol triggers parliamentary backlash
Warnings have been made that ‘no honourable country should act unilaterally’ by breaking an international agreement.
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Localism in the Local Elections
For this week’s newsletter I traveled to Essex to talk to a local independent party challenging the Tories.
Daily Mail ridiculed for latest ‘hypocritical’ and ‘ludicrous’ attack on Keir Starmer
“Starmer could donate a kidney to save a life and the Mail would scream he kept one for himself”
