10 wildest comments from members of Kemi Badenoch’s new shadow cabinet
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Tory MP Bob Stewart tells human rights activist who was tortured to ‘go back to Bahrain’
Alwadaei asked the MP: “How much did you sell yourself to the Bahraini regime”.
Royal College of Nursing’s Pat Cullen says nurses are ‘dreading Christmas’ as she sets out in damning detail the hardships they face
“Some members have told me over this last week that they are fearful they are going to lose their own house under not being able to pay their rent come the new year”
The Tories’ new senior treasurer served as a minister in the brutal regime of Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
“Just when you think the Conservatives have plumbed the depths of sleaze and scandal we have this: a billionaire who was a part of Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic regime”
Brexit ‘fantasies’ have made ‘severe challenges’ in NHS worse and could widen health inequalities, report finds
‘The effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces.’
International cooperation to improve biodiversity is essential for the survival of our planet
‘Critical carbon stores, such as ice sheets, forests, peatlands, wetlands and the ocean, must take equal priority with cutting emissions’
Tory minister left red-faced after his false claim about the cost of public sector pay rises is exposed
“If you want to be honest with people this morning, your numbers are not completely accurate are they?”
Lancaster University urged to cut ties with UK arms trade
“Solidarity with striking staff, and solidarity with Yemen and Palestine!”
Calls made for 0.7% international aid target to be reinstated to help protect world’s most vulnerable communities
‘The UK was the only G7 country to cut foreign aid during the pandemic. Its routine failure to meet funding deadlines as well as reinstate the 0.7% target means that far too many people in the developing world are suffering the catastrophic effects of the UK government’s decisions.’
Thousands sign petition demanding Hunt stops handing billions to the banks
Almost 11,500 people have signed a petition calling on the chancellor and the governor of the Bank of England not to give the banks billions of pounds of public money.
Old Etonians launch war on workers
The political right is ramping up efforts to demonise trade unions, peddling dishonest and hysterical campaigns, propped up by their billionaire-owned media and the out-of-touch Etonian commentators who spout such drivel with supposed integrity.