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Attempted right-wing takeover of National Trust backed by Nigel Farage fails!
The anti-woke group, Restore Trust, had launched a renewed campaign to win seats on the Trust’s council this year after failing in their attempts last year, and this time they had the likes of Farage, along with the right-wing press backing them.
Rishi Sunak has appointed a ‘minister for woke’ and it hasn’t gone down well
The Tory leader appointed Esther McVey, the MP for Tatton, to the role, which has now been dubbed the ‘minister for woke’.
Greta Thunberg protests Rishi Sunak’s speech at Lord Mayor’s banquet
Anti-fossil fuel activists joined by Swedish environmentalist to drown out Prime Minister at banquet with Lord Mayor and bankers
Is UK democracy ready for the AI revolution?
With a slate of major elections planned across the world in 2024, including in the UK, we cannot simply adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach when it comes to AI’s impact on electoral integrity
New Conservatives group is ‘meeting later today’ to discuss Suella Braverman as Tory leader
Braverman was sacked after a number of divisive and inflammatory comments in recent weeks, including the claim that rough sleeping is a ‘lifestyle choice’.
‘Good riddance’: How the left reacted to Suella Braverman’s sacking
‘She was the nastiest and most divisive Home Secretary I’ve ever encountered’
David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary has everyone pointing out his disastrous record
“David Cameron isn’t a “safe pair of hands”. He’s the man who introduced austerity which led to 330,000 excess deaths…”
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary
Braverman faced growing condemnation in recent days for fuelling far-right violence
Trussell Trust urges government to use Autumn Statement to protect low income households, as food banks are at ‘breaking point’
‘We are calling on the government to urgently confirm in the Autumn Statement that benefits will rise in line with inflation next April, and to reduce the burden of debt deductions which drive unacceptable levels of hardship.”
Brewing industry hit hard by Brexit, as another small brewery is forced to close
An award-winning brewery in the North-East is to close, citing ‘post-Brexit’ export problems.