Viktor Orbán’s defeat exposes Reform’s fragile benchmark
Beyond Hungary, the result may point to something broader. Across Europe, parts of the populist right appear to be encountering limits and have, dare we say it, peaked.
UK’s official return to Erasmus+ widely welcome as a step towards renewed opportunity
“It certainly destroys the ‘Little England’ outlook.”
Could York lead the way on proportional representation?
Labour and Lib Dem councillors in York unanimously supported a motion to replace First Past the Post with proportional representation
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Tory Grant Shapps speaks to mostly empty room at party conference
‘The Conservative Party in 2023 feels a bit like a long-running sitcom limping into its final season.’
Liz Truss will host ‘growth rally’ at Tory party conference
Truss is urging Sunak to be bolder and tackle the UK’s low-growth ‘crisis’.
Less than one in ten believe more gas and oil production will reduce energy bills – poll
‘Approving Rosebank is an act of economic vandalism which only serves the fossil fuel industry and is woefully out of touch with public opinion.’
Gordon Brown reiterates calls to rejoin European Union
‘Many voted to stay in the European Union and feel very frustrated we are outside it.’
Cash-starved councils forced to abandon green projects that would reduce energy costs for households and businesses
‘After thirteen years of austerity, local authorities just don’t have the resources to devote to applying for funding for non-statutory duties such as climate change work.’
Making babies – the Right’s latest bright idea
Orbán-style birthrate populism with nasty racist undertones has arrived in Britain. How worried should we be?
Criticism grows over Lee Anderson’s £100,000 GB News’ job in wake of Laurence Fox misogyny scandal
‘At some point the government party might have to give the fact its deputy chair appears on this channel some consideration.’
‘Embarrassingly wrong’ Tufton Street Net Zero report gets extensive coverage in right-wing press
The claims contained in the report were fact checked by a number of climate academics and journalists who explained why they were wrong.
Why the government must abolish tuition fees and write off student debt
‘The aim was to shift state expenditure and debt on to low and middle income households, and create space for tax cuts for corporations and the rich’
Every Tory cabinet member who is set to lose their seat according to the latest polls
Six cabinet members are set to be booted out of parliament