It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.
As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.
Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.
‘The scrapping of record keeping means the regulations on long working hours effectively become unenforceable.’
An extraordinary moment
‘Parties that try and gerrymander end up finding their clever scheme comes back to bite them’
‘Labour needs to win the national popular vote by 9pts in order to win an overall majority, which would require an 11% swing – bigger than the swing achieved by Tony Blair in 1997’
Support staff at nine universities in England have voted to strike over a “sub-par” pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).
The government’s own Office for Budget Responsibility report says that the decision to leave the EU will reduce long-run productivity by 4 percent.
‘The scarring effects may be felt for years to come, in the form of worse health and unmanageable debts.’
During its second reading in the Lords on Wednesday, the Tories’ flagship Bill faced strong criticism.
TPE is the latest train operator to be brought under government control.
The NatCon conference is timely because many Tories are thinking about a post-election repositioning. Whether it will hold any weight among voters remains to be seen.
