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Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

In the least surprising defection ever…

Priti Patel has meltdown when LBC presenter points out negative impact of Brexit

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Patel accused Goodall of giving a “political lecture”

Suella Braverman was rattled by Lewis Goodall's criticism of Brexiteers' assumptions

Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further 

Jenny Canham
Yesterday

The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme

animal welfare

Latest Posts

News

St Mungo’s workers rally on first day of month-long strike

Hannah Davenport
30 May, 2023

‘If St Mungos think this is going to be a flash in the pan, they’re very much mistaken’

Conservative Party rosette
News

Tory press turns a blind eye to the party’s donations from those with links to dictators

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2023

The Tories have accepted money from those with links to the Putin regime and to the former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Brexit and EU
News

Even the most ardent Leave areas now want closer ties with the EU, poll reveals

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2023

Overall, 53% of voters believe the UK should pursue closer ties with the EU compared to 14 per cent who want a more distant relationship.

RMT berates Tory councillor for ‘skiving’ tube workers comment

Hannah Davenport
30 May, 2023

‘For a member of the London Assembly to accuse public transport workers who keep our capital moving today and during Covid of being “skivers” is reprehensible’

Palace of Westminster
News

The four MPs who claimed driving fines on expenses

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2023

The MPs in question are now being contacted and asked to repay the fines.

Children at school development centre

Charities call for ‘complete reform’ of childcare system, including better pay for professionals

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 May, 2023

‘Childcare holds the power to tackle disadvantage by enabling parents to work and boosting children’s outcomes. But this opportunity is being missed and new government investment risks entrenching rather than changing an unequal system,’ says the JRF.

Express headline

Eurosceptic media mocked for ‘Brexit victory’ gushing over car plant deal

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
28 May, 2023

‘Having to pay £500m isn’t a win, it’s another cost of Brexit. Where are those extra maths lessons?’

Murdoch's private jet

The Sun forgets its owner’s taste for luxury travel in dig at Rachel Reeves’ business class flight to US

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023

The newspaper didn’t dwell on Rupert Murdoch owning an $84 million private jet.

Right-Wing Watch

Right-wing ramp up ideological war on civil servants

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023

A competent government should be capable of crisis management. But what we have seen in 13 years of Tory rule has been the complete opposite.

Peston and Farage

Farage announces more Brexit ‘regrets,’ while hinting at a potential political return

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 May, 2023

The former Brexit Party leader also said he would have accepted worker shortages to reduce net migration.

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