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Keir Starmer says Iran conflict ‘not our war’ as he blasts Reform chief Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Today

‘Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for wanting to ‘dive in with both feet into the war without thinking through the consequences’.

Keir Starmer in Downing Street

Green Party sets sights on targeting trade union members disillusioned with Labour

Olivia Barber
Today

Zack Polanski is set to make keynote speeches at several trade union conferences

Zack Polanski speaking at Green Party conference

Reform’s Zia Yusuf in meltdown when asked about growing number of candidate scandals

Basit Mahmood
Today

The right-wing party has lost at least 67 candidates since May 2025,

Zia Yusuf

Latest Posts

Mick Lynch
News

Mick Lynch makes journalists look clueless yet again

Basit Mahmood
5 June, 2023

‘If I have a strike and nobody knows it’s happened and it’s had no effect whatsoever, I’m wasting my members’’ time’

£10 notes pegged to a washing line
Opinion

Why we must reduce the reliance of political parties on a small group of wealthy donors

Lord Rennard
5 June, 2023

We need to change the regulation of Party Finance, says Lib Dem Peer Lord Rennard.

NHS strikes

NHS staff pay dispute continues following government’s ‘in no way good enough’ pay rise

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 June, 2023

 ‘Nursing staff are fighting for their patients, and the very future of our NHS – not just for their pay.’

Rees-Mogg

Rees-Mogg mocked for saying Brexit allows us to lower food prices

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
4 June, 2023

The Tory MP revisited the popular referencing among Brexiteers of the repealing of the Corn Laws in the mid-nineteenth century.

Schofield scandal

Phillip Schofield hysteria slammed as ‘shameless distraction’ from government failings

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 June, 2023

The extraordinary row involving the Covid inquiry has been notably dwarfed in the media by the ITV controversy.

Right-Wing Watch

Will the Right successfully create a backlash against Net Zero?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 June, 2023

Criticism of Net Zero in Britain is rife among prominent right-wingers, but will the public buy it?

Chris Patten
News

Tory peer Chris Patten labelled ‘woke’ for evisceration of Brexit on Question Time

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
3 June, 2023

The former Tory chairman delivered a searing attack on Brexit, leaving right-wingers’ fuming.

Question time
News

Question Time audience member roasts ‘shameful’ government for protecting Covid WhatsApps

Basit Mahmood
2 June, 2023

The audience member slammed the government for wasting taxpayers’ money and time.

Andy Burnham
News

Andy Burnham urges Labour to adopt proportional representation

Basit Mahmood
2 June, 2023

‘I think we need to change the House of Commons as well, I think we need voting reform.’

Monroe
News

Anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe perfectly explains why the Tories are to blame for the cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
2 June, 2023

‘We’ve been hearing a lot over the last year-and-a-half now about the cost of living crisis, as though it’s fallen out of a clear blue sky.’

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