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The news you didn’t see this week…
‘Is this a remarkable negotiating coup or a sharp move to take IWGB out of the game?’
Patience in Brussels ‘has been tested to the extreme by Boris Johnson’, said a member of the European Parliament.
Given its struggle to reach large TV ratings and prolonged advertising boycott, Farage’s comments about the channel, which pitches itself as an alternative to mainstream media, were immediately leapt on and ridiculed.
“With independence we can end the cycle of cruel and unaccountable Tory governments that we can do little to remove.”
Tom Hunt sparked an angry reaction for disparaging comments on opponents of the Rwanda deportation scheme, while attempting to defend the policy.
In an embarrassing upset for Johnson and Patel, the first flight due to leave for Rwanda has been grounded following successful emergency action by the ECHR.
As the UK prepares to deport the first asylum seekers to Rwanda, over half of those likely to be deported are revealed to be Kurdish.
Even Johnson’s own Ministers appear to find it difficult confirming they backed him in the crucial vote
‘No point in using bank funds to make the rich richer. No point in building new roads, or investing in fossil fuel when the carbon bubble looms every larger. Every point is focusing resources on projects that deliver for people and planet.’
