There’s no “iron law” that Labour must lose the Gorton and Denton by-election
Labour won Gorton and Denton with a 13,000 majority in 2024. To hold onto it, the government must urgently change direction.
Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over embarrassing by-election blunder
Lee Anderson has shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election – in the wrong constituency
Suella Braverman says ‘I believe in by-elections’ but rules out one in her own constituency
‘Braverman is the very reason there should be automatic byelections if someone defects.’
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Dominic Raab pulls out of planned appearance before the joint committee on human rights
We now have a zombie government that carries with it the real risk of paralysing the country at the worst possible time.
Prem Sikka: Why the government’s Windfall Tax on oil and gas companies doesn’t go far enough
The 25% tax is only on selected profits of oil and gas companies, mainly North Sea profits of what the legislation calls “ring fence trade”.
RMT’s Eddie Dempsey praised for superb performances against media
“The profits of the top FTSE companies have gone up 73% since 2019. When are we going to ask if they’re greedy?”
Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claiming a ‘coup’ brought down Boris Johnson
“Has Nadine Dorries forgotten that she did the exact same thing to Theresa May?”
Penny Mordaunt has accepted thousands of pounds in donations from donor linked to climate denial group
Mordaunt received the donation from a firm called ‘First Corporate Consultants, owned by Terence Mordaunt – a renowned critic of established climate change science’.
Councils have to subsidise private schools to the tune of £144 million per year because of their charitable status, new research finds
Private schools in England and Wales receive public subsidy through local taxation relief, having to pay only 20 percent of their tax assessments as a result of relief on business rates. State schools, meanwhile, must pay the full rate.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, July 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Priti Patel slammed for avoiding accountability after refusing to appear before Home Affairs Committee
“Not exactly in the spirit of the ministerial code”
Tory leadership: Nadhim Zahawi says he would give Boris Johnson a job in his cabinet
“If [Mr Johnson] wishes to serve in Cabinet then I would certainly offer him a job”, said Zahawi
Labour plans no confidence vote in bid to boot Boris Johnson from Downing Street sooner
‘The Tory party has at last concluded that the prime minister is unfit for office, that was blindingly obvious a very, very long time ago.’