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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Bloomberg analysis found that in 9 out of 12 metrics, the performance of most constituencies relative to London and the South East is now worse or unchanged compared to 2019’.
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
‘One in ten sick days recorded at work during the last year were due to mental health conditions according to the latest ONS figures’
‘Cooking from scratch won’t help families keep the lights on or put food on the table’
The news you didn’t seek this week…
The billionaire has been investing in lots of British startups and has connections to right wing academics pushing an anti-woke agenda.
Sarcastically making light of serious issues, the levelling up minister adopted different accents in a truly strange rant on national TV.
‘It is sad to see a government more obsessed with holding on to their own power and influence, rather than using that power to support the very many people who face what seem like unsurmountable obstacles, just to get by.’
Warnings have been made that ‘no honourable country should act unilaterally’ by breaking an international agreement.
For this week’s newsletter I traveled to Essex to talk to a local independent party challenging the Tories.
