Thames Water fine reprieve sparks outrage over “rewarding failure”
“This nonsense must be, should be, has to be and will be opposed.”
Woke-bashing of the week: The great Easter ‘outrage’ that wasn’t
It’s a depressingly familiar pattern, a carefully framed image, paired with a provocative narrative, travels faster than the truth, especially when it taps into pre-existing grievances about so-called ‘wokeness.’
Right-wing media watch – War, what war? The Express chooses Farage fan adulation over reality
Brown’s account of Farage’s campaign stops borders on the reverential. Even anonymous praise from a party candidate, “he’s going to change everything for the better,” is relayed without challenge.
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Keir Starmer hits out at the “wild promises” made about Brexit
Labour continues to seek closer ties with the EU and is aiming to make a deal to rejoin the Erasmus scheme within weeks
Voters say Reform UK is more ‘pro Russia’ than anti-Russia in fresh blow to Nigel Farage
Why doesn’t Farage launch an investigation into his party on Russian links?
Petition to investigate ‘Russian influence’ on UK politics surpasses 100,000 signatures
It comes amid greater scrutiny of links between Reform and Russia after the party’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia speeches
Another Reform council leader says a council tax hike cannot be ruled out
Reform’s leaflets promised cuts to council tax, but the leader of Lancashire County Council says no such pledge was made
Top lawyer urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged school racism
The attorney general said Farage’s “constantly changing” denials are unconvincing
This budget paid the political price up-front, but will the public feel the benefit by the next election?
Living standards are unbelievably important to all governments, but especially this one.
The climate coalition fractured at COP30 – but a new alliance could turn the tide
The result was a COP where the foes of ambition were emboldened, its proponents frustrated, and in which countries which could have shown leadership, such as China and India, refused to step up.
James O’Brien mocks Reform over Jonathan Gullis’ defection
“Jonathan Gullis has joined us. We must be doing something right, said nobody ever”
Keir Starmer says he is ‘proud of scrapping the two-child benefit cap and lifting 500,000 children out of poverty’
He also highlighted the achievements of the Labour government, including cutting NHS waiting times, immigration and child poverty by a record amount.
Reform comms chief used offensive slur to describe prominent Welsh journalist
This comes amid wider criticism of Reform UK’s approach to journalists