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Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

In the least surprising defection ever…

Priti Patel has meltdown when LBC presenter points out negative impact of Brexit

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Patel accused Goodall of giving a “political lecture”

Suella Braverman was rattled by Lewis Goodall's criticism of Brexiteers' assumptions

Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further 

Jenny Canham
Yesterday

The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme

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Michael Gove

Michael Gove mocked for ‘bizarre’ interview

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

Sarcastically making light of serious issues, the levelling up minister adopted different accents in a truly strange rant on national TV.

Queen's Speech

Queen’s Speech criticised for doing nothing to alleviate cost-of-living crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

‘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.’

Liz Truss

UK’s threat to breach Northern Ireland protocol triggers parliamentary backlash

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 May, 2022

Warnings have been made that ‘no honourable country should act unilaterally’ by breaking an international agreement.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Localism in the Local Elections

John Lubbock
10 May, 2022

For this week’s newsletter I traveled to Essex to talk to a local independent party challenging the Tories.

Daily mail front page

Daily Mail ridiculed for latest ‘hypocritical’ and ‘ludicrous’ attack on Keir Starmer

Basit Mahmood
10 May, 2022

“Starmer could donate a kidney to save a life and the Mail would scream he kept one for himself”

Boris Johnson warned Britain could face EU sanctions over assault on Human Rights Act contained in Queen’s Speech

Basit Mahmood
10 May, 2022

Human Right Group Liberty is among those who have warned that the decision to scrap the Human Rights Act could have dire consequences

Voting Ballot Box

Diane Abbott MP: After the local elections, we still have a long way to go

Diane Abbott
10 May, 2022

‘Against this hugely unpopular government, a really clear opposition with policies and messaging that show we are on the side of ordinary people can yield massive results’

disability

In the middle of a cost of living crisis, the government is stripping support away from disabled people

Ben Cooper
10 May, 2022

New polling from the charity Leonard Cheshire found that a third of disabled adults – more than 2.8 million people – had less than £50 per week to pay for food and other essentials.

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
9 May, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

Priti Patel

Priti Patel’s speech disrupted by activists over ‘inhumane’ and ‘morally bankrupt’ Rwanda refugee plan

Basit Mahmood
9 May, 2022

“Priti Patel, your racist policies are killing people. Your plans to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda are inhumane and are going to ruin people’s lives.”

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