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‘Industrial scale tactical voting’ behind Tory by-election defeats leads to calls for proportional representation
Following the Tory defeat in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton, people are arguing for electoral reform to eliminate the need for tactical voting
Sarah Olney MP: The coming months will reveal the true reckoning of the Conservatives’ international aid budget cut
With war raging between the world’s largest wheat producers, the government’s choice to cut the international aid budget from 0.7 to 0.5 percent of GDP spells a dark period for the world’s most vulnerable.
Tory chair quits after spectacular by-election losses for Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton
Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,
Second candidate announced for Green Party deputy leadership election
Hackney based Tyrone Scott is standing for the deputy leadership of the Green Party
The Tories’ ‘Bill of Rights’ will end one of the foundational principles of human rights law
The Bill also sets up future battles with the European Court of Human Rights.
Daily Mail’s most bizarre attacks on woke culture
Armed with buzzwords and cliches, the right-wing newspaper does not hold back in firing a loud and brazen attack on ‘woke’ culture.
Thousands sign petition opposing government’s ‘toxic’ Bill of Rights
“The public, quite rightly, is very concerned that the government is putting themselves above the law and making themselves untouchable.”
Brexit anniversary: Six Brexit U-turns imposed by Boris Johnson and his government
The PM trumpeted the deal he struck over Brexit. In less than two years, his government is already attempting to unpick many parts of it, asserting its ‘unworkability.’
UK rail strike: Second day of action underway as RMT accuses government of ‘wrecking negotiations’
“Until the government unshackle Network Rail and the train operating companies, it is not going to be possible for a negotiated settlement to be agreed,’ says union boss Mick Lynch.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, June 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…