GB News blames Reform’s Derbyshire defeat on tactical voting rather than local failures
The right-wing network’s coverage cast the defeat not as a judgement on Reform’s local performance, but as evidence of an emerging ‘Stop Reform’ plot.
Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now
Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.
More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests
“Given support for independence remains tied, Brexit alone is clearly not a catalyst that can itself prompt a surge in support for separation — but, on the basis of this poll, the advent of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister may well be.”
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‘We don’t need a net zero referendum’
‘Nigel Farage and others are wrong to suggest we should pursue a referendum on net zero.’
Johnson to ditch ‘lefty’ green policies, in ‘secret’ deal Tory backbenchers – Express reports
In a bid to “warm the cockles of Tory hearts”, the PM is to make a deal with backbench MPs to maintain their support of his leadership, including abolishing ‘lefty’ policies of ‘prioritising a green agenda’, the Sunday Express reports.
‘Unacceptable and entirely preventable’: Homelessness in London rises by 20% in a year
New data shows the magnitude of rough sleeping in the capital, sparking calls for immediate government action.
Brexit friction mounts as NI first minister quits and Portugal’s economy minister cites Brexit damage
As Johnson announces a Brexit Freedoms Bill, tension over the UK’s departure from the EU heightened this week among leading ministers.
Rishi Sunak’s energy crisis ‘bailout’ derided as ‘hopelessly inadequate’
The chancellor’s support to the ‘Black Thursday’ energy rise has been met with contempt, with unions warning the increase is a cost-of-living ‘catastrophe’ for ordinary workers.
The five most agonising car-crash interviews with Tory MPs on the parties’ fiasco
The partygate debacle has put Conservative MPs under pressure on camera as they attempt to defend the beleaguered PM and add some justification to the whole sorry affair.
Toby Young and James Delingpole’s podcast is hilarious
As an anthropological experiment, I listened to two whole episodes of the London Calling podcast, and I actually quite enjoyed myself.
The energy price crisis is also down to the UK’s obsession with privatisation
This week Shell reported that its profits have increased from $4.85bn to $19.3bn as rising energy prices have filled its coffers.
Calls for a 6% increase to benefits to protect low-income families amid cost of living crisis
‘There has long been a profound mismatch between what those with a low income have, and what they need to get by’
How we can reverse the financialisation of the care sector
The care sector is only one example of how financialisation – the turning of society to serve finance, rather than seeing finance serve society is a leader, in the wrong direction