Reform’s first year running councils: ‘The atmosphere in the chamber has changed’
Reform’s first year running councils seems to have been defined by a focus on ‘culture war’ issues
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This is why essential industries need to be brought back into public ownership
Privatised industries pursue short-term objectives rather than long-term social objectives
Anger after Tory who pleaded guilty to assaulting woman is re-elected as a councillor
Gordon Cranney had pleaded guilty to the assault at Teesside Magistrates Court
Institute of Economic Affairs denies that fossil fuel funding affects its opposition to taxing oil company profits
The free market think tank says we shouldn’t tax oil companies more as BP and Shell announced record profits
Tory council leader calls for Boris Johnson to quit after party suffers humiliating defeat in local election
People don’t have “confidence that the prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth”
Local Elections 2022: Labour, Lib Dems and Greens toast successes
It’s been a disastrous night for the Tories in London, where Labour has taken control of hugely significant councils in Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster
Climate sceptic think tank receives funding from US billionaire bankroller of Conservative crusades
Global Warming Policy Foundation, the UK’s most prominent climate sceptic policy group, has received funding from the Sarah Scaife Foundation, one of the biggest donors to hard-line Conservative causes in the US over the decades.
Piers Morgan hits out at ‘woke whiny wastrels’ after ratings for Uncensored show nosedive
The outspoken broadcaster took offense to reports about the fall in popularity of the flagship show on Murdoch’s TalkTV.
A ‘hare-brained idea’: Johnson’s musing of Right to Buy denounced as ploy to win ‘red wall’ votes
“This is desperate stuff from a tired government, repackaging a plan from 2015.”
Local elections: Tory candidates desperately attempt to distance themselves from Johnson and Westminster
Conservative council candidates have been accused of ‘trying to hide from their own government’s record’, as they attempt to dissociate from the scandal-mired prime minister.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, May 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…