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Six unforgettable Channel 4 moments that ruffled Conservative feathers
As the government announces plans to press ahead with the privatisation of Channel 4, we take a look at some memorable occasions when the broadcaster caused unease among Tory ranks.
Tory minister laughed at and mocked on BBC Question Time after insisting that £200 energy ‘discount’ is not ‘a loan’
‘But you have to pay it back, it sounds like a loan?’
The government has facilitated frauds and tax dodges running into tens of billions of pounds
‘The UK economy is in dire straits. It has the highest level of reported government fraud, the highest level of taxation for 70 years, and the biggest decline in living standards since the Second World War’
Government slammed for plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing
“What next? “Offshoring” the unemployed? The sick? the disabled? Protesters? Criminals?”
Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy criticised for ‘misleading statement’ defending her non-dom tax status
Tax campaigners have been quick to point out that non-dom status is a choice individuals make rather than something that is automatically conferred as a result of nationality.
Government defeated in the Lords over plans to introduce photo ID in elections
Cabinet Office research has found that 42 percent of those with no photo ID said they were unlikely to apply.
Trade Unions set to hold demonstration in solidarity with Ukraine
The demonstration is also being backed by Ukrainian trade unions including the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
Who is John Malone, the ‘Cable Cowboy’ and GB News backer who could buy Channel 4?
GB News backer John Malone, who is the largest landowner in the US, is in the running to buy Channel 4.
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: When did the right become the snowflakes?
In this week’s newsletter, the right has predicted that ‘the end of Britain’ is night because a pub in Devon renamed the ploughman’s sandwich.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, April 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…