Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection
A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice
Nigel Farage’s support for Trump is putting off voters
“He might just be [Trump’s] whipping boy. That kind of concerns me”
5 Reform UK disasters this week
From Farage’s late registrations of financial interests to Reform endorsing Trump’s expansionist fantasties in Greenland, the party hasn’t had a good week
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Homophobic and transphobic hate crime soared during pandemic, report finds
Government’s hate crime strategy in the spotlight as new report shows rising levels of sexual orientation and transgender identity abuse.
‘Epic karma’: Plug pulled on Nigel Farage’s anti-cancel culture conference
It has been suggested the right-wing ‘Counter Conference’ was cancelled due to lack of support.
GB News platforms ‘misleading research about vaccines’ which is watched more than 2 million times
The clip in which the research was cited, containing serious flaws, has been viewed more than 2 million times.
Prof Prem Sikka: Why the privatisation of the UK energy market has been a disaster
‘One of the aims of privatisation was to separate production and retailing of energy but that is not how it turned out.’
Tory MP slammed after saying ‘voters have a right to elect a misogynist or racist’
The comments were made by Sir Desmond Swayne
Old Bexley and Sidcup: Labour receives biggest increase in vote share in any parliamentary by-election since 2016
Although the Tories held the seat, they did so with a significantly reduce majority from nearly 19,000 to 4,478.
2 in 5 people from an ethnic minority background could become eligible to be deprived of their citizen status without warning
Nearly 6 million people could find themselves being impacted by clause nine of the Nationality and Borders bill
Victory for workers: Fire and rehire at shoe manufacturer Clarks is defeated
Nearly 1 in 10 workers have been told to re-apply for their jobs on worse terms and conditions since the first lockdown in March.
Hancock urged to explain how his pub landlord won multi-million pound Covid contract
Yet more evidence has emerged…
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, December 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…