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Reform MPs stage ‘pathetic’ mass walkout during PMQs after Farage asks question

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

The eight Reform MPs stormed out after Farage asked a question about small boats

Nigel Farage at PMQs

Keir Starmer announces temporary ban on crypto donations in blow to Nigel Farage

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

It comes after MPs were told to ban crypto donations and to cap expat donations to prevent foreign interference in British politics.

Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage over their U-turns on the Iran war

Plaid Cymru on course to be the largest party in the Senedd, according to new poll

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

The Greens and Reform UK are also set to make big gains, while Labour is expected to lose more than 30 seats

A photo of the Senedd building

Latest Posts

A photo of a trade union protest with the words "The UnionDues Column" overlaid

UnionDues: Reach, information and persuasion – the three pillars of (successful) union comms

Simon Sapper
22 February, 2022

We look at the world of union communications in the company of one of its most accomplished practitioners, Kevin Slocombe.

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

A roundup of progressive news….

Daily Mail

Daily Mail slammed for ‘grotesquely offensive and insulting’ front page

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

‘No-one should have to work while they’re sick.’

Boris Johnson

Wife of former Putin minister is on ‘shadow cabinet’ of Tory donors who have direct access to Boris Johnson

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2022

Lubov Chernukhin is said to have lobbied against higher tax for the ultra-rich and is the largest female donor in British political history

Boris Johnson Tory corruption

How Tory attempts to strike a trade deal with the US are taking a farcical turn

Tony Burke
21 February, 2022

‘The UK government says it now believes that the US federal structure opens up opportunities to reach deals on a state by state basis’

Gambling

How the gambling industry buys friends in Parliament

Matt Zarb-Cousin
21 February, 2022

Between 60 and 85 per cent of profits from online gambling come from those either deemed problem gamblers or at risk.

Kevin Foster

Devolved ministers unite to contest ‘restrictive’ UK immigration policy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 February, 2022

Representatives from NI, Wales and Scotland have written to the UK immigration minister calling for an ‘immediate review’ of the immigration system.

GB News

GB News makes false claims it is ‘bouncing back’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 February, 2022

Citing pathetic viewing figures, the right-wing news channel, which plays the National Anthem at the start of the day, insists its audience is growing.

Prince Andrew

How the left reacted to the Prince Andrew settlement

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 February, 2022

Amid the blaze of memes mocking the royal on social media, serious questions have been raised about how one of the most sordid stories in the recent history on the British establishment may have abruptly come to an end.

Rees-Mogg

Rees-Mogg claims Brexit has been ‘extremely beneficial’ as evidence mounts of damaged trade

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 February, 2022

In a week that brought confirmation of the detrimental impact the UK’s departure from the EU has had on trade, Brexit opportunities minister insists Brexit has been a success.

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