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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Profiteering from suffering: Outsourced asylum accommodation
Private companies are making massive profits while asylum seekers in their accommodation suffer.
Is the government considering ditching animal welfare for trade deals?
Labour’s Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Government is “considering dropping animal welfare and food standards and allowing hormone-treated beef into UK markets.”
Comedic and terrifying: Rees-Mogg’s Brexit opportunities’ minister appointment ardently mocked online
‘Mogg, early on the lookout for those myriad Brexit opportunities…’
Tory MP Sir John Hayes accused of spreading “misinformation” in culture war article
Shout Out UK, a social enterprise, has complained to the Press Standards organisation IPSO after being targeted by Hayes as part of his culture war crusade.
Gap between rich and poor set to widen as value of inheritance increases
As the value of inheritance is set to double, the divide between the affluent and the disadvantaged will expand over the next 20 years, research finds.
A ‘recipe for chaos’: PM under fire for appointment of ‘triple-jobbing’ Steve Barclay
Boris Johnson is facing yet another backlash over the appointment of No 10’s new chief of staff.
Murdoch media uses ‘dubious’ polls from climate change deniers
Stooping to a new low, The Sun bases a report on a survey acknowledged as using a ‘loaded’ question to allege public resentment on the banning of the sale of new fossil fuel-powered cars.
Right Wing Watch newsletter: Week 1 February 2022
Welcome to the first Right Wing Watch newsletter of February.
‘Words have consequences’: Johnson blamed for inciting political ‘poison’ after protestors mob Starmer
Resentment is simmering over the PM’s Savile comments, with MPs across the political spectrum urging him to apologise after the Labour leader was targeted by protestors last night.
A ‘sick joke’: Bank of England governor blasted from all directions for calling for pay ‘restraint’
‘Why is it that every time there is a crisis, rich men ask ordinary people to pay for it?’