5 Reform UK disasters this week
This week has seen Nigel Farage defend a Nazi salute and a homophobic joke, and U-turn on another policy pledge
Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage
Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures
The House of Lords is increasingly illegitimate
Removing hereditary peers won’t go far enough to give the Lords legitimacy
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Millions in UK face disenfranchisement under voter ID plans which could breach human rights law, report warns
‘Whilst the Government’s list of acceptable forms of ID has been widely drawn, it is estimated that over 2 million people will not have an acceptable form of ID’
Five things we learnt from Dominic Raab’s grilling by MPs on Afghanistan
The foreign secretary’s answers to very direct questions were vague, obfuscatory and sought to shift blame elsewhere than accept responsibility.
Tory attack on Runnymede Trust over race report fails
Over a dozen Conservative Party MPs wrote to the Charity Commission last year demanding it launch an investigation into the think tank over its criticism of a government race report.
Union blames 12 hour shifts and low wages for food supply issues
Worries about having enough Christmas food are distracting us from the basic problem, says GMB Union
Natalie Bennett: Why did the Daily Mail focus its front page on disposable nappies?
Natalie Bennett unpacks why yesterday’s Daily Mail front page wasn’t about Afghanistan or the Covid crisis
Why civil liberty groups are fighting for facial recognition ban: ‘It’s intrusive and dangerous’
Cameras are all around us – yet no rules exist to monitor their usage
Hundreds arrested in first week of Extinction Rebellion protests
Organisers allege they’ve faced raids, extreme bail conditions and ‘disproportionate force’.
Tories line up BBC for real-terms cuts, reports suggest
Is this the latest Tory plan to ‘whack’ the Beeb?
Outrage as Green leadership candidate says he’s best placed to lead the party as he’s “male, white, cisgender”
“It would be far better accepted if a white middle class man got up and said I believe in the principle aims of Black Lives Matter.”
Reach the UK left: Partnership opportunities at Left Foot Forward
Left Foot Forward launches new promotion packages for progressive causes.