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GB News blames Reform’s Derbyshire defeat on tactical voting rather than local failures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

The right-wing network’s coverage cast the defeat not as a judgement on Reform’s local performance, but as evidence of an emerging ‘Stop Reform’ plot.

Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.

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More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

“Given support for independence remains tied, Brexit alone is clearly not a catalyst that can itself prompt a surge in support for separation — but, on the basis of this poll, the advent of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister may well be.”

A photo of a Scottish independence protest with a Saltire flagm with the word "yes" imposed on it

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Andrew Gwynne MP: Tory ‘levelling up’ plans look a lot like cronyism

Andrew Gwynne MP
19 May, 2021

We need proper scrutiny of the government’s pork-barrel politics.

Wera Hobhouse MP: The Lib Dems’ door is open to a progressive alliance

Wera Hobhouse MP
19 May, 2021

Parties need to work together to boot out the Tories – and secure PR – writes the Lib Dem MP.

Matt Hancock at a Covid press conference

EXCLUSIVE: Third of voters say government’s Covid inquiry is too late

Josiah Mortimer
18 May, 2021

“We shouldn’t have to wait until next year for the inquiry into how coronavirus has been handled,” Caroline Lucas tells LFF.

Jim McMahon MP: How Labour mayors are reversing the blunder of bus privatisation

Jim McMahon
18 May, 2021

Next stop, public ownership? Labour figures are adopting the London model to overhaul England’s beleaguered buses.

EXCLUSIVE: Scots have right to another indy referendum, say voters in England

Josiah Mortimer
18 May, 2021

The findings come as Nicola Sturgeon is once against sworn in as First Minister, after voters elected a pro-independence majority.

Have British weapons been used in the ongoing atrocities against Palestine?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 May, 2021

Campaign Against Arms Trade calls for an investigation into possible abuses.

Urgent action is needed to save Britain’s social care system

Janet Sillett
17 May, 2021

Social care needs radical thinking, a large injection of government funding, and urgent reform.

A Kill the Bill social media graphic

Exclusive: Kill the Bill activists to launch fresh wave of protests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 May, 2021

As the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, action accelerates to stamp out systemic racism.

Alyn Smith: A bright future for the next generation? Not under this Tory government

Alyn Smith
17 May, 2021

Behind the rhetoric, real-world consequences of Tory policies are destroying the hopes and ambitions of the next generation, writes Alyn Smith, MP.

The London Assembly building

Greens reject claims of ‘coalition with Tories’ on London Assembly

Basit Mahmood
14 May, 2021

The Greens instead accused the Labour party of trying to block them from chairing the Transport Committee.

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