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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MPs and veterans join growing call for inquiry into Afghanistan
The reputation of the West to support democracies across the world has suffered, says Tobias Ellwood MP.
Why the UK government’s pledge to take 20,000 Afghan refugees is woefully inadequate
‘Britain has a moral duty, historic responsibility and the financial means to provide many more Afghans with protection’.
Tories slammed for careless and reckless attitude towards masks
“Staff safety and reducing the unnecessary spread of Covid is our number one priority. It should be the government’s too,” said a union spokesman.
The government should stop resisting advice on gun control and start learning lessons
‘Legal gun owners have, in fact, been responsible for the vast majority of multiple shootings in Great Britain’.
Unite candidates offer final messages to members as general secretary election draws to a close
Candidates for the Unite general secretary election are making a final push in the last days of campaigning.
Prof Prem Sikka: The political system doesn’t work for the poor and marginalised
‘One reason for the persistence of inequalities is that too many legislators are far removed from the social world inhabited by marginalised people’.
Dominic Raab ruthlessly mocked online for posting video reeling off his ‘achievements’ on Afghanistan
‘The don’t sack me tweet’.
Peer condemned over Islamophobic comments during Afghanistan debate
‘The number of people who seem to equate the Taliban with all Muslims and Islam as a whole shows an outstanding level of ignorance’.
Dominic Raab urged to quit after being ‘too busy’ on holiday to make phone call about saving Afghan interpreters
The foreign secretary was in Crete on Sunday while the Taliban was taking over Kabul.
Amelia Womack and Tamsin Omond: Our first 100 days as Green Party co-leaders
‘In our first 100 days as leaders, we will meet with the UK’s leading progressive thinkers and movements to understand and promote the best ideas for a low-carbon future’