The polls that regularly appear on the pages of the right-wing press, frequently rely on loaded questions, selective statistics and audiences already primed to agree with the publication’s editorial position.
The longer-term political consequences of the pandemic’s spread of fringe beliefs are visible in the evolution of Reform UK. Its anti-lockdown positioning provided Nigel Farage with a means to reconnect with disaffected voters and reassert his political relevance, much as he had done, with notable success, during the Brexit campaign.
“It would make it easier for British companies to trade, collaborate and hire, and it would help restore the confidence international investors once had in the UK as a gateway to Europe.”
A look back a political career characterised by gaffes
This time the group wants to shut down the City of London.
Meet some of the working-class students fighting for fairness at Britain’s ‘elite’ universities.
‘Government sources’ are standing like Cnut against the tide of home working. They’ll be washed away.
James Gray MP accepted payments to train witnesses ahead of select committee appearances.
In a conference Richard Tice claimed without any evidence someone ‘must have had a word’.
What Labour must do to regain its working class voters.
The column attempts to paint trade unions as the true villain in the miners’ strike
Covid has not only been a health crisis, but has dramatically affected people’s social, economic and family life, as well as their mental health.
The proposals are disproportionate, oppressive, and deeply harmful to democracy and the public’s right to know, says James Slack.
