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.”
The short term costs of reducing carbon emissions to net zero are high, but the alternative will cost us more.
‘76% of people ‘didn’t know’ what politicians meant when they talked about a ‘culture war’.
‘There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.’
‘One rule for them, another for us’.
‘These are shameful comments from Boris Johnson, and reveal the Conservative party’s utter disregard for the communities still scarred by Thatcher’s closure of the mines’
Human rights group Liberty has described the deportation flights as ‘cruel’.
The IEA has rejected climate change targets as ‘arbitrary’.
‘It’s important to reflect on what happened and how it happened. This is especially so, given the myths that surrounded these events. These are the same myths that surround all waves of riots.’
“I’d be disturbed if the Tories *weren’t* worried about the growing influence of Green politics,” the Greens’ co-leader said.
When did he learn his phone would be searched?
