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.”
It’s time to recognise the legacy of the Matchgirls strike.
If this is even 1,000th of the government’s message for COP26, we’re more doomed than we thought…
LFF understands the Labour party is planning a summer policy spree, including fresh pledges on climate action.
Over 50,000 members will have a say in picking the party’s next leader or co-leader.
Women are speaking truth to power – and the backlash is real.
A summer of surging climate disasters underscores what scientists have warned for years, more needs to be done to fight climate change.
As empty supermarket shelves show Brexit’s hangover is kicking in, the government’s scrapping of EU wine import certification is lauded as a ‘Brexit victory’. Naturally, Remainers are up in arms.
Void of trade union cooperation, and with the Covid exit-wave making industrial action difficult, a 3% pay rise may well be as good as it gets, writes Alex Maguire.
Labour and Starmer should look to Harold Wilson’s election victory in 1964 for answers.
‘NatWest could have been transformed into a people’s bank…but the government has shown no vision.’
