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 ongoing row in Scotland over the role of the Lord Advocate is of fundamental importance to Scottish democracy’.
GB News, which has claimed to campaign on issues of free speech, described the gesture as an ‘unacceptable breach of our standards’
‘We’ll be writing to every MP spotted not wearing a face covering to challenge them to do the decent thing.’
Privatisation could also result in the channel losing its publisher-broadcaster status which means that all revenues are invested back into the production of its content.
Jason Ablewhite had already resigned as police and crime commissioner in November 2019 after he allegedly sent an explicit photo to a woman on Facebook.
‘According to Patel, our asylum system is broken and the way to fix it is to criminalise asylum seekers’.
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Allowing vulnerable MPs to participate in debates remotely ‘may be just as necessary in two months time as it was twelve months ago’, LFF is told.
“There is now an inconsistency between the sincere promise to fight for trans rights and inclusion in my work and the message sent by the party’s choice of front bench representatives.”
We’re back to the era of sink or swim. In a pandemic, it heralds chaos, writes Maheen Behrana.
