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 inquiry has criticised the government’s delay in taking action against the spread of Covid-19 and cuts to the NHS.
‘I am standing on my record and nobody can touch that, they won’t even get close.’
‘The Home Office’s new plan for immigration, threatens a more hostile environment for asylum seekers.’
‘The government’s mantra is that it is rebuilding the post-Covid economy by ‘levelling-up’, but it is hard to discern any policy that is reducing inequalities’.
‘Lee Anderson was born in 1967. Are we entirely sure it hasn’t been him watching that was the problem all along?’
‘Johnson attempting to directly and publicly undermine Scottish autonomy would not play well in his favour.’
Voters of all major political parties agree that those with large amounts of money can use it to ‘buy influence’ in UK politics
‘As communities transform into energy generators, they move beyond passive consumers into active democratic actors against climate change’.
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“More companies could be given access to confidential patient information, with no clear protection for patient privacy.”
