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Why a Tory-Reform pact suits the right-wing press more than either party – for now

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.

Right-Wing Watch

More Scots would back independence if Reform entered government, poll suggests

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Today

“Given support for independence remains tied, Brexit alone is clearly not a catalyst that can itself prompt a surge in support for separation — but, on the basis of this poll, the advent of Nigel Farage as Prime Minister may well be.”

A photo of a Scottish independence protest with a Saltire flagm with the word "yes" imposed on it

MPs across the political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about NATO troops

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

“The president was wrong to diminish the role of Nato troops, including British forces in Afghanistan”

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Lucy Skoulding
1 March, 2021

Opponents argue hiking ticket prices up so much will put people off train travel and could lead to more cars clogging up the roads

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Government reverses leafleting ban – but fears grow over ease of changing election rules

Lucy Skoulding
1 March, 2021

The Government recently issued “advice” saying that election campaign leaflets shouldn’t be delivered by volunteers

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Public calls for a carbon tax that protects low-income households

Hannah Dillon
1 March, 2021

Let’s not patronise people: they can see the benefits of effective carbon pricing, says Hannah Dillon

Ignore the conspiracy theorists, the government’s reforms are not ‘the end of the NHS’

Steve Illife
26 February, 2021

Some in Labour would rather hark back to a mythical NHS than analyse its real problems.

Why do Tory tax rises get an easier ride than Labour ones?

Joe Lo
26 February, 2021

The same Tories who ripped into Corbyn’s tax rise plans are silent about Sunak’s.

Prof Prem Sikka: The FCA has failed to clean up financial corruption

Prem Sikka
26 February, 2021

It’s presided over all sorts of sleaze.

Tabloid editor: Readers are bored of sympathetic stories about trans people

Joe Lo
26 February, 2021

Apparently, readers now want controversy instead.

Big co-operatives like Nationwide should help new ones get started

Iwan Doherty Leo Sammallahti
25 February, 2021

Nationwide and Co-op members are trying to get them to fund new co-operatives.

New poll shows patronising right-wingers are wrong, the ‘Red Wall’ does care about the environment

Joe Lo
25 February, 2021

It’s not “just an obsession of posh boys in Southern seats”.

Matt Hancock accused of dangerous misinformation after claiming women will do smear tests at home

Joe Lo
25 February, 2021

As many women pointed out, reaching your own cervix is…difficult.

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