5 Reform UK disasters this week
This week has seen Nigel Farage defend a Nazi salute and a homophobic joke, and U-turn on another policy pledge
Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage
Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures
The House of Lords is increasingly illegitimate
Removing hereditary peers won’t go far enough to give the Lords legitimacy
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EXCLUSIVE: Quarter of voters say former ministers shouldn’t be lobbying for private firms
Around 27% believe former prime ministers should not be allowed to lobby government on behalf of private firms after they have left office.
Keir Starmer must unite the party and offer a vision if Labour is to win
“The last 12 months of the Starmer leadership have been wasted with unnecessary party divisions, alienation of its voter base and neglect of policies and election strategy”.
Grahame Morris MP: Fire and Rehire is despicable and it must end
‘Fire and rehire is often used by companies that have been in receipt of vast amounts of taxpayer money during the Covid-19 crisis.’
Alistair Carmichael MP: Plans for voter ID are a ‘dagger at the heart of our democracy’
‘Mandating proof of identity at polling stations would exclude significantly more people from the democratic process than it would prevent people from committing fraud on polling day. ‘
Nine new billionaires created due to profits from Covid vaccines, says campaign group
According to the People’s Vaccine Alliance, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion, enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries 1.3 times.
Anne McLaughlin MP: The Tories are bringing their culture war into law
‘It is kneejerk, populist and fascistic law-making to protect the lies of benevolent imperialism, and it is a dangerous attack on all of our civil liberties.’
Sarah Champion MP: The government is ‘failing the world’s poorest’
‘We desperately need a clear commitment to international development with well targeted aid that listens to the Global South.’
Natalie Bennett: The government’s new green plans are riddled with holes
It’s time to unpick the Tories’ misleading environmental promises.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, May 2021
Our roundup of the progressive news the media missed.
Andrew Gwynne MP: Tory ‘levelling up’ plans look a lot like cronyism
We need proper scrutiny of the government’s pork-barrel politics.