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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Why levelling-up is just another Tory hoax
‘Levelling-up’ has been used as a slogan by Boris Johnson’s government to implement its far-right policies.
There’s a clear route to Labour election success: a Green New Deal
‘Labour must propose radical solutions to the climate crisis, and history shows us that relying on market driven solutions is a dead end’.
Unite bosses should be compromising with workers not criticising them
‘With three left candidates vying for the top seat, unity within Unite is becoming fractured’.
Exclusive: Brits support decriminalisation of marijuana, saying it’s less harmful than alcohol
Three in ten MPs also support the decriminalisation of marijuana.
British Fur Trade Association slammed for ‘misusing poll’ to show support for fur trade
The association had claimed that ‘97% of Brits believe that a fur ban should not be the government’s priority’.
Wera Hobhouse MP: These Tory plans to change the voting system are a power grab
Home secretary Priti Patel has been accused of launching an ‘attack on democracy’ as she presses ahead with her plans.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, May 2021
Our roundup of the progressive news the media missed.
Lloyd Russell Moyle MP: We can end new cases of HIV by 2030. Here’s how
“The healthy life I enjoy every day is a testament to the grit and refusal to give up by HIV activists across the world.”
Jenny Jones: The Tories are planning an assault on democracy. The left needs to unite
Could a defence of demcoracy become the basis for a progressive alliance?
The lesson from England’s elections? Labour needs to split
How many times must a disappointed party berate or replace their leader before they realise the leader is not the problem?