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: Sadiq Khan vows to do ‘everything’ to oppose attempts to abolish the GLA
The mayor also hit out at Shaun Bailey for his “lies and smears” – and issued a plea to Green voters.
Interview: Green Party mayoral candidate Siân Berry’s final pitch for votes
As Londoners head to the polling station to elect the capital’s next mayor, Left Foot Forward’s Josiah Mortimer caught up with Green Party candidate for mayor of London, Siân Berry.
‘No more excuses’: Pressure grows for UK to follow Biden’s lead on waiving patent rules on Covid vaccines
Amid the devastating outbreak in India and fears that vaccine-resistant strains could undermine a global recovery, calls are being ramped up for UK to drop opposition to the intellectual property waiver on vaccines.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 2021 election eve special
Our roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
London mayoral candidates pledge to resist private takeover of GP practices
But Sadiq Khan hasn’t responded, campaigners say.
Electoral sleaze: Tory campaigners threaten Labour areas with reduced cash
The sub-text appears to be: elect Labour – get punished.
No 10 dismisses calls for independent oversight of Tory ‘Levelling Up’ plans
Establishing independent oversight of the Tories’ proposed Levelling Up plans would “not be standard practice”. That’s kind of the problem…
The left needs to stop being ashamed of London
Bringing up the rest of the country shouldn’t mean ‘levelling down’ in the capital.
‘Free speech’ mayoral candidate accused of censoring teenage journalists
Brian Rose quit a hard-hitting interview – before his company filed a claim for copyright infringement, a group of young YouTubers say.
London elections: Women’s Equality Party eyes Assembly seat
Could the Women’s Equality Party win their first seat in the capital? Nigel Gordon speaks to their lead candidate.