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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Dyson and Greensill scandals show how the government capitulates to the wealthy
Most normal people can’t afford to hire legislators or lobbyists
From Labour MP to Northern Independence insurgent – LFF speaks to Thelma Walker
“Labour need to ask the question, not ‘what’s a party like NIP doing eroding our vote?’ but ‘why are parties like NIP forming?’”
Unsafe and unsupported: The People’s Covid Inquiry hears testimony from frontline workers
“This final wave that we’ve just overcome was really, really, tough. The staffing was the worst I think I’ve ever seen it,” one health worker said.
Exclusive: Environmental groups unite against ‘scandal’ of food poverty
Food waste matters and we don’t take it seriously enough
Spycops scandal: We’re still waiting for answers
We may never know the full extent of the Spycops scandal.
“This is an act of care” Extinction Rebellion women break HSBC windows
Women from Extinction Rebellion attack HSBC headquarters
NHS Doctor: We need a Green New Deal to save lives
Green politics save lives.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, April 2021
Our roundup of the progressive news you might have missed…
Johnny Mercer’s resignation – and the hard right’s weird obsession with military prosecutions
Sacked minister Johnny Mercer (pictured) represents a militarist fixation on putting the armed forces above the law, Symon Hill argues.
Doctor’s Note: How the Covid crisis became a mental health crisis – and what to do about it
Across the country, GPs are witnessing a surge in mental health issues. It’s time to deal with the root causes, writes Dr Joe McManners.