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Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

In the least surprising defection ever…

Priti Patel has meltdown when LBC presenter points out negative impact of Brexit

Olivia Barber
Yesterday

Patel accused Goodall of giving a “political lecture”

Suella Braverman was rattled by Lewis Goodall's criticism of Brexiteers' assumptions

Where the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy Needs to Go Further 

Jenny Canham
Yesterday

The Animal Welfare Strategy is a good start, but if it is to be a document we can be proud of, it must close gaps where cruelty is most extreme

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Latest Posts

Claudia Webbe: 2020 is the year government cronyism became endemic in Britain

Claudia Webbe
21 December, 2020

This government is frivolous when it comes to handing public money out to Tory donors, but penny-pinching when it comes to bailing out communities…

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The Tories are refusing to spend any money to run elections safely during the pandemic

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

The UK ‘needs to follow international examples’ and invest to ensure ballots are run safely.

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Exclusive: Scottish Greens co-leader sets out party’s hopes for Holyrood elections

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

“We have the chance to do something new, and different, and exciting, and not be stuck, hampered by these unchangeable institutions.”

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How the Tories have allowed millions to plunge into destitution

Prem Sikka
18 December, 2020

Poverty and destitution are not the outcome of some invisible hand of fate, but the that of government policies and unresponsive economic and political institutions.

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Revealed: A handful of billionaires control a staggering share of UK media

Sophia Dourou
18 December, 2020

The data shows that the rise in digital media is only marginally counterbalancing the fact that the overwhelming majority of UK media is controlled by a handful of owners.

The UK opencast coal industry just received a final nail in the coffin in a landmark vote

Tommy Greene
17 December, 2020

Organisations have mounted an energetic campaign against the mining proposals, in a bid to hold the local authority to its word on climate breakdown.

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The Government just showed how little they care about tackling racism in the civil service

Lucille Thirlby
17 December, 2020

Scrapping unconscious bias training highlight’s the government’s indifference to creating a diverse and inclusive civil service

Five times the Tories weaponised fake news

Sophia Dourou
17 December, 2020

As criticism mounts of a local Conservative group wanting to ‘weaponise fake news’ we look at examples of the Tories doing just that

Tory MP slammed for ‘mixed messaging’ after attending a 27 guest ‘Christmas party’

Sophia Dourou
17 December, 2020

The MP attended the event after criticising the government’s five-day Christmas rules relaxation

How the UK is blocking global access to Covid vaccines – and what needs to happen next

Baroness Shas Sheehan
16 December, 2020

To ensure global access to the new Covid-19 vaccines, we need to challenge Big Pharma’s monopolies, argues Lib Dem spokesperson Baroness Sheehan.

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