Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids instead of going to work
So much for Farage’s ‘beefed up’ vetting of candidates, clearly people with disgraceful and bigoted views are still being let through.
Green MP calls on Keir Starmer to resign over Peter Mandelson scandal in fiery PMQs speech
‘Does the prime minister not recognise that the best thing he can do to restore trust […] is to take true responsibility and resign?’
Farage told to act over Reform local election candidates with racist, sexist and homophobic views
Reform continues to allow candidates with “grotesque” views to stand for the party
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German ministers troll Johnson over false contact tracing claim
Lots of countries have working coronavirus tracing apps.
Government ignored firefighters union when drafting post-Grenfell bill
The FBU represents 44,000 firefighters. Maybe they’re worth picking up the phone to?
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Will they attract Corbyn supporters?
Minister: If the public want to access government, they can attend Tory fundraising dinners
He was asked why ordinary people don’t have the influence billionaire Tory donors do
To take on this racist government, we need to build a movement in every community
People are rightly burning with anger and despair at racial injustice.
Money talks: Why the UK government refuses to condemn Turkey [RETRACTED]
Successive Prime Ministers have cosied up to President Erdoğan. It is unjustifiable, writes Chris Madden. [Sponsored partnership feature with Peace Data – now retracted: see co-editor’s note below]
LGBT+ liberation veterans to defy ban on gatherings with march to ‘reclaim Pride’
March celebrates 50th anniversary of London Gay Liberation Front, as protesters in their 70s and 80s put ‘politics back into Pride’ with five demands.
How Labour held Jacob Rees-Mogg’s seat – and what it means for the next election
In 2005, Labour held the rural seat Jacob Rees-Mogg would later take. After a damning review of Labour’s 2019 result, here’s some lessons from the campaign.