What Labour can learn from Johnson’s coal mine gaffe
What Labour must do to regain its working class voters.
Boris Johnson
Daily Mail columnist’s ahistorical defence of Thatcher torn to shreds
The column attempts to paint trade unions as the true villain in the miners’ strike
Are the days of the right-wing’s culture war numbered?
‘76% of people ‘didn’t know’ what politicians meant when they talked about a ‘culture war’.
Tory climate minister accused of hypocrisy after travelling to 30 countries in 7 months without isolating
‘One rule for them, another for us’.
Backlash continues over Boris Johnson’s ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines
‘These are shameful comments from Boris Johnson, and reveal the Conservative party’s utter disregard for the communities still scarred by Thatcher’s closure of the mines’
Government condemned for ‘using taxpayers’ money to pay for opinion polling on Labour Party politicians’
“This all makes me really uncomfortable. Ben Warner wants us to spend £110k of public money per month with the agency who were behind vote leave who have no mainstream polling experience.”
Johnson’s reckless approach will result in yet more suffering and death
Personal responsibility won’t end the crisis. Instead, we need a communal approach and a government that does everything it can to suppress this dangerous virus, writes Roy Wilkes of Zero Covid.
Prof Prem Sikka: Don’t fall for the Tory ‘levelling up’ mantra, they’re still continuing with austerity
‘The government’s mantra is that it is rebuilding the post-Covid economy by ‘levelling-up’, but it is hard to discern any policy that is reducing inequalities’.
Boris Johnson wants to upend Scotland’s autonomy
‘Johnson attempting to directly and publicly undermine Scottish autonomy would not play well in his favour.’
5 reasons why Matt Hancock’s alleged affair with aide is a matter of public interest
If the allegations are true, then the health secretary would be in breach of the social distancing rules that his own department had issued in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.