PMQs: Keir Starmer absolutely wipes the floor with Rishi Sunak over NHS crisis
“So for one week, will he stop blaming others, take some responsibility and just admit under his watch, the NHS is in crisis, isn’t it?”
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‘They’ve gone from clapping the nurses to sacking the nurses’, Sunak roasted at PMQs by Keir Starmer
“The simple truth is you can’t legislate your way out of 13 years of failure.”
Unions launch campaign to protect right to strike against anti-strike laws
‘Strike Map, who launched the campaign, announced yesterday that within a few hours, representatives for over 50,000 workers had already signed the letter supporting the right to strike.’
‘Baffling’: Sunak’s maths plan slammed from every direction
One commentator described the proposal to ensure all pupils continue to study maths until they are 18 as a ‘cringe-inducing lack of vision.’
‘Knives Out’: Will Boris be back in 2023?
As a dire electoral future beckons the Tories, desperate times call for desperate measures, lighting the touchpaper for a possible return of Boris Johnson.
Mick Lynch round-up: best moments of the week
The RMT union general secretary has started 2023 with a bang, continuing to stump overzealous and ill-prepared interviewers and critics with calm, confident, and authentic responses.
Promised post-Brexit trade deals remain a fantasy
‘All in all, the fantasy of countries queuing up to sign trade agreements with ‘Global Britain’ and filling the gap left by Brexit remains just that – a fantasy.’
Nadine Dorries savages Rishi Sunak and accuses him of flushing Tories’ policies down the drain
“Poor Nadine Dorries was so desperate to destroy Channel Four … yet it’s not only saved but enhanced”.
Rishi Sunak slammed for appointing old-Etonian banker and Tory donor as new ethics adviser
“The social distance between us – an old Etonian, in 21st century?”
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive outlets…