Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive outlets…
Tory party
Millionaire Rishi Sunak ‘pays to upgrade electricity grid to heat his private pool’
Multi-millionaire Sunak, has had to pay to upgrade his electricity grid because his private swimming pool uses so much energy.
Tory MP slams Rishi Sunak’s ‘horrible’ migration bill and says she will not vote for it
“I think we have an absolute duty to treat people humanely to keep people safe. I have absolute horror at the prospect.”
Gary Lineker says he will ‘keep speaking for those with no voice’ and doesn’t fear BBC suspension
“I’ll continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice.”
Boris Johnson nominates his father for a knighthood
Boris Johnson had already previously faced accusations of cronyism after nominating his brother Jo Johnson for a peerage in 2020.
BBC Question Time audience member roasts Tory minister over his party’s chaos
I think it’s bizarre to hear the Conservative minister complain that we’ve had 11 relaunches under Labour when we’ve had three Conservative prime ministers in just the last six months.”
Michael Heseltine schools Reform UK’s Richard Tice on failings of Brexit
“I’ve just told you what the reality is. You’ve been deluding people as you’ve been doing for six years.”
Diane Abbott MP: The Tory civil war has valuable lessons for the Labour Party
‘The civil war is limited in scope, but it is nevertheless vicious’
Tory Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson is being sued by man who runs foodbank charity
Anderson is accused of defaming Michael Hollis on a Facebook page.
Treasury spent £3,000 of taxpayers’ cash on fine art photographs while the rest of us are told to ‘tighten our belts’
Spending on government-issued “credit cards”, also known as Government Procurement Cards, has risen 70% since 2010.