‘Really, Alex?’: Tory moderates risk reputations by backing Lee Anderson Constituents of MPs such as Alex Chalk are expressing frustration at endorsement of hard-right views The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023
Education secretary defends ‘incredibly rude’ comments about the value of A-level results – as it happened Gillian Keegan told Sky that employers ‘won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2023
Is the worst finally over? Relief for Rishi Sunak as inflation falls - but warning on further rate rises Wage rises overtake inflation but interest rate hikes still loom Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2023
No 10 suggests Britain is still part of EU in embarrassing social media gaffe Downing Street boasted UK had more AI companies than ‘any other EU country’ The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023
Lee Anderson: Bibby Stockholm barge? I’ve stayed in worse in Skegness Deputy Tory chair doubles down on ‘f*** off back to France’ comments by saying unhappy asylum seekers should ‘go back where they came from’ The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023
Lee Anderson’s vile anti-migrant comments pose this question: do we want politics like this? Even Thatcher’s governments were above the hateful, toxic rhetoric now being favoured by Sunak and his lieutenants, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2023
OPINION - Anne McElvoy: Jeremy Corbyn is back and has much in common with Farage Guess who’s back? As predictable as rain squalls in a London August, Jeremy Corbyn is on the march — to annoy mainstream politics and especially a moderate Labour leader who might actually run the country. An article in the (ideologically aligned) local paper declares the need to make Islington North… Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023
Just Stop Oil’s demands are ‘contemptible’, says Starmer The Labour leader confirmed that he would not revoke drilling licences issued by Rishi Sunak The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2023
Rishi Sunak – a total investment banker What kind of person opposes initiatives designed to protect the future of our planet so his enfeebled party can retain power? The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023
Ministers ‘would take until 2036 to removed failed asylum seekers at current rate’ Labour accuses home secretary Suella Braverman of nothing but ‘empty promises’ The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023
‘Absentee MP’ Nadine Dorries faces campaign to force her out The MP for Mid Bedfordshire remains in post despite vowing to resign in June Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2023
Ministers blacklist Greenpeace as clamour grows for review of Rishi Sunak’s security Exclusive: Environment department is the second to cut off contact in recent months The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023
Sunak house protest: is all fair in the fight against climate change? Five Greenpeace activists who were arrested after they scaled the roof of Rishi Sunak’s country home have been released on bail less than 24 hours after the protest. The Week · Aug 4, 2023
Calls to review Rishi Sunak’s security arrangements after Greenpeace protesters scale his home (old) Minister says it would not be ‘responsible’ to comment on PM’s security The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023 Greenpeace activists arrested after ending oil protest at Sunak’s mansion Black fabric draped on Yorkshire home in response to PM’s pledge to ‘max out’ UK oil and gas reserves
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023 Bibby Stockholm delay adds to disarray of Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ pledge As with the Rwanda plan, the PM has been frustrated in his attempts to house asylum seekers on a giant barge
The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2023 Climate activists spray Scottish Parliament building with red paint in oil protest CLIMATE activists have sprayed the Scottish Parliament building with red paint in protest at the UK Government's intent to sign off on hundreds of…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023 Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush Australian mining entrepreneur Andrew Forrest criticises ‘clickbait’ fossil fuel plans as others say Britain has lost credibility
Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023 Florence Pugh’s father hits out at ‘dictators’ imposing LTNs in Oxford Actor Florence Pugh’s father has hit out at “dictators” in his local council and called for the scrapping of low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTN) measures.
The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2023 Priti Patel tells Rishi Sunak: ‘Pause drive to net zero, the public are not ready’ The former home secretary piled fresh pressure on the government to water down or scrap environmental policies
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023 What the papers say – July 26 A wide scope of stories made up the front pages in the UK on Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023 Labour to debate election pitch after delivering by-election blow to Tories The Conservatives clinging on to Boris Johnson’s former Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat has opened up a debate about green policies.
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023 ‘Anyone but them’: True-blue Tory voters see red to hand Labour historic Selby by-election New Labour MP vows ‘change’ as voters vent frustration at Boris Johnson ally he replaces
The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023 Friday briefing: An awful byelection night for Sunak – though the Tories avoid a wipeout In today’s newsletter: a pair of major defeats for the Conservatives, but the PM will be relieved to have at least retained Boris Johnson’s old seat
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023 Record swing in Selby but Starmer faces ‘serious questions’ as Labour fails to take Uxbridge Labour had been widely expected to overturn a 7,000 majority in the outer London seat, but candidate Danny Beales fell short