Government acted unlawfully on broken Windrush promises, High Court rules A union says the next government should honour the promises to Windrush victims Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2024
‘My state pension was £880 – and my rent was £1,000’: how a 70-year-old man became homeless in Britain Tony Sinclair had worked all his life – but still found himself sleeping rough. Then even his tent was taken away from him The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2024
Ambitious Tory hopefuls could learn from Lady Macbeth’s fate ahead of leadership battle Grant Shapps is running. The Tory MP has held what seems like every ministerial post possible and is famous in Westminster for his command of spreadsheets and data – in other words, for tracking the views and intentions of his fellow Tory MPs. He is ready for the battle ahead. The Conversation · Jun 17, 2024
Suella Braverman’s new ‘cringey’ TikTok election video is actually real Former home secretary is seen performing a swaggering dance to Fedde Le Grand and Ida Corr’s 2006 hit ‘Let Me Think About It’ in TikTok clip The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024
Tactical voting could defeat Tories in once safe seats, campaigners say Senior Tories such as Liz Truss and Jeremy Hunt could be for chop as well as once safe seats such as Maidenhead The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024
Rishi Sunak tops a tactical voting hit list in plan for Tory wipeout Campaign group Best for Britain, which previously fought to stop Brexit, has produced its recommendations for tactical voting to ensure ‘the Tories are out for a decade’ The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024
Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace Sunak Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024
OPINION - Tom Newton Dunn: The race for Tory leader has begun already — and it's a 16-way brawl “The problem with my dear fellow Tory MPs is they all think they’re Winston Churchill,” a weary Cabinet minister told me this week. “Every single one of them.” Like many in the Conservative Party now, the minister has given up hope over the general election result. Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
There is no recovery for the Conservative party until it purges itself of Reform-lite ideas This cheap politics of envy distracts from Britain’s most pressing issue: inequality, says former Tory MP Justine Greening The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024
Rightwing Tories plan ‘rebel manifesto’ if Sunak’s policy launch falls flat Party figures including Braverman and Jenrick waiting to see how public responds to pledges, insiders say The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Campaign catchup: Europe’s right ascends, Lib Dems jump first, ReformCon cosy up In today’s newsletter: What swings toward the right in Germany, France, Belgium and beyond might mean for the UK election The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Farage tells Suella Braverman to join Reform after Tory election defeat Nigel Farage claimed that outside London and Scotland Reform is ahead of the Tories The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024
Harder to own your first home under the Tories, Rishi Sunak admits – UK politics as it happened PM acknowledges in BBC Panorama interview to air tonight that it is a challenge for people to buy their first home The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Keir Starmer heading for 10 years in power, new poll says Exclusive: Redfield and Wilton poll for The Independent also finds that Tory supporters want Nigel Farage to suceed Rishi Sunak as party leader The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024 Tories vow annual cap on visas in general election pledge to reduce immigration Sunak unveils policy long demanded by Tory hardliners such as Suella Braverman, as challenger Farage insists 4 July ballot is an ‘immigration election’
The Independent UK · May 26, 2024 Daffy duck, coconuts and raccoons: When do memes, emojis and gifs become hate crimes? ‘I’m going to be brought down by a Daffy Duck GIF? I felt anger,’ one person told The Independent. Nadine White looks at how people can fall foul of social media memes
The Guardian - US · May 25, 2024 Louisiana descends into dystopia with historic law on abortion pills The state wasn’t the best place to get pregnant in the first place, with some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the US
Evening Standard · May 24, 2024 The Tory MPs whose seats are at risk this general election A number of top Conservatives could be at risk this general election
Evening Standard · May 24, 2024 OPINION - Rishi Sunak has been in last-ditch campaign mode for so long — a General Election is logical Rishi Sunak’s very first move as Prime Minister was to baffle. Why had this sensible technocrat appointed a loon like Suella Braverman? Many baffling moments followed — Rwanda, the war on woke, tax cuts that ran in the face of everything he had stood for as chancellor. So a snap…
The Independent UK · May 23, 2024 Ten top Tories at risk of losing seats at the general election Voters to choose new prime minister and MPs, with a host of top Conservatives at risk of being ejected from Commons
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 Woman who carried placard depicting Sunak and Braverman as coconuts charged with hate crime Ms Hussain is due to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on 26 June.
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024 The Guardian view on peaceful protests: the high court has preserved a fundamental right Editorial: Ministers should think again after judges ruled the authoritarian move to constrain demonstrations was unlawful
Evening Standard · May 21, 2024 Teacher charged over coconut poster of Sunak and Braverman at London pro-Palestinian march Marieha Hussain, 37, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, will appear before magistrates in Wimbledon on June 26
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024 Now there’s proof: Suella Braverman unlawfully curbed protest. We all have rights – and we must protect them Ministers are intent on restricting protest and will flout the law to do it, says Akiko Hart, director of Liberty
International Business Times · May 21, 2024 Court Rules UK Government Anti-protest Powers Unlawful The UK government acted unlawfully by changing legislation to give police tougher powers to clamp down on street protests, judges ruled on Tuesday.