🇬🇧 Discussion: UK Politics

[Lily Adler]

Brazil banned Twitter. Are we seeing a domino effect with the UK being next?

 

[blueharvest]

Labour MP pushes for watchdog to assess PFI costs under budgets bill

Stella Creasy says she wants to put school and hospital debts and impact of trade deals ‘on nation’s books’

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kemi Badenoch to urge Conservatives to do more than criticise Labour

Shadow minister will launch leadership campaign with call to think afresh and move on from landslide election defeat

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Maybe start with policies people actually want.

 

[Lily Adler]

Maybe start with policies people actually want.

Tbf, they were the ones who pushed Brexit, which won... twice.

 

[Lily Adler]

Voters beginning to think Conservatives are ‘weird’, research suggests

Tories found to have problems with relatability, and few voters can identify party leadership candidates

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Labour urged to drop Tory rhetoric or risk failing to fix broken asylum system

Exclusive: End focus on deportations and use language of ‘compassion and humanity’, says Refugee Council

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizes on behalf of British state to Grenfell Tower fire victims and pledges justice

Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizes on behalf of British state to Grenfell Tower fire victims and pledges justice

abcnews.go.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Labour urged to honour promise to ban 'no fault' evictions as landmark bill returns to Commons

Campaigners warn of a rise in homelessness linked to Section 21 notices and say reforms are needed to address the insecurity renters face.

news.sky.com

 

[blueharvest]

Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur

Former prime minister also under fire for hiring ex-aide Charlotte Owen as VP despite her lack of energy sector experience

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Winter fuel vote live: Labour rebels face action as PM accused of hiding cuts impact

Sir Keir faces calls to publish assessment amid anger at Labour’s decision to cut benefit for pensioners

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Karma?

 

[blueharvest]

Diane Abbott says Tories paying ‘lip service’ to fighting racism after further Hester donation

Party took £5m after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman for saying Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

What the hell

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

UK’s post-Brexit checks on fruit and vegetables delayed for a third time

Move comes amid concerns from suppliers that checks on goods coming from EU could lead to higher prices

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Brexit deal impact 'worsening', economists say

The findings come from a report covering the three-year period after the Brexit deal was signed.

www.bbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

UK overseas aid spend will reach 17-year low without urgent action, NGOs warn

Humanitarian sector says UK will lack credibility at world summits owing to ‘devastating’ impact of budget cuts

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Labour will lean into hope at first conference in power for 15 years

Don’t expect Obama 2008 levels, say sources, but ministers know Starmer’s party have much to celebrate in Liverpool

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Starmer UN speech live: PM meets with Donald Trump for first time at two-hour dinner

Sir Keir Starmer and foreign secretary David Lammyspent time with former president before flying back to UK

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

He should be de-Royaled.