Lords send Johnson down to a fourth defeat over his Brexit bill
The House of Lords has delivered yet another amendment to Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill. They insisted that measures be introduced …
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Lords defeat the government in three votes on Brexit
The Tories have lost three votes on their Brexit plans – in the House of Lords. Peers passed an amendment …
Grant offer for farmers to protect the soil is a VERY rare instance of the Tories doing what’s right
Mr and Mrs General Public sure seem stupid – from news stories over the last few days, it seems government …
New power-sharing deal restores NI devolution – in order to quit Johnson’s UK?
At long last – three years since the ‘Cash for Ash’ scandal that ended the last Northern Ireland power-sharing deal, …
Is Greggs £300 staff bonus actually a donation to the Tory government?
On the face of it, this looked like a pleasant display of solidarity with hard-working staff – but it seems …
Faced with five more years of Tory persecution, disabled people are losing hope
“Basically now we are all buggered. “No hope left for me as I’m disabled and they’ve messed me about so …
Tory government breaks ruling ordering it to publish report on UK fracking
The obvious question – asked by Labour’s Jon Trickett in the quoted extract below – is clear: If the Tories …
‘Survival sex’ scandal prompts call to take benefit powers away from DWP and hand them to Scottish Parliament
Scottish equalities minister Christina McKelvie has called for the Scottish Parliament to have complete control of benefits north of the …
Tory government’s lies about Universal Credit banned by advertising watchdog
The Tory government used public money to lie about what it was doing for poor people, according to the Advertising …
‘Jewish families will leave’ – this nonsense claim is the upshot of the Labour ‘anti-Semitism’ witch-hunt
What an absolute travesty. I wonder how many people reading this can remember back in the 1987 general election, when …