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Trump’s Running Mate JD Vance Says UK is an ‘Islamist Country’ and he Wants US to Abandon Ukraine
Trump’s selection of an anti-Ukrainian, anti-British politician for Vice President, means the UK must urgently look to Europe for our security
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The Unpopular ‘Popular Conservatives’ Blame the Voters for Their Own Defeat
The ‘Popular Conservatism’ Conference exposed a party firmly stuck in conspiracy-driven denial about why it just suffered the worst electoral defeat in its history
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Rishi Sunak Says no Rwanda Flights Will Take Off Before General Election – Spelling Likely Death of Toxic Scheme
The Prime Minister’s admission means the Government’s “dream” of sending refugees to the brutal Rwandan dictatorship looks all but over
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‘Huge Victory for Democracy’ as Rishi Sunak’s Protest Crackdown Found Unlawful by High Court
The Home Office unlawfully gave police the powers to intervene against protests where no serious disruption was taking place, the court found
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Rishi Sunak’s Rwandan Nightmare is Pushing His Government Beyond Reason
The Prime Minister’s immoral and obscenely expensive plan will only end in tears for everyone involved
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The Orbánisation of British Politics: Farage and Braverman Headline with Hungarian Prime Minister at National Conservatism Conference
NatCon Brussels is creating a network of radical right speakers from the UK, Europe and the US which often aim to roll back reproductive and sexuality rights
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The Political Extremists Embraced by Rishi Sunak
The Conservative Party’s defence of their donor Frank Hester, who made racist comments about Diane Abbott and black women, reveals the double standards at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s anti-extremism plans, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Who Are the Extremists Who Would Tear Us Apart?’
Mustafa Al-Dabbagh argues that it is the Government, not those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, which is using extremist and divisive rhetoric
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‘A Nationalist Uprising’: Islamophobia and the Bannonisation of British Politics
As Liz Truss joins Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson as the latest recruit to Steve Bannon’s dangerous and undemocratic internationalist ‘anti-globalism’ – more online information warfare and hate will be the result, writes Peter Jukes
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Rishi Sunak’s Attempts to ‘Vice-Signal’ His Way to Victory are Starting to Backfire
The Rwanda scheme is the perfect example of the politics of ‘vice signalling’. So why isn’t it working?
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‘Holding Back Progress During Crisis of Confidence for Minority Communities’: Braverman’s Meetings with Controversial Policing Pressure Group
Senior police officers are ‘alarmed’ by former Home Secretary’s meetings with Fair Cop, which promotes nationalist ideology and has links to the Reclaim Party
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‘Rishi Sunak Won’t Abandon Braverman’s Rwanda “Dream” – But It Won’t Slow the Boats’
There is no way of stopping people from trying to escape the awful conditions of their lives through the Rwanda scheme – another, sensible, solution is required, writes Brian Latham
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Reshuffling an Empty Deck: A Government Totally Lost and Out of Ideas
The Prime Minister’s glaring political deficiencies have been highlighted in a disastrous week for the Conservatives
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‘The Supreme Court Verdict on Sunak’s Unlawful Rwanda Scheme is a Victory for Human Decency’
The verdict is a major blow to the Government’s “dream” of discarding its international obligations to offer refuge to those fleeing war and prosecution
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David Cameron’s Appointment is the Final Nail in the Coffin of Sunak’s Political Integrity
Sunak’s appointment of the disgraced former Prime Minister gives the lie to his claims to be restoring accountability to Government, writes Adam Bienkov
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The Overton Window: Homelessness
The Home Secretary believes homeless people live in tents on the streets of this country as a ‘lifestyle choice’. She needs to take a closer, compassionate look…
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Of Barges and Banishments: What the Bibby Stockholm Reveals About Our Dark History
Suella Braverman’s asylum barges are tied up with Britain’s imperial past, writes Iain Overton
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Rishi Sunak is an ‘Upper Class’ Leader of an ‘Elite’ and ‘Out of Touch’ Party, Say Voters
Exclusive new polling finds voters are not convinced by the Prime Minister’s party conference claim to represent ordinary people’s concerns, Adam Bienkov reports
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‘GB News, Grooming Gangs and Suella Braverman’s Racialised Tropes’
Why were sufficient numbers not outraged when the troubled broadcaster was giving a platform to dangerous views claiming Pakistani men are the main perpetrators of this form of child sexual abuse?
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The Conservative Party Conference Embraces Trumpism Without Trump
Rishi Sunak’s reckless attempts to mimic the political tactics of the radical Republican right led to some ugly scenes at his party’s conference in Manchester, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘The UN Refugee Convention Should Be Reformed – But Not in the Way Suella Braverman Thinks’
The UK could show global leadership by pushing for the international community to broaden its definition of refugees, writes former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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US Sanctions Rwanda Over Child Soldiers – As UK Sings President Kagame’s Praises
The latest sanctions stand in stark contrast to the UK Government’s often inaccurate descriptions of life in Rwanda, where it plans to send some asylum seekers
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Migration Policy Mired in Hyperbolic Rhetoric Won’t Help if it’s Targeted at the Wrong People
If the West really wants to end migration, there is a solution: spend more money in the countries migrants are fleeing.
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Britain’s Best Days are Behind Us Under the Conservatives, Say British People
A majority of voters believe “nothing in Britain really works” and say Rishi Sunak’s party has made public services worse, according to an exclusive new poll
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‘We Need to Confront the Lie That There are ‘Safe Routes’ for Refugees to Come to the UK’
The truth is that Rishi Sunak’s Government is complicit in forcing desperate people to risk their lives in order to seek refuge in this country
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‘Completely Stupid’: How the Government is Blocking ‘Life-Saving’ Research on Drugs Including Magic Mushrooms
Former government drugs adviser tells UK government to unblock research on psychedelics, citing “remarkable” treatment potential
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‘Not a Safe Country’: The Court of Appeal’s Decision in the Rwanda Case
With the Government’s flagship policy in legal disarray, will the Conservative leadership finally stand up for the rule of law or continue stoking their culture wars?
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Refugee Week 2023: Where is the ‘Compassion’?
While Suella Braverman claims her approach to asylum is compassionate, Index on Censorship’s Assistant Editor explores how the reality is very different to the rhetoric
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Rishi Sunak Will Fail Key Pledges on Migrants, National Audit Office Reveals
The official watchdog says both the Prime Minister’s promises – to reduce asylum seekers backlog and stop housing them in hotels – will not be met
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Child Abuse Inquiry Participants Say Suella Braverman has ‘Used Them’ and Dashed Their Hopes
Eight years since the landmark independent inquiry began and six months after it delivered its report, there has been no practical response from the Home Secretary
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‘Not the Radical Reset Children’s Care Needs’
A new parliamentary reports criticises the Government’s plans for young people’s care – with the Home Secretary announcing that the same strategy will be used to tackle child sexual abuse
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‘Suella Braverman’s Survival Shows Sunak’s ‘Core Value’ is Self-Interest’
Given the choice between restoring ‘integrity and accountability’ to Government or protecting his own interests, Sunak has consistently chosen the latter, reports Adam Bienkov
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2023: Rishi Sunak Falls Victim to his Own ‘War on Woke’
The Conservative Party’s huge defeats in the local elections reveal a party that is increasingly out of step with modern Britain, reports Adam Bienkov
2019 General Election, Austerity, BBC, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Broadcasters, Class, Conservative Party, Democracy, Equality and Diversity, Extremism, Gender, Immigration, Journalism, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, LGBT, Liberal Democrats, Media, Newspapers, Populism, Racism, Racism and Structural Inequality, Rishi Sunak, Rupert Murdoch, Sexuality, Suella Braverman, The Far-Right, UK Politics
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Rishi Sunak’s New Far-Right Ally and the International Authoritarian Elite
Sunak’s warm welcome of the far right Italian Prime Minister exposes the increasingly authoritarian direction of his own Government, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Braverman Wants to Wage a ‘Culture War’ than a War Against Serious Criminality – It is Highly Dangerous for Potential Victims of Sexual Abuse’
The former Chief Prosecutor who brought the Rochdale ‘grooming gang’ to justice believes the Home Secretary’s rhetoric will have real life consequences
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Brexit Border Delays Expose the Lie at the Heart of Vote Leave
Boris Johnson’s promise that Brexit would make Britain an “outward-looking” prosperous nation is now exposed as the lie it always was, reports Adam Bienkov
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Suella Braverman to Address Radical ‘National Conservatism’ Event With Ties to US Right
The Home Secretary is a keynote speaker at the conference, which has previously hosted Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban, reports Karam Bales
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
Antisemitism, Austerity, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Climate Change, Conservative Party, Constitution, Corruption, Crime and Justice, Democracy, Economy, Environment, Equality and Diversity, Foreign Affairs, Gender, Health, House of Lords, Identity, Ideology, Immigration, Iraq, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, LGBT, Middle East, Migration, NHS, Parliament, Protest, Racism, Rights, Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Trade Unions
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Suella Braverman’s Race-Based Approach to Evidence Making
The Home Secretary’s comments about British Pakistanis and grooming gangs are contradicted by evidence uncovered by her own Department, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Fleet Street ‘Friendlies’ Climb On Board Braverman’s Prison Ships
The Home Secretary’s tabloid-pleasing plans to float desperate refugees offshore are designed to distract from the Government’s own failings, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Sunak’s Anti-Social ‘Crackdown’ is an Assault on Evidence-Based Policy’
The PM’s tabloid-pleasing ‘War on Yobs’ will only worsen problems in crime-hit communities, writes former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Nick Pettigrew
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‘Is There Any Comparison Between Braverman’s Migration Bill and Nazi Germany?’
Brad Blitz looks at the storm of controversy over Gary Lineker’s comments on the Illegal Migration Bill, and while he finds no evidence of Nazi policy, does hear echoes of fascist rhetoric
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Gary Lineker, Andrew Neil and the BBC’s Real Impartiality Crisis
Prominent right-wingers at the BBC have long been given the sort of leeway for their views that those on the left never will, writes Adam Bienkov
