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‘Lord Walney Wants to Stop the Public From Acquitting Protesters – to Safeguard Those Making Money From the Issues They Demonstrate Against’
He wants juries to stop finding defendants not guilty and to prevent judges from applying laws “differently” when they involve issues like climate change and anti-racism
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Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has put Nigel Farage on her ‘Misleading’ Campaign Leaflets and Electoral Authorities say There’s Nothing They can do About it
The leaflets give voters the false impression that she has been endorsed by the Reform UK leader
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Green Party Pledges Swathe of Nationalisations and NHS Surge in Manifesto Dubbed ‘Amateur Hour’ by Tax Expert
The Green Party has unveiled a manifesto that promises to bring water companies, the Big Five retail energy firms, and the rail network into public ownership, positioning the party significantly to the left of Labour – even if they don’t use that word
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Celebrity-Run Children’s Home ‘Twice Misled’ Ofsted Over Serious Safeguarding Incident Which Saw it Shut Down
Ampika Pickston’s AP Care Homes Ltd has been barred for caring for children since late January and is now subject to a Care Standards Tribunal
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United Ireland Referendum Needs to Involve Minority Groups as ‘Balance of Power Sits with Those Left Out of the Conversation’
Migrant communities could be the hidden kingmakers in a border poll, but to engage they must feel safe
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‘Labour Must Revisit £28 billion Green Pledge: It’s Affordable, Profitable, Crucial for Net Zero and will Create Jobs’
Labour ditched its plans in February but has announced a new net zero transition policy – it isn’t enough
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Nigel Farage and an ‘Extraordinary Lack of Curiosity’ from UK Government and Intelligence Services Over Possible Russian Interference in Brexit
“It did strike me as ridiculous that, given the overt nationalism of the Leave.EU campaign, it was involved in discussions with representatives of the Russian Government”
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How Rishi Sunak ‘Changed the Rules’ to Keep the Conservative Party in Power
The Prime Minister accused Keir Starmer of wanting to “change the rules so they’re in power for a very long time”, despite the Conservatives making a long list of changes to elections designed to keep them in office
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Helicopter Cash: Rishi Sunak’s Reliance on Taxpayer-Funded Air Travel Exposed – and the Conservative Donors who Fund his Trips and Benefit From Huge Government Contracts
The Prime Minister’s penchant for air travel dwarfs that of his predecessors flies in the face of the Government’s net zero pledges and comes days after his D-Day dodging shame
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Cross-Party Campaign Backs 30 MP Candidates Who Have Pledged to Fight for Electoral Reform – and Could Oust Conservatives
11 Labour, 17 Lib Dem and two Green candidates win Compass groups’ backing, and could form pro-reform caucus if elected
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Rishi Sunak and the Mickey Mouse Manifesto: A Work of Bleak Fiction for Another Age
The Conservative manifesto might make a line in an exam paper in 30 years. But voters desperate for change are unlikely to take notice
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Celebrity-Owned Children’s Care Home Hired Two Managers ‘Sacked from Previous Jobs’ who Oversaw Safeguarding ‘Chaos’ that Led to Closure
AP Care Homes Ltd is run by reality TV star Ampika Pickston and was bankrolled by her fiance, West Ham co-owner David Sullivan
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More Reform UK Candidates Caught Sharing Conspiracy Theories, Racist Memes and Marxist Conservatism
One Reform candidate defended himself by suggesting that his social profile makes clear that his retweets and likes “are not endorsements”
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‘We Can Stop Lying in Politics – But Will a New Government Pay Attention to the Public’s Demand for Honesty?
At this moment in history, lying can no longer be dismissed as an unpleasant by-product of the political game – and we can do something about it, writes Compassion in Politics’ co-founder
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Conservatives Promote JCB’s ‘Revolutionary’ Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
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Labour Candidate and Starmer-Ally Faces Antisemitism Complaint Over Controversial Remarks on Marxist Jews
Luke Akehurst’s remarks about Marxist Jews spark outrage, with critics claiming they play into “Good Jew / Bad Jew” trope
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Conservative Party Threatens Byline Times with ‘Ludicrous’ £30,000 Copyright Claim Over Images Exposing Candidate’s Links to Convicted Drug Dealer
Jonathan Gullis refused to comment on our story while Stoke on Trent Conservative Federation threaten punitive legal case
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‘The Mistreatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen Speaks to Hierarchy of Racism in Starmer’s Labour Party’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on the deselection of left-wing Labour parliamentary candidates and what this suggests about race and representation in politics today
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Rishi Sunak’s D-Day Dodging Shows he has Abandoned his National Service
The Prime Minister, who wants to force young people to spend an entire year of their lives serving their country, wouldn’t even devote one afternoon to it himself
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‘Disabled People Must Have the Capacity and Freedom to Vote’
There are 14 million disabled people in the UK – are politicians even considering them in this election campaign?
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Brexit is the Election Elephant in the Room – But Business Leaders Know the Truth
Brexit has barely been mentioned during the election campaign – but the impact on businesses and the economy is so much worse than the public might think
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Demand for Voting Overhaul as One in Six Commons Seats ‘Haven’t Changed Hands for a Century’
Over eight million voters live in ‘one-party fiefdoms’ as over 100 parliamentary seats have been held by one party for a century or more
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Fears Over Russian Oil Grab in Antarctica Might be ‘Trolling’ to ‘Unsettle its Opponents’
News that a Russian polar survey vessel found a vast oil field off the coast of the British Antarctic Territory has caused significant alarm
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Who is ‘Posh George’? Meet the Aristocrat and Convicted Fraudster Close to Nigel Farage
George Cottrell was Farage’s Chief of Staff until he was found guilty of wire fraud in 2017. He’s now returned to the Reform leader’s side as an advisor
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New Porton Down Costs Spike 500% and Facility 15 Years Behind Schedule — and Nothing was Done to Prevent it
Ministers and civil servants condemned for lack of transparency and accountability with no one able to show actions “taken to hold leadership accountable”
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Conservative Candidate Accused of Misusing Magistrate Title AGAIN as He Campaigns for Re-Election
Restanding Conservative candidate for Lincoln Karl McCartney has previously been criticised for the same trick
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UK Goods Trade Down £44 Billion in Five Years – but Government Still Tries to Sell it as ‘Cause for Celebration and Renewed Pride’
When you exclude precious metals that offer “no real economic benefit to the UK” the figures look much different
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General Election 2024: The Technology you Need To Navigate ‘Dirtiest but Most Sophisticated Campaign yet’
A guide to a host of new tech helping voters make smart decisions and see through misinformation
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The Truth About Immigration That Sunak and Starmer Aren’t Willing to Tell you About
Both party leaders are promising to slash immigration numbers without being honest about the big costs it will inevitably bring to our economy and public services
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Leaders Debate: Rishi Sunak Desperately Tries to Save Failing Campaign With Vote Leave Style Tax Lie
Conservative-supporting newspapers today lead on an already repeatedly-debunked lie about Labour’s tax plans
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Lib Dem Official Used Anonymous X Account to Discredit Rivals in Key Battleground Seat
Our investigation into an X/Twitter account which makes regular attacks on the Conservative and Labour candidates in Wimbledon, suggest it is run by former Lib Dem council candidate and prominent activist
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British Doctor Bombed in Gaza by Israeli Planes Fitted with UK-Made Weaponry Speaks out for First Time
The attack occurred in a building that the Israel Defense Forces knew contained medics so constitutes a violation of International Humanitarian Law. So why are UK officials doing nothing about it?
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The Remarkable Rise of Surinder Arora from Troubled Kid to Billionaire Businessman
When he moved to England age 13 he couldn’t read and left school with few qualifications. But the work ethic he adopted from his mum saw him become a successful businessman
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Another Left-Wing Labour Hopeful ‘Blocked’ as Senior Union Figure Speaks Out his Selections Controversy
Brian McDaid says he was barred from being running for Labour over a 12-year old Facebook post about Israel-Palestine – before he was an active member
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Care Leavers Attending University are Being Made Homeless by Their Local Authorities
Young people leaving care in England are losing their right to local authority housing – because they’re trying to better themselves at university
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Special Investigation: Society’s Reluctance to Acknowledge the Scale of Child Sexual Abuse and a Lack of Political Support for Its Survivors is Keeping the Vulnerable At Risk
Part Four: The far-right is able to present itself as ‘filling the gap’ left by a lack of services with its own range of ‘support’ for survivors
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Special Investigation: ‘Muslim Grooming Gangs’ – An Old Conspiracy Mainstreamed by Today’s Politicians and Press
Part Three: In 2020, a two-year study of crime data and academic research by the Home Office concluded that ‘group-based offenders are most commonly white’
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Special Investigation: The Network of Far-Right Groups Exploiting the Survivors of Child Sexual Exploitation
Part Two: The interconnectedness of far-right groups reflects the extent to which those holding extreme beliefs have used the issue of child sexual exploitation to further their own ends
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Special Investigation: ‘The Far-Right Is Cynically Taking Advantage of Child Sexual Exploitation Survivors’
Andrew Kersley spent five months speaking to survivors of child sexual exploitation and experts on the ‘grooming’ of vulnerable women by far-right groups to understand why it is happening
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Fears of Mass Exclusion of Young Voters as Poll Reveals Numbers of 18-24 Year Olds Who Don’t Know About New Photo ID Rules
Young people, those with few qualifications, and voters in Scotland are least aware of new voter ID rules
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Conservative Deputy Chair Jonathan Gullis Took £10,000 From JCB – Then Stayed Silent Over Company’s job Loss Announcement
The MP for Stoke-on-Trent North didn’t comment on potential job cuts at the digger giant but called an “urgent” meeting with the Business Secretary over the closure of Johnson Tiles amid claims his “silence was bought”
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The Big Questions Nigel Farage Should be Asked by the Media
Why is a party with so few elected representatives and even fewer ideas being given such an easy ride?
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Anti-Racism Group Reveals MPs It’s Seeking to Boot Out – Including Lee Anderson and George Galloway
MPs who stoke “culture wars” face on-the-ground campaigns and targeted ads from Hope Not Hate
