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Woke-bashing of the week: ‘Woke’ addicts and Christian name controversies – Toby Young’s latest culture war rants
Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and perennial culture-warrior, is once again stirring the pot.
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Right-wing press spins more Brexit hypocrisy over Spain’s proposed 100% tax on non-EU property purchases
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that non-EU citizens will face steep taxes when purchasing property in ...
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MPs push for extended paid bereavement leave for early pregnancy losses
A group of MPs are calling for extended paid bereavement leave to those who suffer a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks. Under the current law, employees are only eligible for statutory parental ...
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Badenoch admits Tories had ‘no plan’ for post-Brexit Britain
Kemi Badenoch is set to admit that the Tories “made mistakes”, including deciding to leave the EU without a plan. Today Badenoch will make her first major speech as leader of the Conservative Party, ...
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Multi-millionaire Reform MP Rupert Lowe advocates for dismantling NHS and ‘buying own healthcare’
Reform MP Rupert Lowe has argued that the public should pay for their own healthcare and advocated for the NHS to be ...
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Jonathan Ashworth slams Reform UK for wanting to charge people to see a doctor
Former Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth has slammed Reform UK for wanting to charge people when they want to go and see a doctor, as he took aim at the policies of Nigel Farage’s party. With Reform rising ...
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What is the Heartland Institute? Inside the climate denial group Nigel Farage has links to
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss were at the UK launch of a US-based climate change denying lobbying group in December. The Heartland Institute, the US-based free market think tank known for denying ...
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Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend launch of climate denial group
Climate sceptics Nigel Farage and Liz Truss joined the launch of the UK branch of a climate denying lobby group, set to be headed up by a former Ukip leader, as those opposed to net-zero policies seek ...
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Humiliation for Brexit bankroller Arron Banks after he is denied entry to US for his own Donald Trump inauguration party
Millionaire backer of Brexit, Arron Banks, who co-founded the Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, has been left humiliated after he was denied entry to the US by immigration officials, meaning he is ...
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Low-income households in UK worse off due to ‘sky-high’ housing costs
Low and middle-income families in the UK are worse off than families in other Western European countries due to ‘sky-high housing costs’, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation. The ...
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Plastics industry used disinformation to lobby against ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The estimated cost of cleaning up 'forever chemical' pollution in the UK and Europe will be £1.6 trillion over 20 years Chemical and plastic companies orchestrated a disinformation campaign to water ...
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Just Stop Oil protestors who posted ‘Stop Tory Coal’ flyers on Tory MP’s office cleared of criminal damage
Three climate protestors who had charges brought against them for posting ‘Stop Tory Coal’ flyers over former Tory MP Mark Jenkinson’s office have been cleared of all charges. The protestors stuck ...