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New Yorker says Brexit ‘catalysed the worst tendencies in British politics’
'Namely, its superficiality, nostalgia, and love of game play.'
New Yorker points out what most of Britain’s right-leaning press are too afraid to admit
The US magazine says under successive Tory PMs the country has “suffered grievously” from “years of loss and waste”.
‘Nationalise them now’: Sewage spills from storm overflows up 54% in 2023
Labour called for an immediate ban on bonuses for bosses of polluting water companies ahead of the figures being released.
Churches warned of ‘potential damage’ over involvement in asylum cases
Home Secretary James Cleverly called in Christian leaders in the wake of the Abdul Ezedi case.
Six presumed dead after cargo ship rammed Baltimore bridge triggering collapse
One official called the crash a ‘mass casualty event’.
Khan pledges 1,300 more police officers, PCSOs and special constables
The Mayor of London made the pledge alongside shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper while out on patrol with officers from the Metropolitan Police.
Public satisfaction with the NHS at lowest level on record
Since 2020, satisfaction has fallen by 29 percentage points.
Violent offenders ‘released from prison early’ under Tories watch, says shadow justice secretary
“This Conservative Government had promised 20,000 prison places by 2025, but so far they have only delivered under 6,000."
Delay to Julian Assange’s appeal bid decision ‘utterly bizarre’, says his wife
Stella Assange said Tuesday’s High Court ruling showed the court was ‘tying itself in knots’.