Politics
Flashback: To when free speech-championing Tories banned anti-capitalist material from schools
Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, said it showed “how easy a country can slip surreptitiously into totalitarianism” at the time.
Liz Truss ‘refusing to answer questions’ about Brexit trade crisis, MPs rage
In a stinging letter, opposition MPs accused Truss of attempting to “shirk responsibility for the failures of your colleagues elsewhere in government”.
Gavin Williamson leads government charge on ‘phantom threats’ to free speech
"In reality the biggest threats to academic freedom and free speech come not from staff and students, or from so-called ‘cancel culture’, but from ministers’ own attempts to police what can and cannot be said on campus."
BBC coverage of Cummings’ case “amongst the most extraordinary piece of reporting ever seen” – Maugham
"Short of posting a photo with a halo around his head it's hard to see what more the BBC could have done to made Cummings look good."
Divide and rule: Tories whip up culture war with eye on 2024
The government sees a culture war on "woke" culture as key to keeping power. It might work.
Cummings in court as Good Law Project begins judicial review of Government Covid contracts
GLP say a focus group and support services contract was given to Public First because the PM’s then senior aide wanted the company to have it.
Reaction as Starmer drafts in Mandelson to inject a dose of New Labour’s winning mentality
The Labour leader is also launching a "prawn cocktail offensive" with potential wealth donors.
Red Wall MPs call on government to mirror Thatcher’s radicalism by unleashing “Northern Big Bang”
The NRG say it would bring new opportunities and economic growth like it did in London and the South East.
Reactions as Jedi-wannabe Sunak posts emotional anniversary tweet
"Sorry, but I don’t think they’re going to make a ‘Billy Elliot’ type film out of your Winchester College, Oxford, Hedge Fund, marry billionaire daughter story mate."