Politics
Rees-Mogg: Tories won’t wear masks because they ‘know each other’
Jacob Rees-Mogg rubbished Sajid Javid's suggestion that people should wear masks in crowded spaces.
Tory MPs deflated as £120m Brexit Festival to be called ‘Unboxed’ instead
“What could have been a great celebration of global Britain post-Brexit has now been Whitehall sanitised down into something anodyne and meaningless – it is a great opportunity missed," one Brexiteer complained.
Tax evasion: People are being purposely made to feel powerless
"The economic and political shift towards neoliberalism has been about undermining democracy and moving decision making away from the hands of the average person" - Grace Blakeley.
Ministers called out for House of Commons mask hypocrisy
Sajid Javid said MPs should set an example by wearing masks in the Commons - but he rarely dons one himself.
‘Asia is taking us to the cleaners’: Emily Thornberry destroys new trade deals in the Commons
"This is now the third Asia-Pacific agreement in a row where more than 80 per cent of the projected growth in trade has gone to exporters in those other countries," she said.
Remember what happened to the economy when Britain joined the EEC?
The UK has signed a trade deal with New Zealand - and the economic forecasts suggest its impact will be negligible.
Labour’s Jon Trickett calls for ‘bold’ wealth tax to ‘rebuild Britain’
In a new report, the former Labour frontbencher said his plan was "both morally as well as fiscally correct".
Law professor warns UK of ‘serious suffering’ from Johnson’s hard Brexit
“You tell great big fat lies, you sell magic bean fantasies. And then when reality stubbornly proves you wrong, you double down even harder."
Days after murder of MP arrest made following erection of gallows outside Parliament
"I think it is scandalous." "Our politics really is broken."