The GuardianNowPublic duty? For these Tory defectors, being an MP is just another career moveverified_publisherThe Guardian - Polly ToynbeeThe stampede of Tory MPs has only just begun. Yesterday the 15th was Matt Hancock, just after Sajid Javid, with more expected to flee electoral Armageddon at the last minute. A crop of older Tory retirees have served their time, but there are also young quitters – the likes of Chloe Smith, William …
The Guardian1 hour agoWatch the Harry and Meghan show, and then tell me they weren’t victims of press bigotryverified_publisherThe Guardian - Zoe WilliamsWhy did Harry and Meghan make their Netflix documentary? The seismic event that was “Megxit” – when the couple stepped back from royal duties, moved mainly to the US and became financially independent – was almost three years ago. The Oprah interview, in which they addressed the explicit public and …
The Guardian1 hour agoPast Labour governments transformed the UK – the next one could end in-work povertyverified_publisherThe GuardianLabour has always come to power with a bold vision and a set of “big ideas” that, once enacted in government, have stood the test of time. As we stand on the threshold of a chance to win the next general election, ending the modern-day scourge of in-work poverty must be Labour’s next big mission in …
The Guardian1 hour agoEveryone’s jumping on the White Lotus bandwagon … and begrudgingly I admit that’s a good thingverified_publisherThe Guardian - Rebecca ShawThere is something that is guaranteed to happen if an Australian sporting team begins to perform well in an international event like the World Cup, as we saw recently. I’m not talking about politicians putting on merch and Googling “soccer” in order to pretend they like sport, although that’s also …
The Guardian5 hours agoIslamophobia from the likes of Boris Johnson must be punished – and this is how to do itverified_publisherThe Guardian - Suriyah BiA House of Commons report confirms Islamophobia as the most common form of religious hate crime in the UK. Specifically, 42% of all religious hate crimes reported to the police were attacks against Muslims. But genuine efforts to punish Islamophobia and Islamophobic attacks are so weak that …
The Guardian4 hours agoThe future of US elections hinges on an outlandish case before the supreme courtverified_publisherThe Guardian - Moira DoneganGoing into the oral arguments for Moore v Harper on Wednesday, it was easy to forget just how radical and strange it was that the US supreme court was hearing the case in the first place. Moore v Harper is a challenge by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state legislature to a decision by the …
