Author: Miles Donavan

Labour leader Keir Starmer took Nigel Farage apart in the Commons today during PMQs, mocking him for his many trips to the U.S. Farage is a keen supporter and ally of Trump, who last week became the first convicted criminal to be elected US President. The MP for Clacton has been accused of neglecting his constituents, after making repeated trips to the U.S. to support Trump. During PMQs today, Farage stood up and asked: “Within a couple of days, we’ve learned of a third assassination attempt (on Trump), charges have been laid and behind it are Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. “Has…

The Guardian has announced that it will no longer be posting on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X (formerly Twitter). The paper announced today that it thinks the ‘benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere’. It comes after Musk took over the platform, which has since seen a proliferation in extremist and racist content, as well as the spread of fake news. Musk has been an avid supporter of Donald Trump and was rewarded for his support yesterday, after Trump…

Trump has made clear that he will push ahead with tax cuts for the wealthy, a move that Truss replicated in the UK to disastrous effect. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose premiership ended in disaster, is being brutally mocked after claiming that Trump can ‘save Europe’ and prevent UK ‘blackouts’. Truss, who has shown no humility after being booted out of office after just 49 days, making her the country’s shortest-serving Prime Minister, continues to blame everyone else for her downfall, borrowing straight out of the Trump playbook and claiming the ‘deep state’ was to blame. After Trump’s win,…

The WMO has said that 2015-2024 will be the warmest ten years on record with the loss of ice from glaciers, sea-level rises and ocean heating acceleration. Labour’s Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, has hit back at Trump’s claims that climate change is a hoax as he pledged to do all he could to ensure Britain is at the forefront of the Green transition. Trump has often denied the evidence of climate change and only a few months ago called climate change ‘one of the great scams’ following the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene,…

People think drastic action is needed now New polling has revealed that the British public think that urgent, immediate action is needed to address the climate crisis. YouGov has polled the public on attitudes to the climate crisis as the COP29 climate negotiations are taking place in Azerbaijan. The polling firm asked whether it is too late to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The public appear to be more pessimistic about the world’s prospects in this regard than they were when YouGov asked the same question in 2019. Now, 17 per cent of the public say it is…

Could other local councils follow… The newly elected Labour government has dropped opposition to the introduction of a four-day working week by a local council, setting a precedent for other local authorities to follow. The Independent reports that the ‘previous Conservative government objected to the plan by South Cambridgeshire District Council after it was introduced in 2023. But local government secretary Angela Rayner has criticised the previous administration for “micromanaging” local authorities over the policy’. South Cambridgeshire District Council decided to continue its four-day working week past the trial period in March this year, after repeatedly submitting data on its…

Trump became the first convicted criminal to be elected US President A majority of Britons believe that Trump’s win in the U.S. Presidential election will be bad for the UK, according to a poll. Trump, who became the first convicted criminal to be elected US President, and who held campaign rallies filled with vitriol, has made no secret of his desire to rule with ‘unchecked power’, with human rights groups, charities and NGOs warning about the impacts of a Trump presidency. A recent YouGov poll has found that a majority of Britons (55%) believe that a Trump presidency will be…

Many on the right have long-argued for tax cuts for the wealthy in the belief that it would somehow lead to more wealth creation Trickle-down economics. It’s a theory that has been widely contested over the years, with the right continuing to insist that cutting taxes and regulations for the wealthy works to benefit those at the bottom. Now the public have given their verdict. A new poll for YouGov finds that voters believe trickle-down economics does not work. The poll asked, ‘Do you think that reducing taxes and regulations for businesses and the wealthy does or does not benefit…

The fight for better pay and conditions for workers is continuing, with Unite the Union securing a number of pay deals and actions for its workers over the past month The fight for better pay and conditions for workers is continuing, with Unite the Union securing a number of pay deals and actions for its workers over the past month. Here are some of Unite’s biggest wins over the last 30 days. 1.Unite delivers pay win for First Bus workers in Aberdeen Unite has delivered a new pay deal for around 200 First Bus Aberdeen workers. Drivers, coach drivers and…

‘My advice to Nigel Farage is that he might want to concentrate his efforts on the constituency in Clacton that elected him, as opposed to spending his time in the USA.’ Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been brutally mocked after wanting to be the ‘unofficial UK ambassador to Donald Trump’. Farage, who is a supporter and ally of Trump, claimed that he would be ‘useful as an interlocutor’ with the Republican President. The MP for Clacton has made several trips to the U.S. since being elected in July, leading to criticism from many that he had neglected his duties…