Wednesday, 5 October 2016

SNP, Plaid and Greens join forces to condemn Tories 'toxic' conference

"Xenophobia doesn't benefit anybody unless you're playing high-stakes Scrabble." - Dennis Miller
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Most of the headline-grabbing announcements made by the Conservatives over the last few days have centred around immigration. Now, the SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru have come together, in a highly unusual move, to condemn what they describe as the party's 'toxic' politics.

Our next piece argues that under Theresa May, the Tories have drifted further to the authoritarian nativist right than at any point since Margaret Thatcher, and suggests that the party seems to have adopted Ukip's entire political mission.

Next we have an article which argues that it's not companies who employ foreign workers that should be 'named and shamed' but those who fuel our anti-immigrant politics. It suggests that pockets of prejudice are no longer confined to isolated areas of the UK, but are now implicitly endorsed at the very top of government. 

Elsewhere, we have a piece which suggests that the government's plans to opt out of the European Convention of Human Rights during future wars shows that they do not understand that they would also be taking rights away from soldiers themselves.

And, we hear from the chief executive of Refugee Action who is calling on Britain to rescue the children of the Calais Jungle before it's demolished.

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SNP, Plaid and Greens join forces to condemn Tories 'toxic' conference  


 

On Oct 05, 2016 10:35 am
The three parties have come together to condemn the anti-immigration rhetoric at the Conservative party conference
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It's time we 'named and shamed' those fuelling our anti-immigrant politics


 

On Oct 05, 2016 10:43 am
British politics is moving towards a deeply dangerous anti-immigrant consensus
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The Tories have finally become Ukip


 

On Oct 05, 2016 09:46 am
We are entering a profoundly dangerous moment in British political history
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British soldiers shouldn't be above the law


 

On Oct 05, 2016 09:23 am
A legal holiday from human rights during war time is in nobody's interest
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Britain must rescue children from the Calais Jungle before it's demolished


 

On Oct 04, 2016 05:12 pm
Amber Rudd's first speech as home secretary barely touched on refugees - but she needs to tak eaction now
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Living wage 'a disaster' for low paid workers

The recent introduction of the Tory 'living wage' has been a disaster for many low paid workers. Figures from the Low Pay Commission suggest that nearly half of all low paid jobs are in two sectors; wholesale/retail and hotels/restaurants.
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Surge of religious influence in our education system

Concealed by the wider process of 'academisation' of state schools in England is the biggest surge of religious influence in our education system in a generation
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New analysis shows low cost of integrating solar into power system


Cost of solar 'back-up' negligible today
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October is MRSA Awareness Month


MRSA activists in the USA and UK, are calling for world unity from governments, the healthcare industry and community for a greater response to MRSA
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Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Ethnic minority Tories say Zac Goldsmith's dog-whistle campaign damaged party

"When demagogues use offensive caricatures to inflame passions, they are demonising people" - Ian Haney Lopez
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Zac Goldsmith's divisive mayoral campaign received plenty of criticism earlier this year. Now, a leading black Tory MP has spoken out about how badly it has damaged the party.

Our lead item today reports that former minister Helen Grant has told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference that Goldsmith's campaign was "unfortunate" and "embarrassing". The party's MEP group leader Syed Kamall agreed, describing it as "awful" and said that it had failed to communicate to the ethnic minority voters Goldsmith needed to win over.

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Ethnic minority Tories say Zac Goldsmith's dog-whistle campaign badly damaged party


 

On Oct 04, 2016 11:09 am
Former minister says Goldsmith set the party back with black and ethnic minority voters
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New analysis shows low cost of integrating solar into power system


Cost of solar 'back-up' negligible today
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October is MRSA Awareness Month


MRSA activists in the USA and UK, are calling for world unity from governments, the healthcare industry and community for a greater response to MRSA
Read more... »
 
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Monday, 3 October 2016

May speech makes it clear: We’re leaving the single market

"Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right - however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive" - Charles Kennedy
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After weeks of speculation over Theresa May's plans for leaving the EU, we now know that she intends to trigger Article 50 by the end of March next year, and it looks as if we're heading for a hard Brexit.

In her speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday, the prime minister signalled that Britain will leave the single market. In doing so, our first piece today suggests that she has set a goal which will devastate the British economy and that in years to come, this will be seen as one of the most disastrous speeches ever made by a prime minister.

She also announced proposals for untangling EU and UK law. Our next piece argues that the announcement is little more than admin and that anyone would have followed this model. It suggests the big issue now is how she'll actually do it. 

And, we report that the Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell has told a fringe meeting at the conference that it's now too late to solve the housing crisis for young people in the UK. He said the government needed to intervene in the housing market but that any solution was unlikely to come in time for the millennial generation.

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May speech makes it clear: We're leaving the single market


 

On Oct 02, 2016 04:17 pm
In years to come this will be considered one of the most disastrous speeches ever made by a British prime minister.
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Don't be fooled: May's big EU law announcement is just admin


 

On Oct 02, 2016 09:31 am
But serious danger lurks in the government's plans to tackle EU law.
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It's 'too late' to solve housing crisis for millennials  


 

On Oct 03, 2016 12:30 pm
There is a lost generation who will never own their own homes
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New evidence shows government proposal to allow 100% religous selection in schools will lead to increased segregation


Analysis has found that figures provided in the government's green paper show that allowing free schools to choose all pupils on religious grounds will lead to increased ethnic and religious segregation across England.
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World beating tunnels work together


Two of Europe's largest infrastructure projects have signed an agreement to share innovations
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