Conservatives mark 200 constituencies as vulnerable in next general election ( www.theguardian.com )
Tories panic over defections as Streeting says more MPs want to join Labour ( www.independent.co.uk )
Wes Streeting has told The Independent that he has personally spoken to Tory MPs who are considering defecting to Labour because of the “division and incompetence” in Rishi Sunak’s government....
Labour insists no place for Nigel Farage in party after defection of right-wing MP ( news.sky.com )
Asked if Mr Farage would be welcome if he wanted to join Labour, Ms Dodds said: "Nigel Farage is someone who is well outside any kind of Labour values....
Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s target Magna Carta ( news.sky.com )
Starmer to rip up Rwanda scheme and fund new anti-smuggling unit ( www.theguardian.com )
What should Labour learn from Sadiq Khan? Take a stand – and don’t back down | John McTernan ( www.theguardian.com )
I think this is true....
Cleaners at £15,000 a year school vote to strike over poverty pay ( morningstaronline.co.uk )
Bank of England boss weighs in on UK economy row - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Nadhim Zahawi Quits ( twitter.com )
The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon...
Natalie Elphicke: Former Tory MP defects to Labour ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Dirty, dangerous, and failing: Crisis in UK prisons revealed | openDemocracy ( www.opendemocracy.net )
There's going to be an Urgent Question on the prisons crisis after PMQs today, so I thought I'd share this for some helpful background info.
Labour and the Tories egg each other on to shred our democratic rights ( morningstaronline.co.uk )
Wayve: Nvidia and Microsoft invest as UK AI firm raises $1bn - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Hilary Schan: Momentum chair quits Labour to campaign against its MPs at next election ( news.sky.com )
Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West's possible deepening role in Ukraine ( www.yahoo.com )
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine....
I'm thinking that noticing the many similarities between Labour and the Tories misses the most important thing, the fringes.
To elaborate......
Rishi Sunak admits Tories may not win general election | ITV News ( www.itv.com )
Tory bosses 'lost the plot' in London by picking Susan Hall ( inews.co.uk )
Rishi Sunak admits Tories may not win general election | ITV News ( www.itv.com )
George Galloway’s Plan to DESTROY the Labour Party | Downstream [01:25:23 | May 05 2024 | Novara Media] ( youtu.be )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15074083...
‘Biased’ Met Police arrest protesters for holding image of ‘clear blue sky’ ( morningstaronline.co.uk )
George Galloway hangs up on Lewis Goodall after being asked to explain why he said ‘gay relationships aren’t equal’ ( www.lbc.co.uk )
Conservatives lose West Midlands mayor, capping bleak results for Rishi Sunak ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Labour's Richard Parker wins in West Midlands, where Andy Street was hoping to hold on as Conservative mayor...