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“The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy.” The post GB News’ £142m in losses – and counting, as the broadcaster still searches for a sustainable model appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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Perhaps one of the world’s most commercially successful footballers simply decided another company was offering him a better deal. The post Woke-Bashing of the Week: Telegraph plays ‘go woke, go broke’ card with Kylian Mbappé’s Nike exit appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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No sooner had the election been announced than the knives were out. The post Right-Wing Media Watch: The right-wing press has already written Sánchez’s political obituary appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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The parliamentary debate comes as Andy Burnham has explicitly put rejoining the EU on the table as one possible option for Britain's long-term relationship with Europe. The post Going all the way? 25,000 emails urge MPs to debate Britain’s EU future appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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Kemi’s Thatcher tribute act has a Truss-shaped problem
If this is the Tories’ economic reset, the Truss-shaped elephant in the room is hard to miss. The post Kemi’s Thatcher tribute act has a Truss-shaped problem appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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“It was simply asking people to join the comeback.” The post Lee Anderson confuses a generic Tory email with a personal plea from Badenoch appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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Andrew Feinstein said that the erosion of Labour’s vote means a Green Independent Left Alliance could win the seat at the next election The post Former Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary candidate says “it’s a nonsense” to claim Greens suffered ‘crushing defeat’ in by-election appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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'If Burnham is looking to walk in the footsteps of Bevan he will need a bolder, broader, more radical vision' The post Jam tomorrow for some and gruel today for everyone – Burnham’s social care plans appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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The government's climate change adviser, the Climate Change Committee, has said: "We don't recognise this number" The post Tories overestimate net zero cost by nearly £500 billion in policy document blunder appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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Labour’s victory was not the ‘crushing defeat’ for the Greens that the media is making it out to be The post Analysis: How close was the Holborn and St Pancras by-election? appeared first on Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate .
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