BIZARRE: 15 - What They Never Told You

Politicians’ attacks on immigrants lack solid evidence: New data set the record straight

Immigration dominated recent election campaigns in countries that include the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States.

The Conversation · Mar 26, 2025

Mahtab Hussain review – smoking mums, hidden mosques … and Rishi Sunak

The artist turns the state’s suspicious gaze on Britain’s Muslim community right back in the opposite direction in an overwhelming, galvanising show

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025

A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee review – a white-hot takedown of environmental policy

The climate professor is justified in identifying the thinktanks, fossil fuel companies and politicians responsible for exacerbating the climate crisis but his list of remedies is underpowered

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025

Call it a defence levy or even a patriot tax – but Labour is going to have to raise taxes, fast

The world has shifted and defence spending has to rise. But time is running out for the government to make a case for it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Why Lee Anderson was called ‘a total k**b’ and what it means for Farage, Reform and Rupert Lowe

News analysis: Ahead of Reform’s big press conference on Monday, revelations about Lee Anderson’s defection a year ago in a new book have raised further questions about how Nigel Farage and his party have handled the Rupert Lowe row

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

Tories call for classroom phone ban after admitting their guidance hasn’t worked

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott admitted the guidance introduced under Rishi Sunak ‘hasn’t worked’

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

Ex-net zero tsar launches clean power taskforce to counter climate row backs

The taskforce aims to counter the narrative that the transition is too expensive and will unjustly bring higher costs to ordinary people.

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

Will JD Vance or Elon Musk meet King Charles on Donald Trump's state visit?

The US President will be joined by at least his wife Melania for second state visit to the UK

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

MPs Savage Tory 'Mugs' Over Desperate Last-Ditch Effort to Save Rwanda Law

MPs have wasted no time in tearing into the Tories after their last-ditch attempt to salvage Rishi Sunak’s doomed Rwanda asylum scheme was shot down in flames.

The Fashion Central · Mar 12, 2025

Voices: There’s nothing ‘ridiculous’ about your Englishness, Rishi

COMMENT: As a bad-faith debate about the former prime minister’s heritage shows little sign of abating, Serena Barker-Singh says it’s proof that the country is not ready for a grown-up discussion about national identity

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025