SNP concedes Aberdeen South with Scottish Conservatives set to win

Byelection loss suggests voters rebelled against SNP over Peter Murrell’s theft of £400,000 in party funds

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Eton figures to join populist politicians and wealthy backers at ‘anti-woke Davos’

Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together rightwing figures, US state officials and anti-abortionists in London

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The rightwing counter-revolution is gaining ground – and Labour’s softly-softly approach won’t stop it

Multiculturalism and hard-won equalities are being attacked on all fronts. Labour should look to London’s leaders, past and present, for how to stand against the tide, writes Andy Beckett

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@vfrmedia @ChrisMayLA6 They're #racist enough, I would have thought, certainly to please #NigelFarage, if not #RupertLowe or #ElonMusk - & if it's true they've abandoned the #Tories for #ReformUK, #KemiBadenoch & her #Party are SUNK!
X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts

Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf

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https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/uk-stats-regulator-investigates-badenoch-and-her-party-over-misleading-statements-on-social-security-spending/. #KemiBadenoch, & her entire #ShadowCabinet, are a bunch of downright #liars, & now they're being investigated by the #Office for #Statistics #Regulation (https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/) for their false &/or misleading #claims about #disability #benefits - all part & parcel of their egregious #war on #disabled #people. They hate our guts, & THAT is a FACT!
UK stats regulator investigates Badenoch and her party over misleading statements on social security spending

Kemi Badenoch and her Conservative party are being investigated by the statistics watchdog for repeatedly making misleading statements about social security spending, while they are also facing a p…

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Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again

For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image online, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Water cannon deployed in second night of disorder after knife attack in Belfast – live

Disturbances reported in Northern Ireland despite condemnation from politicians and community leaders

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #KemiBadenoch #IdentityPolitics @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Can Equality Act protections be replaced with common sense, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?

The Tory leader says the act encourages division but legal experts warn abolishing the public sector duty to consider minorities will fuel discrimination

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