The US is a great country – but so is Britain. Starmer must drive that home to Trump at the White House | Polly Toynbee
dEvery day, another vast hole opens under what was once solid. To become Germany's next Prime Minister, Friedrich Merz, of course, the once-most leader, has declared that NATO has been enabled. In his eyes' clear perception of Donald Trump's first moon, 80 years of shared transatlantic values fell into its crater. The United States “in […]
Of course there’s a bosses’ backlash over workers’ rights. Starmer must face them down | Polly Toynbee
WHats off to major corporations for their perverse acts of defiance against government policy. Bidfood is one of the UK's largest food distributors, with 26 warehouses supplying around 40,000 establishments and food service companies including Manchester United, Subway and Five Guys. Additionally, we supply NHS trusts, the armed forces, prisons and schools. royal family. However, […]
Labour gave us Sure Start to tackle child poverty. Now it should hike tax to keep it | Polly Toynbee
aAs the budget approaches, anger from the Conservative Party and its media allies over the proposed tax increase is reaching a boiling point. There is not a single word about what they will do about the collapse of public services. Misleading claims about what the wealthy are already paying (no, the top 1% aren't paying) […]
Fear and sanctions have failed to get Britain working. Why not try tea and empathy? | Polly Toynbee
JGovernment centres are the “least used” and “least loved” of all public services, a failure at the heart of the economy and contributing to the biggest decline in the workforce since the 1980s. Employment Minister Alison McGovern put the remarks this way: Report She worked closely with the Institute for Employment Research committee, which is […]
The billions Britain needs are at Rachel Reeves’s fingertips, and no fiscal promises need be broken | Polly Toynbee
TIt was real anger. Rachel Reeves’s indignation in the House of Commons about the legacy she was left with was fully justified. Labour is genuinely outraged by the deliberate destruction wrought by former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, knowing that the party would have no stake in it for years to come. Labour has indeed put “party […]
Sunak is praying for the Lords to block the Rwanda bill – so he can blame the left | Polly Toynbee
FThe honorable party never wins, Isaac Levido, Number 10's leading figure in vacillating politics, warned recalcitrant MPs last week. However, the Prime Minister's position is already very pathetic, and Tuesday's revolt by 61 MPs is unlikely to make it any worse. The bill was passed. The question is, what's next? The best hope of pious […]