Politics

With the advent of the third way in the 1990s, it became fashionable in some quarters to declare that the adversarial model of politics was now obsolete – so categories of right and left were no longer needed. But even the champions of a post-political consensus cannot avoid drawing a frontier between themselves and their rivals. Since they refuse to draw it in an adversarial way, they create a moral divide, which does not permit a true agonistic debate. Tony Blair pitted the modernisers against the traditionalists; for Emmanuel Macron, the frontier is between the progressives and the conservatives. … [Read more...] about Centrist politics will not defeat Boris Johnson’s rightwing populism

Furlough extension 'bad news' for new starters Coronavirus testing extended to all in care homes Police seek lockdown fines parity with England Virus track and trace a 'mammoth task' in Wales Speaking on the BBC's Politics Wales programme, Mr Gething said: "At the starting point we weren't able to take proper advantage of the UK testing programme because we'd only have known if people had a test - the other information wasn't coming back into our health and care system, so the value was really limited. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Wales scraps tests booking portal for key workers

In one of a series of hostile interventions from the audience, a young black Briton called Griffin disgusting, and accused him of poisoning British politics. "For just one minute, could you not think of the benefits that my parents brought to this country? No. All you're thinking of doing is poison politics. The vast majority of this audience find what you stand for to be completely disgusting." As the audience cheered, Griffin said he had been portrayed as a monster because of "outrageous lies". … [Read more...] about As protesters bay outside BBC, Nick Griffin insists ‘I am not a Nazi’

"I live among the Asians and there's good and bad there like there is in all races. But I didn't like the way the others ganged up and kept having a go at him. It was more a London audience than a national one.  If it had been held up here we'd have had a better cross-section of the public. It would have been a different show." … [Read more...] about Burnley residents dismiss Question Time ‘witch-hunt’ of Nick Griffin

One senior MP said the party would be watching the polls closely and that he was “frankly amazed” that Johnson’s popularity was holding up. A bit like the virus, there might be a two-week lag before the public comes to fully realise that the government is failing to get the testing issue under control, they said. … [Read more...] about No 10 seeks to end coronavirus lockdown with ‘immunity passports’