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Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank reminds Burnham he works for them

A shady right-wing think tank is reminding Andy Burnham who he really answers to. The Centre for Social Justice is calling on ‘Labour’s incumbent Prime Minister’ to ‘grasp the nettle of welfare reform’. Whatever that means. The CSJ is making a big hoo-ha of the fact that there have been half a million more ‘out of-work’ benefit claimants for each Prime Minister that’s lost their job since 2019. Or to put it in terms that aren’t highly sensationalist, an increase of 2.7 million. Think tank’s figures as murky as them And it didn’t take long for them to start shitting on…

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“Israel’s” ban on ICRC visits ruled illegal, but Knesset moves to stop them permanently

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“Israel’s” ban on ICRC visits ruled illegal, but Knesset moves to stop them permanently

On 4 June, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the government to lift the ban on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visits to Palestinian detainees. It had been in place since 7 October 2023, and affected all those held in Israeli occupation prisons and military detention facilities. Israeli occupation’s ban on ICRC visits to Palestinian detainees is to be reinstated The court found there was no legal basis to justify the continued restriction. It claimed the “Israeli” government’s ban on ICRC visits violated both “Israeli” law and international humanitarian law. The decision was made following a petition by various human rights…

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Reform aghast as Spencer calls them ‘grubby’ in parliament

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Reform aghast as Spencer calls them ‘grubby’ in parliament

On 11 June, Hannah Spencer caused quite the commotion in parliament for vocalising a popular-held sentiment about Reform UK. Here’s what went down: "There's plenty of dirty grubbiness behind me." Look at their faces. Well said Hannah. #PMQs pic.twitter.com/9oD2OrP4KR — Oliver (@OWS1892) June 10, 2026 Presumably, that’s ‘dirty’ to the left of her and ‘grubby’ to the right. But what did Spencer say exactly? It’s a filthy job The offending comment in full was: Running a business as a plumber, I was well used to dealing with dirty grubbiness, and there is still plenty of that dirty grubbiness behind me. Given…

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