Basit Mahmood

2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was unable to define what his own cap on immigration would be, despite making it a major priority for his anti-immigrant party. Farage has made immigration a major issue for his party, as it seeks to build on its recent local election success ahead of the next general election and has accused Labour and the Tories of having failed on the issue.

2 weeks ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Activists are continuing to mock tech billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk, after the fall in Tesla sales and revenue caused the value of his company to decline. Musk, who was rewarded for spending $250 million on Trump’s campaign for the White House with a role in his administration, has been widely condemned in recent months for his support for far-right parties in Europe as well as attempted interference in the elections of other countries.

2 weeks ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Voters think that the government’s plans do not go far enough when it comes to improving the UK-EU relationship post Brexit, a new poll has found. The poll, carried out by YouGov on behalf of campaign group Best for Britain, asked voters about their views on Britain’s relationship with the EU ahead of the May 19 UK-EU summit, which is seen as a key moment in resetting post-Brexit relations.

2 weeks ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his own seat in the election, as Mark Carney’s Liberal Party came out on top. Shortly after 22:00 EDT (03:00 BST), Canada’s public broadcaster CBC News projected that Mark Carney’s Liberal Party was on its way to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government.

2 weeks ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley Johnson, has called on the UK government to help ‘undo the huge damage’ done by Brexit, after his son took Britain out of the EU, a move which has harmed the UK economy and seen the public increasingly become disillusioned with Brexit. Stanley Johnson, who was a former MEP, has urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to re-join the European Environment Agency (EEA) in a bid to rebuild closer ties with the EU.