SOLOMON HUGHES highlights a 1995 Sunday Times story about the disappearance of ‘defecting Iraqi nuclear scientist.’ Even though the story was debunked, it was widely repeated across the mainstream press, creating the false – and deadly – narrative of Iraqi WMD that eventually led to war

WHAT does Liz Truss’s failed leadership say about where the Tories are going? Well, it says they are going to lose the next election, so you might not think it matters.
The Tories haven’t recovered from Truss’s self-destruction. The more Rishi Sunak flails around to recover from her tanked polling, the worse he does.
But if you look a bit longer term, there is the very real danger that the Tories will return soon enough, especially if the next Labour government is — as it promises to be — uninspiring.

SOLOMON HUGHES highlights a 1995 Sunday Times story about the disappearance of ‘defecting Iraqi nuclear scientist.’ Even though the story was debunked, it was widely repeated across the mainstream press, creating the false – and deadly – narrative of Iraqi WMD that eventually led to war

Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES

