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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left), alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt (second left)
BRITAIN is pessimistic, distrustful of government and disdainful of politicians, new research published today reveals.
Three-quarters of people told communications firm Edelman’s annual “trust barometer” that the country is heading in the wrong direction — the highest figure since the survey started in 2001.
For the first time in nearly a decade, a majority said they expect their living standards to worsen over the next year, while less than a quarter think their situation will improve before 2028.
RAMZY BAROUD looks at how Western media are being forced to kowtow to the Establishment’s war narratives
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
From Gaza complicity to welfare cuts chaos, Starmer’s baggage accumulates, and voters will indeed find ‘somewhere else’ to go — to the Greens, nationalists, Lib Dems, Reform UK or a new, working-class left party, writes NICK WRIGHT