56% of Britons would support a ban on the sale of disposable barbecues, amid wildfires across the UK triggering renewed calls for supermarkets to stop selling them during summer months Support: 56% Oppose: 25% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Would you be happy if this summer's weather became the norm? Happy: 38% Neither: 22% Unhappy: 38% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
With demands in some quarters for Angela Rayner to repay her severance pay as housing secretary now that she has regained the position, 72% of Britons say ministers should not receive severance pay upon leaving the government yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
By 66% to 7%, Britons would rather Spain won the World Cup final, following Argentina knocking out England in last night's semi final Spain: 66% Argentina: 7% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? - The Latest
Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? - The Latest
Sixteen- and 17-year-olds face an overnight social media curfew in an extension of the social media ban for under-16s. But the measures will not be mandatory and teenagers can choose to opt out, so will it achieve anything? Annie Kelly speaks to social affairs correspondent Jessica Murray
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Do Britons think the other parties are right to boycott the Clacton by-election? All Britons: 37% right / 25% wrong By 2024 vote Labour: 57% right / 14% wrong Lib Dem: 55% / 18% Green: 54% / 11% Con: 29% / 36% Reform: 13% / 58% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
Britons tend to see Nigel Farage as decisive, but also dislikeable and untrustworthy Decisive 50% vs 33% indecisive Strong 44% vs 38% weak Competent 30% vs 54% incompetent Principled 27% vs 54% unprincipled Likeable 24% vs 62% dislike Trustworthy 16% vs 64% untrustworthy yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
‘Did Westminster just ignore buses?’ Burnham aims to shake up UK transport
‘Did Westminster just ignore buses?’ Burnham aims to shake up UK transport
In the fourth of a series on nationalisation, we look at plans to emulate Manchester’s Bee Network in Britain’s buses and rail
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With a £5bn hole in the PM's defence plans, 56% of Britons say military spending should be increased - but what are they willing to support for this? Raise Additional tax rate +43 net support Reduce out-of-work welfare +36 Raise Higher tax rate +20 Reduce renewable energy funding +15
It would be churlish to argue that Brexit has hurt everyone. But Britain has mostly failed to pursue the radical deregulation that small-state Brexiteers promised
Ten years on, how the Brexit vote changed Britain
In many small ways, and mostly for the worse
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A Black Lady BLOCKS trump! It's going to be a fucking Ketchup hurricane with a 5.0 magnitude inside the White House.
How Europe’s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs
How Europe’s EV makers shrank their product to challenge the bloated SUVs
Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish – but require careful design decisions
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I’ll never forgive anyone who voted for this destruction, corruption, disrespect, criminality and complete chaos. You’re no patriot, you’re an arsonist.
Noticing a piece of the new “American flag blue” liner that was partially detached from the Reflecting Pool, David Hearn said he reached in to see what it felt like. Moments later, U.S. Park Police officers arrested him on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property. wapo.st/4xVNzcS
‘There’s no jobs’: struggle and regret in a Welsh town that backed Brexit
‘There’s no jobs’: struggle and regret in a Welsh town that backed Brexit
Ten years ago Ebbw Vale had the highest proportion of leave voters in Wales despite huge EU funding, which has not been fully replaced
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This looks like the beginning of the end for Starmer – and the end of the beginning for Burnham.
Andy Burnham needed a big win. The Makerfield result means Labour might have reason to hope
This looks like the beginning of the end for Starmer – and the end of the beginning for Burnham.
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Happy Obama Day! June 14th 2026. We The People Love You! #BarackObamaDay 💙 #Obama💙 #ObamaAppreciationDay (Barack Obama lives rent free in trump's head) Don't Boo👻 VOTE! @barackobama.bsky.social
With Keir Starmer announcing a social media ban for under-16s, 82% of parents say social media has a negative impact on children in general - when asked about their own children, 38% of parents say it has had a negative impact yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Her first book began with herself as a silent, angry child in a veil. The cover of “Woman, Life, Freedom”, her last, showed a crowd of women with one supportive, half-hidden man. No one wore a veil. We remember the Iranian author, Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi set out to correct the West’s views of Iran
The author of “Persepolis”, an international sensation, died on June 4th, aged 56
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As we approach 10 years since the EU referendum, a new YouGov study finds most Britons would support a closer relationship with the EU, including rejoining Closer relationship outside EU: 59% support Rejoin EU: 55% Current relationship: 29% Looser relationship: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
A centuries-old reputation for stable government and an orderly parliament, all run in accordance with ancient traditions, was lost. #Brexit Read more: trib.al/pIL4N73
Trump loyalists urge him to drop $1.8B ‘slush fund’ amid mounting alarm over political and legal backlash, report says
Trump allies urge him to drop $1.8B fund amid political and legal backlash: report
Republican senators have privately told White House aides they think the fund should be scrapped
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