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Poem | To the people of the UK: You have voted. Here is what will happen next

May 11, 2026 by Ishtiyaq Shukri

Poem | To the people of the UK: You have voted. Here is what will happen next
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With heavy losses for the governing Labour party, and huge gains for the rightwing populist party, Reform UK, the results of last week's local elections on 7 May have reverberated through the UK like an earthquake. Here is what will happen next

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Lib Dems Condemn Kanye West Announcement

April 3, 2026 by Ed Davey MP, Luke Taylor MP, Cllr Luke Cawley-Harrison

Lib Dems Condemn Kanye West Announcement
Image: Lib Dem letter to Home Secretary

Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to you with the utmost urgency regarding the reported upcoming performance by Kanye West at Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park.

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Ishtiyaq Shukri is the award-winning author of The Silent Minaret, I See You, and An Unwritten Life. …

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