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Jeremy Corbyn: Convicted terrorists should ‘not necessarily’ serve full prison sentences December 1, 2019 People convicted of terrorism offences should ‘not necessarily’ serve full prison sentences, according to Jeremy Corbyn. It was revealed yesterday that London Bridge attacker Usman Khan only served half of his 16-year sentence for plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange. Read more: London Bridge attacked was convicted terrorist behind stock exchange bombing plot [...]
BBC agrees to Boris Johnson interview with Andrew Marr after terror attack November 30, 2019 Boris Johnson will be interviewed on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show tomorrow, despite the Prime Minister’s failure to set a date to be grilled by Andrew Neil. The broadcaster had initially banned Johnson from appearing on the Sunday morning show until he agreed to a 30-minute primetime interview with Neil, as the other party leaders [...]
Hong Kong pensioners take to the streets to back student protesters November 30, 2019 Retirees joined forces with secondary school students in Hong Kong today for the first of a series of planned rallies amid a backlash against alleged police brutality. Pro-democracy activists have vowed to hit back at what they describe as police brutality and unlawful arrests during clashes between protesters and law enforcement. Read more: China rages [...]
Labour’s manifesto could break the fabric of the UK economy November 29, 2019 Labour’s manifesto would completely break the fabric of Britain’s liberal and tolerant free market economy, replacing it with a command and control centralising experiment that would do untold damage to the very people Labour claim to support. Let’s be clear; this is not a normal Labour manifesto. This Labour manifesto would uproot society to the [...]
General Election 2019: Johnson says it is ‘best’ Trump does not interfere in the campaign during visit to London November 29, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it would be “best” if Donald Trump does not get involved in the UK’s general election when he visits London next week. Trump, who is coming to the UK for a NATO summit, previously voiced his opinions on the election campaign. In October he said Jeremy Corbyn would be [...]
Tories slammed by free market groups over state aid pledges November 29, 2019 Business and free market groups slammed pledges today by Boris Johnson to expand state aid for businesses if the Conservative Party win the upcoming election. In a press conference today, Johnson promised to expand Britain’s state aid regime once the UK leaves the EU. “We will back British businesses by introducing a new state aid [...]
John McDonnell says Boris Johnson is ‘playing’ the BBC November 29, 2019 Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has accused Boris Johnson of “playing” the BBC over his appearance on Andrew Neil’s programme. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was interviewed by Andrew Neil earlier this week but the BBC has said it and the Prime Minister’s team have so far failed to agree a date for a similar sit down. [...]
Channel 4 replaces Boris Johnson with ice sculpture in climate debate November 29, 2019 The Conservatives have become engulfed in a standoff with Channel 4 after the broadcaster “empty chaired” Prime Minister Boris Johnson during its climate debate last night. The Tory party has written to Ofcom to complain that Channel 4’s decision to replace Johnson with an ice sculpture was a “provocative partisan stunt”. Read more: Boris Johnson [...]
Safe as houses? Our electoral map is fuelling voter apathy November 29, 2019 With less than two weeks to go until the country heads to the polls, I have personally encountered precisely one attempt to garner my vote, in the form of a leaflet from my local Green candidate. While somewhat ironic given the party’s mission to protect the environment, this was immensely welcome. The other parties, it [...]
None of the parties have a credible plan to fix the social care crisis November 29, 2019 Every day, 1.4m elderly people are left unwashed, unsupported, and without the care they need — because our social care system is broken. “Crisis” is an overused term, but in this instance, it’s no exaggeration. And people are increasingly aware of this. Recent polling commissioned by Deloitte and Reform revealed that social care is the [...]