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Twitter outlines political ad ban ahead of 2020 US election November 16, 2019 Twitter has announced its political advertising ban will include references to candidates and legislation. The social media site also said ads will not be allowed to advocate for certain outcomes on political and social causes. Twitter announced the ban last month, but on Friday disclosed more of the specifics of the ban for the first [...]
Police ‘assessing’ allegations Brexit Party candidates were offered peerage November 16, 2019 Police are assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Conservative Party offered peerages to Brexit Party candidates in an effort to persuade them to stand down. The claims first came to light in a video posted by Nigel Farage on Twitter earlier this week. The Brexit Party leader claimed that he and eight [...]
General Election 2019: Labour figures meet to finalise manifesto November 16, 2019 Labour officials will meet later today to finalise the party’s manifesto ahead of December’s general election. The party has already unveiled a number of policies and on Thursday announced it would part-nationalise telecomms giant BT in a bid to provide free full-fibre broadband for all. However, there are some areas in which Labour is yet [...]
Sir Ed Davey pledges £100bn to tackle the climate crisis November 15, 2019 Liberal Democrat deputy leader Ed Davey this afternoon laid out his party’s economic plans, announcing that his party would spend an additional £100bn of public finance on tackling the climate crisis. Speaking at an event in Leeds, the party’s shadow chancellor said: “This includes a new £10bn renewable power fund to leverage in over £100bn [...]
Boris Johnson and buses: A brief but chequered history November 15, 2019 Boris Johnson unveiled his new election battle bus today, which comes emblazoned with slogans urging voters to back the Prime Minister to “get Brexit done.” The Prime Minister’s penchant for the trusty London bus is well known. In an interview with Talk Radio in June, he admitted that he liked to relax by making models [...]
US President Donald Trump to visit UK ahead of General Election November 15, 2019 US President Donald Trump will make a visit to the UK ahead of the General Election next month. Trump will visit from Monday, 2 December to Wednesday, 4 December for a Nato meeting, and will attend a reception hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Read more: Trump slams Sadiq Khan during visit The president, [...]
Boris Johnson unveils ‘Get Brexit done’ election battle bus November 15, 2019 Boris Johnson unveiled his new election bus today during a campaign launch in Greater Manchester. The bus is emblazoned with the words: “Back Boris and vote Conservative to… Get Brexit Done.” Read more: Boris Johnson promised pent up tidal wave of investment Speaking to attendees, the Prime Minister said: “Some of you might ask why [...]
Four reasons to fear Labour’s plan to part-nationalise BT November 15, 2019 British businesses today poured scorn on Labour’s plans to provide Brits with free broadband and part-nationalise BT, slamming the policy as a major setback for the UK’s digital economy. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has set out plans to nationalise BT’s full-fibre arm, Openreach, along with other divisions, funding it by taxing multinational tech giants. Read [...]
21 UK stocks in danger from a Labour election win November 15, 2019 The Labour party today announced it will nationalise parts of BT if it wins power in December’s General Election. The party would nationalise the telecoms giant’s Openreach fibre rollout arm in a bid to create a UK-wide network owned by the government. Read more: BT chief executive warns Labour’s part-nationalisation would cost £100bn Shadow chancellor [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s British broadband speech in full November 15, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has laid out plans to provide free full fibre broadband to every UK household and part-nationalise BT this morning. Labour said that the policy, the cost of which was estimated at £20bn, would be funded by taxing multinational tech giants. The policy announcement sent BT’s share price down over two per cent this [...]