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General Election 2019: Ex-Labour MP Ian Austin urges ‘decent’ people to vote Conservative November 7, 2019 Former Labour MP Ian Austin has urged voters to back the Conservatives this election, claiming Jeremy Corbyn is “completely unfit” to be Prime Minister. The Dudley North MP, who resigned from the party earlier this year to sit as an independent, said “decent, traditional” voters should back Boris Johnson in December’s General Election. He lambasted [...]
Brexit may bring uncertainty, but a Corbyn-led government is a bigger threat November 7, 2019 Where the Brexit vote differs from other political shocks is that three years on, the uncertainty has yet to subside. We’ve learnt little since 2016 about what our long-term relationship with the EU will look like. The Prime Minister now has a deal, but that’s only the start. Unlike the focus group stunned into silence [...]
NHS ‘perfect storm’ could threaten Tory election hopes November 7, 2019 The Conservatives’ election hopes face a potentially major blow from a damning report out today that warned more than 1m NHS patients could experience four hour waits at A&E this winter. The British Medical Association (BMA) analysis warned the NHS is set for its “worst ever” winter as pressure on the health provider looks set [...]
Exclusive: New People’s Vote chief faces sexual harassment claims November 6, 2019 The People’s Vote campaign has been engulfed in fresh controversy as sexual harassment allegations have been levelled against its new chief executive and concerns have been raised about campaign data security. City A.M. understands People’s Vote chief executive – and former Labour election strategist – Patrick Heneghan is facing allegations of sexual harassment from at least [...]
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson to step down as an MP November 6, 2019 Labour Deputy Leader and West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson will not be standing for re-election in the 12 December election. Watson broke the news on his twitter feed just as Boris Johnson was launching his election campaign in Birmingham. The Shadow Culture Secretary has been embroiled in internal rows within the Labour party over [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson pledges to create enterprise economy November 6, 2019 Boris Johnson has urged voters to back him in order to get parliament working “for you”. Speaking outside Number 10 after an audience with the Queen to officially dissolve parliament, Johnson said the choice was to “come with us – a government that believes in a dynamic economy – or vote for Labour, “the only alternative”. [...]
No-deal Brexit remains biggest risk to European growth, IMF warns November 6, 2019 A no-deal Brexit remains the biggest threat to the economies of Europe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned, and could further damage already very weak growth. Read more: IMF warns 2019 global growth will fall to lowest since financial crisis The words of caution from the IMF come as Britain gears up for a [...]
General election: Ed Vaizey joins MPs stepping down in December November 6, 2019 Former cabinet minister Ed Vaizey has announced he will step down at the December general election. Calling it “one of the hardest [decisions] I have ever taken”, Vaizey said the time was right to move on. “I am passionate about the arts, our creative industries and technology and I want to specialise in these sectors,” [...]
Tory chairman James Cleverly defends ‘fake news’ clip of Labour’s Brexit strategy November 6, 2019 Tory chairman James Cleverly has denied that a clip of Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary was edited to suggest the party has “no plan” for leaving the EU. James Cleverly defended the use of the clip of Sir Keir Starmer’s appearance on Good Morning Britain, saying it was not “doctored”. Read more: Most Brits are left [...]
Boris Johnson compares Jeremy Corbyn to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin November 6, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday compared Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Johnson wrote that Corbyn’s attack on a group of billionaires – including retail magnate Mike Ashley and hedge fund manager Crispin Odey – was reminiscent of Stalin’s brutal collectivisation campaign in the 1930s which led to an estimated half [...]