Lib Dems’ Swinson proposes alternatives to Corbyn for ‘unity government’ August 16, 2019 Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has said former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and Tory chancellor Ken Clarke, two parliamentary “big beasts”, are willing to lead an emergency government to stop a no-deal Brexit. Read more: Corbyn fails to drum up support for plan to block no-deal Brexit Swinson’s statement came amid a row between [...]
Meat Loaf Remainism is just a return to politics as usual August 16, 2019 I’ll give fellow journalist John Rentoul the credit for coming up with the term “Meat Loaf Remainism”, although he is just one of many commentators to have noted how the present political predicament resembles a certain epic nineties rock anthem. Like the lover who swears “I would do anything for love, but I won’t do [...]
Corbyn fails to drum up support for plan to block no-deal Brexit August 15, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has been told there is no time for “political games”, as his plan of forming a temporary government to block a no-deal Brexit was rejected. The Labour leader has written to opposition leaders and senior backbench MPs, urging them to back a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Read more: Corbyn calls [...]
Shaun Bailey pledges to make every red bus electric if he becomes London mayor August 15, 2019 Tory mayoral hopeful Shaun Bailey has pledged to make “every red bus electric” by the end of his first term if he wins next year’s mayoral election. Bailey, who hopes to replace Sadiq Khan as London’s mayor, claims that under Khan, London’s diesel and hybrid bus fleet won’t be replaced with electric models until 2037. [...]
Boris Johnson’s ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric won’t make our streets any safer August 15, 2019 Boris Johnson’s criminal justice announcements this week are red meat for disillusioned voters. Having fallen off the radar in the past five years, people are now more concerned by crime than any issue other than Brexit – and it happened on the Tories’ watch. Bad news for the party of law and order. Ever the [...]
DEBATE: In the midst of commuter outrage over fare hikes, is rail nationalisation the answer? August 15, 2019 In the midst of commuter outrage over fare hikes, is rail nationalisation the answer? Cat Hobbs, director of We Own It, says YES. Another year, another eye-watering rail fare hike, with the annual cost of getting to work likely to rise by over £100 for many commuters. And it’s no wonder passengers are angry. We’re [...]
Does your business have a Brexit plan? Good, now it needs a Corbyn plan too August 15, 2019 In the mid-1970s, when I was a 10-year-old in love with Choppers and Sherbet Fountains, the ideological war between Thatcherism and Bennism began. Small versus big state, low versus high taxation, light versus tight regulation, and private versus public ownership. Now, 45 years later, we have a neo-Thatcherite government facing a Bennite-controlled Labour party. And [...]
Corbyn calls for cross-party collaboration in no-deal strategy August 14, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has called on MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit to back his attempt to form a “strictly time-limited” government, insisting he would call a General Election and campaign for a second referendum. The Labour leader wrote to backbenchers and other opposition party leaders promising to extend Article 50 and push for “a public [...]
Grant Shapps questions whether Heathrow third runway plan ‘stacks up’ August 14, 2019 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has cast doubt over the Heathrow third runway after he questioned whether the £14bn plan “stacks up”. Shapps, who replaced Chris Grayling when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister last month, said that while parliament had voted in favour of the third runway, there were “questions about whether the whole plan stacks [...]
US vice president Mike Pence to speak at City trade banquet August 14, 2019 US vice president Mike Pence will speak at a trade banquet in the City when he visits London next month, City A.M. can reveal. The black tie dinner, hosted by the City of London Corporation, will take place at Guildhall in the Square Mile on 5 September and will also be attended by the international trade secretary Liz Truss. Some City councillors [...]