Labour would make companies found employee share schemes September 9, 2018 Labour would make all private companies with more than 250 people set up “ownership funds”, giving workers financial stakes in their companies and a greater say in how they are run. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell revealed the plans in an interview with the Observer as Labour gears up for a general election which he predicted [...]
Socialists to the left, jokers to the right: the miserable state of British politics September 9, 2018 Take a step back and consider the state of British politics. The Labour party is now firmly, perhaps irredeemably, in the grip of the hard left – from top to toe. Its leadership would subsidise what it doesn't nationalise while its membership revels in a new factionalism that puts loyalty to the dear leader above [...]
Boris Johnson compares Chequers deal to ‘suicide vest’ as open warfare between top Tories breaks out September 9, 2018 Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has deepened bitter divisions within the Conservative Party this morning, after claiming that Theresa May’s Brexit plan would put the UK constitution in a “suicide vest”. The damning jibe provoked a furious backlash among a number of senior party figures, laying bare the current internal splits that Tories face as [...]
Javid insists Chequers plan is only one ‘on the table’ as backbench pressure mounts September 9, 2018 Home Secretary Sajid Javid insisted Downing Street’s Chequers plan was the only one on the table with the EU earlier today, amid growing party pressure for a fully-fledged alternative to the government’s current Brexit strategy. Speaking to the BBC this morning, Javid said: “The only deal that we’ve got on the table, that’s the Chequers [...]
Barack Obama launches scathing attack on Donald Trump and urges voters to stop his ‘abuses of power’ September 8, 2018 Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on his successor Donald Trump and urged Democrats to vote in November's elections to stop his “abuses of power”. The former US President said Americans were living in dangerous times and said Republicans were dividing the country and threatening democracy. His speech last night at the University of [...]
Tony Blair: Moderates may have lost the Labour party forever September 7, 2018 Tony Blair has revealed that he doubts whether the Labour party can be "taken back by moderates" following on from a period of "profound change" under leader Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking on the BBC podcast Political Thinking With Nick Robinson, the former prime minister said that Labour is now “a different type of Labour party” than the one he [...]
Sterling lifts as Barnier says Brexit can lead to ‘unprecedented’ UK-EU partnership September 7, 2018 Sterling climbed 0.89 per cent against the euro today after the EU’s chief negotiator sounded positive notes about the likelihood of the UK securing a Brexit deal. Michel Barnier said there were positive elements of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Chequers plan, which Brexiteers had previously dismissed as “dead in the water”, as a transcript of [...]
Vince Cable to step down as Lib Dem leader next year September 7, 2018 Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable could step down from his role next year, he announced today, as he revealed new rules for leadership contest to take place after Brexit. The Twickenham MP, who has led the party since last year, revealed that he plans to quit "once Brexit is resolved or stopped" in March next year. Read [...]
The anonymous Trump letter isn’t treason, but such public provocation is unproductive September 7, 2018 Treason? Question mark or not, the US President’s response to the anonymous opinion article in the New York Times, supposedly from someone working in his administration, has dramatically overstepped the mark. Any reasonable person recognises that the accusations against Donald Trump in the piece do not amount to “the crime of betraying one’s country” – [...]
Is there any justification for keeping Help to Buy? September 7, 2018 Is there any justification for keeping Help to Buy? David Campbell, group sales and marketing director at Telford Homes, says YES. Help to Buy is a wonderful policy that has enabled around 246,000 people to get onto the property ladder – 81 per cent of whom were first-time buyers. Many of these buyers would not have [...]