Zac Goldsmith seems to have found his mojo: But is it too late to defeat Sadiq Khan? May 3, 2016 City Social, on the 24th floor of Tower 42, is used to hosting London’s power brokers, and it would take an interesting guest to tempt the diners to look up from their menus or their phones. Nobody reaches for their cameras when I take a window seat with Zac Goldsmith, but they definitely notice him. [...]
EU referendum: Free market think tank says Britain should follow the Norway model after it votes for Brexit May 3, 2016 If the UK votes to leave the European Union it will have to become a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), a free market think tank has said today, in a challenge to Leave campaigners to present a viable idea of what the UK would look like after Brexit. The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) [...]
Stronger In campaign: UK risks £250bn in trade if Brexit vote wins May 2, 2016 A war of words has erupted between those who want out of the European Union and those who want to stay – this time about the possible £250bn of lost trade if a Brexit occurred. Former chancellor Alistair Darling is fronting new research using Treasury data that found the UK benefits by being part of [...]
EU referendum: David Cameron and Boris Johnson are no longer BFFs because of Brexit May 2, 2016 There's nothing like Brexit to break up friends. While Britain is debating the EU referendum around the dinner table and at the pub (or, perhaps not), Britain's top leaders have been divided by the matter after taking opposing sides. London mayor Boris Johnson's high profile backing of the Leave campaign has caused a rift with the [...]
EU referendum: Polls at odds on outcome of June’s vote May 1, 2016 With under two months to go until the United Kingdom votes on its membership of the European Union, the outcome still remains somewhat unclear as polls are at odds with one another. A poll for the Sun on Sunday found that slightly more Britons want to leave the EU than remain a member, after President Barack [...]
EU referendum: Nicola Sturgeon says second Scottish independence referendum “more likely than not” while she is First Minister May 1, 2016 Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has said a second Scottish independence referendum is "more likely than not" to occur while she is First Minister. In an interview with the Sunday Herald, Sturgeon said of a second referendum during her premiership: "Do I think it's more likely than not? Yes." While David Cameron has said there [...]
Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan accepts anti-Semitism row could hurt his chances of getting elected May 1, 2016 Labour's London mayoral candidate believes his chances of winning the election next week could be damaged by the anti-Semitism row that has erupted. Sadiq Khan said he wouldn't be thrown of course by the row, but acknowledged that there could well be an electoral consequence that would damage his chances of taking City Hall, as well [...]
No apology from Ken Livingstone following accusations of anti-Semitism April 30, 2016 Ken Livingstone has said he does not expect his conduct to have any bearing on Sadiq Khan's performance in next week's London mayoral election. Speaking at the end of a week in which he was suspended from the Labour Party over comments judged to have been anti-Semitic, Livingstone said he was "not going to apologise for telling [...]
Government: It’s really cheap to use your phone in Europe now… so please don’t vote Brexit! April 30, 2016 The cost of using your mobile phone in Europe has been slashed today. And, not one to miss a trick, the government has used it as an opportunity to discourage people from voting for a Brexit in June's EU referendum. Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey said the change means "from today you are quite literally [...]
Jeremy Corbyn announces launch of new Labour Party inquiry following anti-Semitism claims April 30, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn has announced the launch of an inquiry into anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. The Labour leader also said he would be proposing a “new code of conduct on anti-Semitism and other forms of racism” to the party's national executive committee next month. Read more: Zac Goldsmith: Sadiq Khan and Ken Livingstone "part of the [...]