US power sector hits back at Barack Obama’s tough climate change rules August 3, 2015 President Barack Obama is set to present the US’ most ambitious climate change plans to date, but they come fiercely opposed by both his political rivals and the energy sector. The Obama administration will reveal state-specific details of the initiative, called the clean power plan, on Monday, but overall it will impose reductions of carbon [...]
Most British people want to protect the green belt from new housing developments August 3, 2015 Two-thirds of British people want the green belt area surrounding London to remain protected from new housing developments, according to a survey by Ipsos Mori. Read more: London will only solve its housing crisis if we face up to Green Belt myths By asking 845 people whether they thought the protected countryside should be [...]
Donald Trump to run for US President in 2016, claims “I beat China all the time” August 3, 2015 Donald Trump is running to be the next president of the United States. The billionaire mogul announced his intention to win the republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election in a speech at Trump Tower. Read more: Jeb Bush joins US presidential race Trump told a congregation of supporters at his New York skyscraper: Our country [...]
Republican Presidential nominee hopeful Donald Trump says he isn’t looking to attack rivals in first Republican debate August 3, 2015 The Republican presidential nominee frontrunner Donald Trump said he isn’t looking to attack his opponents in the first US Republican debate later this week. Speaking on ABC’s This Week, Trump said that he isn’t “going to be throwing punches. I'm not looking to attack them.” The real estate mogul has surged in the polls recently, [...]
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls for October election August 2, 2015 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday called a parliamentary election for 19 October, launching an 11-week campaign that is likely to focus on the sluggish economy and his party’s decade-long hold on power. Harper’s centre-right Conservative party has been in power since 2006, and is campaigning for a rare fourth consecutive term. But polls suggest [...]
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock warns party against a vote for Jeremy Corbyn August 2, 2015 Labour needs to elect a leader capable of taking them to victory in the 2020 election and serving as Prime Minister, which is why Andy Burnham should be supported, former leader Neil Kinnock has said. In an article in the Observer, Kinnock warned against support for Jeremy Corbyn as someone who would not be able [...]
Channel Tunnel migrant crisis: David Cameron accused of “playing politics” by Swedish justice and migration minister Morgan Johansson August 2, 2015 Scenes of migrants trying to enter the Channel Tunnel in their thousands are the result of the UK and France not taking “responsibility” for accepting more asylum seekers, the Swedish justice and migration minister has said. Prime Minister David Cameron, Morgan Johansson said, is “playing politics” with the migrant crisis in Calais. Speaking to BBC [...]
Channel Tunnel migrant crisis: UK and France call on EU for support August 2, 2015 Home secretary Theresa May and her French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve have called on the EU to offer support in tackling the migrant crisis at Calais. Read more: Migrants trying to enter UK via Channel Tunnel will face tighter security in France Over the last month, thousands of people have been trying to cross from [...]
Ed Balls slams Labour’s “anti-business, anti-bank” rhetoric under Ed Miliband leadership August 1, 2015 Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised the "anti-business" rhetoric used by Labour under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Read more: Ed Balls – "Never say never" of political comeback City trading floors are said to have whooped in celebration when news came through that Balls had lost his seat in the biggest upset of [...]
Nigel Farage returns to the spotlight with rallying cry for Eurosceptics July 31, 2015 UKIP leader Nigel Farage called on fellow Eurosceptics to “get cracking” yesterday as a major new poll from Survation showed 45 per cent of Britons saying that they planned to vote to stay in the European Union, compared to 37 per cent who said they would vote to leave. “There is no doubt at all [...]