Sir Keir Starmer will not restore Labour whip to Jeremy Corbyn November 18, 2020 Sir Keir Starmer is refusing to allow Jeremy Corbyn to sit as a Labour MP, despite being readmitted to the party yesterday, saying the former Labour leader had “undermined” efforts to restore trust with the Jewish community. Corbyn was reinstated to the party by its ruling NEC yesterday, after being suspended weeks ago, however Starmer [...]
Corbyn gears up to create his own political party following Starmer inertia January 10, 2022 Ex Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is gearing up to create his own political party, according to inside reports.
Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour party after anti-Semitism report October 29, 2020 Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour party, following fierce criticism over his response to findings of anti-Semitism within the party. A spokesperson for the Labour party said: “In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation.” [...]
Diane Abbott and Dominic Raab share the fate of being doomed to the fringes April 27, 2023 Diane Abbott and Dominic Raab didn't lose their battles because their politics was too radical; they lost because they proved gross incompetence, writes Will Cooling
Keir Starmer lashes out at Jeremy Corbyn and invokes Labour PMs in conference speech September 22, 2020 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has slammed his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn for the party’s 2019 landslide election defeat and vowed that the party will never “not be trusted” on national security or the economy again. Starmer said in his first conference speech as Labour leader that the party “deserved” to lose last year’s General Election [...]
Brexit is ‘only thing’ that divided Corbyn and Starmer in shadow cabinet, Diane Abbott says February 16, 2023 Jeremy Corbyn “in his heart of hearts is a Brexiter”, one of his longest-standing allies has said, backing up a suspicion critics held during the EU referendum. Diane Abbott, who served as his shadow home secretary, said on Wednesday that Mr Corbyn is “anti-EU” and saw it as “a conspiracy of business people”. He followed [...]
Jeremy Corbyn aides believed he sabotaged his 2019 election campaign August 23, 2020 Jeremy Corbyn’s closest aides thought he was sabotaging himself during the 2019 General Election campaign, according to a new book on Labour’s disastrous defeat. Corbyn reportedly intentionally missed events by making his schedule run over time during the campaign as the party’s leadership squabbled over campaign tactics. The revelations come from the soon-to-be-released Left Out [...]
Jeremy Corbyn trying to ‘wreck’ Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour, says David Miliband August 10, 2020 Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to “wreck” Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership as the party descends into a factional civil war. Members of the far-left faction have been vocal over the past week in blaming party moderates for Labour’s 2017 election defeat, with Corbyn accusing officials of sabotaging the [...]
PMQs sketch: A trip down memory lane July 12, 2023 If you’re ever in need of a history lesson, there are worse places to head than the storied and ancient House of Commons for a PMQs. But when it comes to political debate, we tend to hope our leaders will have their fingers on the pulse of the nation. Not so during this week’s Prime [...]
Has British politics finally become a meme? April 21, 2022 Is an Islington suit an Islington suit if it was bought in Camden? Does Keir Starmer have more “posh north London” vibes than Jeremy Corbyn? After all his time in politics was “a tiny brain” the best slur Boris Johnson could come up with for the Leader of the Opposition? Yesterday’s PMQs was an old-school brand of entertainment.