Will Jeremy Corbyn still be Labour leader by the end of 2016? January 4, 2016 Chris Rumfitt, founder and chief executive of Field Consulting, says No. Thursday 5 May is the day on which the scales will fall from the eyes of Labour members. It is then that Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity will be tested properly for the first time, with elections in Scotland, London and for local councils across England. [...]
Mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith can’t afford to ignore the City for ever December 22, 2015 The two leading candidates to replace Boris Johnson as mayor of London squared off earlier this month at a dinner hosted by the Federation of Small Businesses. Both Labour candidate Sadiq Khan and Conservative contender Zac Goldsmith took to the podium to appeal to an audience of the capital’s leading business figures, with Khan stressing [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Sadiq Khan says he wants Tech City to be in the hands of City Hall as he matches Zac Goldsmith pledge for super-fast broadband December 18, 2015 Labour City Hall hopeful Sadiq Khan will today call for Whitehall to devolve certain powers relating to “Tech City” to the mayor of London. “London has made a great fist of carving out a leading position as a centre of tech but there’s much more to do to ensure we build on this success,” Khan [...]
Meet Peter Whittle, the Brexiteer bidding to win City Hall December 14, 2015 An openly gay arts enthusiast who has been a television producer, film critic and, most recently, director of the New Culture Forum think tank, Peter Whittle is often asked why he decided to become a Ukip politician. When he answers, Whittle usually has just two words: Nigel Farage. Speaking to City A.M. last week, Whittle says [...]
Heathrow expansion: Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin says Gatwick is still an option, government will “hopefully” decide next summer December 11, 2015 Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has kept the door open for Gatwick to secure approval for London's airport expansion, a day after the government said the deadline for a decision had been kicked into the long grass. While the government has made "important movements" on the issue of airport expansion, Loughlin warned the government will only "hopefully" make a [...]
From the Paris attacks and Jeremy Corbyn’s rise to power to the Syria conflict, migrant crisis and Greece’s economic woes, these are the biggest political events of 2015 December 9, 2015 The last year has been one of frantic political events, across the UK, Europe and indeed the world. While there is still a few weeks to go until the end of 2015, with the political calendar winding down we’ve taken a look back over the key events that shaped the political agenda over the last [...]
Be thankful the UK’s political system would deny Donald Trump access December 9, 2015 Back in 2012 a right-wing social conservative named Rick Santorum was seeking the Republican nomination for US President. He didn’t get it. His legacy, however, is that his name has (in some circles, at least) come to mean something quite specific. As a backlash to his views on homosexuality, an internet campaign was launched to [...]
Zac Goldsmith unleashed: 2016 London mayoral candidate hits out at David Cameron over EU reforms and Heathrow Airport December 9, 2015 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith delivered David Cameron a one-two punch yesterday, criticising the Prime Minister’s European Union reform effort and warning him over endorsing a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Goldsmith, a self-described eurosceptic, said that while he wished the Prime Minister well in his ongoing negotiations with the European Union, he was “not [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Sadiq Khan campaign hits back at claims from Zac Goldsmith that Tooting MP has “divisive and radical politics’ December 7, 2015 The race to replace Boris Johnson as mayor of London heated up today as Labour hopeful Sadiq Khan hit back at criticisms from his Conservative rival, Zac Goldsmith. A member of Khan’s team accused Goldsmith of a “coded racist attack” after the MP for Richmond Park circulated a leaflet accusing Khan of “divisive and radical politics”. [...]
Leytonstone Tube station stabbing latest: “Terrorist incident” investigation leads to east London address search while Twitter responds with #YouAintNoMuslimBruv December 6, 2015 An incident at Leytonstone Tube station in which three people were injured is being treated as a "terrorist incident", the Metropolitan police have said and an address in east London is being searched. Police were called to the station in east London at around 7pm on Saturday evening after reports of a man threatening people with [...]