Corbyn takes Brexit policy to Essex as PM demands answers on Labour’s second referendum November 5, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn is heading to one of the most pro-Leave parts of the country as he attempts to take on the Conservatives over Brexit. The Labour leader will today tell voters in Harlow, Essex that he will “get Brexit sorted within six months” through a second referendum with the choice of either remaining in the [...]
Labour to spend £60bn on household energy programme November 3, 2019 The Labour party this morning announced a £60bn programme of housing improvements designed to cut carbon emissions 10 per cent by 2030. The initiative, which is the largest upgrade of UK households since the post-war reconstruction, will create 450,000 jobs by installing energy saving measures in almost all of the UK’s 27m homes. Read more: [...]
Boris Johnson rejects Nigel Farage offer of election pact as it increases ‘risk’ of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister November 2, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected an offer from Nigel Farage to work with the Brexit Party during the general election. Farage had called on Johnson to drop his Brexit deal, seek a free trade deal with the EU and “build a Leave alliance” with his party or face a candidate from the Brexit Party [...]
MP Antoinette Sandbach quits Tories for Liberal Democrats November 1, 2019 Antoinette Sandbach, one of the Conservative MPs who was expelled from the party in September, this morning announced she had joined the Liberal Democrats. The Remain supporter was one of 21 MPs who had the whip removed after voting against Boris Johnson in an attempt to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Read more: The 21 MPs [...]
General election 2019: Jeremy Corbyn pledges to go after ‘greedy bankers’ as Labour launches campaign October 31, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to go after “the greedy bankers” and “bad bosses” as he kicks off his election campaign in South London this morning. The Labour leader spoke before a packed hall of supporters at the Battersea Arts Centre, near Clapham. Read more: Labour’s renationalisation plans would cost £200bnRead more: EXCLUSIVE: Tories tap up [...]
DEBATE: Is Labour set to outperform its 2017 result in this election? October 31, 2019 Is Labour set to outperform its 2017 result in this election? YES, says James Meadway, an economist and former adviser to John McDonnell A solid guide to forecasting British politics is to look at whatever the Westminster consensus thinks, and assume the opposite. The pundits got Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership victory wrong, they got the referendum [...]
This may be the ideal time for a debate on a written constitution October 31, 2019 Recent events in parliament have led many people to ask whether this country needs a proper – or at least written – constitution. This suggests that we do not possess either of these things already. This is to some degree misguided, as significant parts of our constitution are already written and enshrined in legislation, all [...]
Tax cuts could do for our economy today what the Reformation did 502 years ago October 31, 2019 On this day in 1517, German monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints’ church in Wittenberg. In so doing, Luther set in motion a series of events which would have a dramatic impact on the political landscape of Europe, transform the economy, and alter the lives of ordinary people [...]
It’s Halloween: Beware the horror of an inescapable Brexit deadline October 31, 2019 By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. And, though it may not be the devilry and delight of a Halloween Brexit, the new horror of an Advent election should fill us all with dread. Of the many spooky things in this world, the deadline is perhaps the most tense, highly-strung genre [...]
Can Boris Johnson magic the most important rabbit of all from out of his hat? October 31, 2019 Dynamo and Derren Brown had better watch out, for there is a new challenger looking to break through and compete for the title of Britain’s finest practitioner of magical arts: Boris Johnson. For his first act, our putative contender conjured up a Brexit deal with the EU that had previously been described as impossible to [...]