21 UK stocks in danger from a Labour election win November 15, 2019 The Labour party today announced it will nationalise parts of BT if it wins power in December’s General Election. The party would nationalise the telecoms giant’s Openreach fibre rollout arm in a bid to create a UK-wide network owned by the government. Read more: BT chief executive warns Labour’s part-nationalisation would cost £100bn Shadow chancellor [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s British broadband speech in full November 15, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has laid out plans to provide free full fibre broadband to every UK household and part-nationalise BT this morning. Labour said that the policy, the cost of which was estimated at £20bn, would be funded by taxing multinational tech giants. The policy announcement sent BT’s share price down over two per cent this [...]
Brexit may bring uncertainty, but a Corbyn-led government is a bigger threat November 7, 2019 Where the Brexit vote differs from other political shocks is that three years on, the uncertainty has yet to subside. We’ve learnt little since 2016 about what our long-term relationship with the EU will look like. The Prime Minister now has a deal, but that’s only the start. Unlike the focus group stunned into silence [...]
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 [...]
Corbyn leans toward a general election before a second Brexit referendum October 13, 2019 Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has hinted Labour is more likely to back a general election before a second Brexit referendum. Opinion is mixed within the party whether Labour should agree to a general election if the government is forced to seek a Brexit extension past 31 October. Read more: PM to wave through Corbyn’s election [...]
Labour conference latest: Unison urges members to back Remain September 23, 2019 The country’s biggest union has urged its members to go against the Labour leadership and back a motion that would make Remain the party’s unequivocal policy. Unison is expected to go against the recommendation put forward by the National Executive Committee (NEC) that would have left a final decision of what position to take regarding [...]
Jeremy Corbyn is the least popular opposition leader since 1977, study reveals September 20, 2019 Market research company Ipsos Mori has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn has the lowest satisfaction rating of any opposition leader since 1977. Using a new political monitor poll, the firm has established that the public are less satisfied with Corbyn than any of the other nine opposition leader since the survey began more than 40 years [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson still more popular than Jeremy Corbyn, says public September 17, 2019 Despite facing accusations of lying to the Queen, sacking 21 MPs from the Tory party and being embarrassed by an empty lectern in Luxembourg yesterday, Boris Johnson is still more popular than Jeremy Corbyn, according to pollsters. Yougov has found 38 per cent of Brits have a favourable view of the PM, compared to 54 [...]
Corbyn would ‘turn back the clock decades’ says CBI after Labour announces plans for workers’ rights ministry September 10, 2019 British business leaders yesterday described Labour’s plans for a new ministry of workers’ rights as an attempt to “turn back the clock decades,” as Jeremy Corbyn set out his vision ahead of a potential election. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said that the proposals did not reflect the reality in most UK workplaces. “The [...]
Give Corbyn some credit – he helped to deliver Brexit August 20, 2019 When the history books are written, Boris Johnson may well be remembered as the man who delivered Brexit. But there is someone else who would deserve almost as much credit for Britain’s departure from the EU: Jeremy Bernard Corbyn. Admittedly, Corbyn’s current role in enabling Brexit is mostly involuntary. It turns out that he is [...]