Keir Starmer only halfway there on persuading business of his merits September 27, 2022 It is hard to imagine a more friendly wicket for Keir Starmer to have turned up to at Labour conference. A party broadly united behind him, and a government that (fairly or unfairly) is being blamed left, right and centre for precipitating a currency crisis and a drastic increase in the value of borrowing. We [...]
Labour: Just Stop Oil backer Dale Vince ‘perfectly legitimate’ party donor May 31, 2023 British businessman Dale Vince is a “perfectly legitimate person” to take money from despite his donations to Just Stop Oil.
Huge amount of work to do, Starmer tells ministers at first Cabinet meeting July 6, 2024 Keir Starmer told ministers there was a “huge amount of work to do” as he chaired the first meeting of his new Cabinet on his first full day in Downing Street.
Make tax boring again! June 18, 2024 There’s a smooth inverse correlation between how likely a party is to become the next government and the radicalism of its manifesto tax plans, says Tim Sarson “I suppose I ought to write something about tax in the manifestos,” I thought to myself. It would be odd not to in the week directly after the [...]
Fried chicken and Parker pens: A day at Labour’s business bonanza February 2, 2024 “I think this is the only job where you can get some positive press just by eating a few prawn cocktails and having some nice dinners.”
Truss approval rating at record low as just 10 per cent have favourable view of PM October 18, 2022 Liz Truss’ approval ratings have reached an historic low and polling shows that Tory members are now in favour of removing the Prime Minister. A YouGov poll today showed Truss had a -70 net-favourability rating among the British public, which is lower than Boris Johnson faced at his lowest point and the lowest ever recorded [...]
The Power of Capitalism: How Venezuela went from rich to poor May 10, 2024 Venezuela went from poor to rich under capitalism - and reversed those gains when it went back to socialism
Unite renews threat to pull funding from Labour over Starmer stance on strikes August 1, 2022 Labour’s largest union backer Unite has again threatened to withdraw its funding from the party as it rails against Sir Keir Starmer’s stance on strikes. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham accused Starmer of “sticking two fingers up” to striking British workers and added that it was becoming “harder and harder to defend” paying the party [...]
Major union Unite sees average ‘gender pay gap’ increase over past year April 13, 2022 The UK’s largest union Unite has revealed the gap between average pay for its male and female employees has widened, with the union being accused of “hypocrisy”. A new Unite report showed the “mean gender pay gap” for its 1,072 employees increased by 0.6 per cent in the past year, despite the trade union often [...]
Stop trying to ban zero hour contracts, it helps both young people and businesses September 18, 2023 Labour's promise to ban zero hour contracts will harm a good chunk of people they're hoping to get them to vote for them, even if it does appease the unions, writes Ben Cope.