Jeremy Corbyn slams government for not yet sorting out Brexit for businesses November 21, 2016 Government is harming businesses with its "shambolic handling" of Brexit, Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said today. Noting he was surprised to find himself speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference, Corbyn supported the calls for a Brexit which provided a smooth transition for businesses. "We now all face some of the biggest changes [...]
The Brexit vote has revealed Jeremy Corbyn’s irrelevance November 7, 2016 The weekend brought a deluge of reaction to Thursday’s High Court ruling on Article 50. Everyone from renowned legal experts to armchair constitutionalists weighed in on what the ruling meant for Theresa May and whether the judges had made the right call. Under normal circumstances, the voice of the Leader of the Opposition would be prominent [...]
Jeremy Corbyn: Donald Trump’s election is a “global wake-up call” November 12, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has described Donald Trump’s election in the US as a “global wake-up call”. He said that the Republican managed to tap into “real problems – stagnating or falling wages, underfunded public services, insecure work and housing, years of being left behind and neglected, frustration that your children's prospects look bleaker, and [...]
Labour: Use Budget to spend, not save Hammond and May’s jobs November 15, 2017 Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is calling on Philip Hammond to go on a government spending spree after “seven years of Tory economic mismanagement”. Jeremy Corbyn’s left hand man will today sett out Labour’s five demands for next week’s Budget saying it must not be “desperately designed to save the jobs of a weak Prime Minister [...]
Populists have hijacked the concept of ‘inequality’ for their own political aims January 19, 2018 Jeremy Corbyn’s rise in power and popularity has gone hand-in-hand with an increased focus on inequality – a word that, these days, has fully negative connotations. According to the Momentum brigade, “neoliberalism” has created an impenetrable divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots”, the fat cat boss versus the company’s janitorial staff, the tech entrepreneur [...]
Theresa May’s call to Arlene Foster fails to break deadlock December 6, 2017 Theresa May’s phone call with Arlene Foster has not resulted in any breakthrough on the Irish border question – as the Friday deadline imposed by Brussels looms. The Prime Minister had expected to speak to the leader of the DUP yesterday, but it was delayed until this morning. But if May was hoping to secure [...]
Jeremy Corbyn says he’d join Southern rail picket line as next wave of industrial action puts the brakes on services January 10, 2017 Jeremy Corbyn has announced he'd join a Southern rail picket line, saying he felt long-suffering commuters would support his position. Speaking on Radio Four's Today programme, the Labour leader said he would stand in solidarity with those taking industrial action. "Yes I would, because I think Southern rail have behaved in a terrible manner, and [...]
Jeremy Corbyn left red-faced after mixing up his economic bodies at PMQs November 30, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn has been mocked in the House of Commons after the Labour leader after mixing up two very different economic bodies at Prime Minister's Questions. Corbyn had been seeking to needle the Theresa May over lowered economic forecasts at the time of last week's Autumn Statement, but it all went wrong when May noted [...]
Support for Theresa May is actually increasing, YouGov poll suggests November 10, 2017 She may be facing higher-than-ever levels of political turmoil, but it turns out support for Prime Minister Theresa May is actually rising. A YouGov poll for The Times has suggested support for May as Prime Minister has risen by a point over the past month, while support for Jeremy Corbyn has fallen down two points. [...]
Labour will put forward an official amendment to the Article 50 bill on market access, says Jeremy Corbyn December 3, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that his party will put down an official amendment to the Article 50 bill. If the Supreme Court allows a debate in parliament, Labour will go forward with a proposed amendment that will aim to ensure Britain maintains access to Europe's markets, workers' rights and environmental protection measures. Read [...]