Twitter explodes as David Miliband says Jeremy Corbyn is unelectable September 22, 2016 True love will never die. David Miliband wrenched himself out of the political shadows today to defend Labour's centre-left values, and Twitter lost it. Writing in the New Statesman, Miliband wrote: "The main charge against Jeremy Corbyn is not just that his strategy is undesirable because it makes the party unelectable. That is only half the [...]
A robot tax is a tempting but misguided response to our public funding crisis January 10, 2018 The threats posed by automation are now a common topic for futurologists. The reality is that automation has been quietly progressing for some time, and while we are a long way off a Skynet-style singularity, the development of artificial intelligence means robots are not only taking our current jobs, they are going to take more. [...]
Time for Theresa May to get tough on Tory rebels like Anna Soubry February 7, 2018 Theresa May could be forgiven for wondering, how does she solve a problem like Anna Soubry? Sacked from the cabinet when May became Prime Minister following David Cameron’s decision to resign rather than see through the Brexit process (as he had promised), Soubry, the Tory MP for Broxtowe (a Leave-voting constituency), has been nothing but [...]
Jeremy Corbyn announces more appointments amid Labour party frontbench reshuffle October 6, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn announced a string of appointments today amid a reshuffle of his Labour party's frontbench. The opposition leader is trying to strengthen his grip on the party after winning last month's Labour leadership contest by a large majority. Read more: Jeremy Corbyn has named a new shadow City minister, recruiting an MP who previously resigned [...]
Budding entrepreneurs deserve a crash course in leadership skills September 29, 2017 Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, and Vince Cable have all been limbering up in recent weeks, stretching their political muscles to the tune of the applauding party faithful. At the party conferences, they get a chance to see what management styles are working – or not. Meanwhile, successful entrepreneurs gets no such exercise. Britain’s 5.2m small [...]
Labour going backwards in polls under Jeremy Corbyn while Theresa May extends lead October 21, 2016 Labour has fallen back under Jeremy Corbyn while the Tories are streaking into the distance – hard-hitting but unsurprising new research has revealed. Those pesky pollsters at Ipsos Mori have done what pollsters do best – ask people for their opinions – and discovered that despite the Conservatives having been torn apart during the Brexit [...]
CMC Markets share price jumps on “significantly higher” half-year profitability September 28, 2017 Shares in spreadbetting firm CMC Markets jumped this morning after revealing half-year profits will be “significantly higher” than the previous year. While the spreadbetter admitted its client base had shrunk over the last six months, it said the rise in profitability proved CMC’s previously stated ambition of focusing on “high-value, experienced clients”. CMC shares rose [...]
Corbyn doesn’t want to replicate the City’s success – he wants to destroy it December 14, 2017 London is unique as a global centre. These words are spoken so often, both within the City and outside of it, that they have become a cliche. But no other world-leading nation has its political capital, its financial centre, and its cultural heart all in the same city. The sectors feed and support one another, [...]
Tory conference 2017: Comedian Simon Brodkin aka Lee Nelson upstages Theresa May during conference speech October 4, 2017 Comedian Simon Brodkin just caused a commotion during Theresa May’s conference speech, handing the Prime Minister a P45 he claimed was from Boris Johnson. Bodkin was subsequently arrested, and questions have been raised about security at the Tory conference. Brodkin, known for playing spoof character Lee Nelson, appears to have made his way to the [...]
Corbyn’s cunning EU plan has ended in abject failure September 13, 2017 It was meant to be a cunning plan, but just like Baldrick, Jeremy Corbyn’s cunning plan was too clever by half. And he has now fallen flat on his face. A year ago, Labour was on the wrong side of history. Having campaigned to remain in the EU, Corbyn had seen the majority of Labour [...]