Jeremy Corbyn’s claims of support from Bernie Sanders have been rubbished by the Vermont senator August 24, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn is facing fresh embarrassment after Vermont senator Bernie Sanders rubbished the Labour leader's claims of sending a message of support. Speaking at a campaign event on Monday evening in East London, Corbyn claimed Sanders had contacted his team over the weekend. However, Sanders' camp have denied that there had been any message transmitted from [...]
Autumn Budget 2017: Reactions to the chancellor’s statement from business groups and experts November 22, 2017 THE BUSINESS GROUP Carolyn Fairbairn, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general “Against a sombre economic backdrop, the Chancellor today gripped the steering wheel on the UK economy. This is a budget that balances support for people on squeezed incomes with vital action to help grow the UK out of austerity. But delivery is everything.” She [...]
Should the UK automatically defend Nato allies? Jeremy Corbyn isn’t convinced August 19, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suggested the UK should not automatically come to the aid of Nato allies facing aggression. Speaking at last night's Labour leadership hustings against Owen Smith, Corbyn said he will seek to use diplomacy, rather than use armed force. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made similar suggestions on the US' Nato [...]
Conservatives and Lib Dems slam Corbyn as Labour leader fails to condemn Venezuelan President Maduro August 7, 2017 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned violence “on both sides” in Venezuela – but refused to criticise President Maduro for his part in the crisis. Speaking at a meeting of Labour members in Crawley today, the Islington North MP he was “very sad that lives have been lost… either those on the streets or security [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s name to stay on Labour leadership ballot, decides London court July 28, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn's name will be staying on the ballot for Labour party leadership race, after the high court found in the current leader's favour. The legal challenge was brought by Labour party donor Michael Foster after Labour’s National Executive Committee ruled that Corbyn would be automatically included on the Labour leadership ballot. The decision meant Corbyn [...]
Venezuela’s collapse is exposing Labour’s existential crisis August 4, 2017 The plight of Venezuelans, who have been disenfranchised, starved and oppressed by their autocratic government, has finally caught international attention. President Nicolas Maduro has made a mockery of the country’s democracy, calling a sham election purely for the purpose of giving himself more power. Since that election on Sunday, two opposition leaders have been arrested [...]
It seems as if Jeremy Corbyn wanted to sit on the floor of apparently “ram-packed” Virgin Trains service August 23, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sat on the floor for his journey from London to Newcastle last week to meet Owen Smith for their hustings. He said: “This is a problem that many passengers face every day, commuters and long-distance travellers. Today this train is completely ram-packed. The staff are absolutely brilliant, working really hard to help [...]
Here are the 10 most influential UK MPs on Twitter September 21, 2017 Donald Trump isn’t the only politician who feels he doesn’t get a fair deal from the mainstream media, and for politicians wanting to reach beyond the tabloids and the broadsheets, Twitter is an essential tool. So who’s getting it right? Many of the top 10 MPs won’t surprise you, but there are some notable names [...]
Jeremy Corbyn should keep his job even if he loses a general election, more than half of Labour supporters say September 29, 2016 Over half of Labour supporters say that Jeremy Corbyn should be retained as party leader, even if he loses the next general election. Research by pollster BMG for Huffington Post found that 54 per cent said Corbyn should stay, regardless of the next election result. Just one in eight Labour supporters said he should step [...]
Corbyn’s robot tax would halt vital life-changing innovation October 6, 2017 The fear of change is nothing new. Charlie Chaplin’s classic film Modern Times – one of the last silent films of the era – is perhaps the most famous critique of technology and its perceived impact on modern society. When the film was produced in 1936, Chaplin wasn’t alone in his fear of how a [...]