Almost one-in-three former Labour backers say Jeremy Corbyn was the chief reason behind their move away from the party August 23, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn has been the largest single factor behind drooping Labour support, according to a Yougov study of 200 former Labour backers. Of 1,000 Labour supporters previously interviewed by the pollster, Yougov returned to roughly 200 who said they would no longer back the party and get the main reasons behind their rejection of Labour. Respondents were [...]
Jeremy Corbyn wins 84 per cent of Constituency Labour Party nominations to Owen Smith’s 16 per cent August 15, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has won an overwhelming majority of Constituency Labour Party (CLP) nominations ahead of the election against challenger Owen Smith. Corbyn won the nominations of 285 CLPs, with Owen Smith claiming just 53. Although the nominations have no direct consequence on how the election will pan out, they provide an indication of the [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to scrap the House of Lords as the Labour leadership contest enters its final stages August 22, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to scrap the appointed House of Lords as the party's leadership contest enters its final furlongs. Ballots for the leadership election will be sent out from today, with the party expected to announce its leader in a special conference on 24 September. This weekend London mayor Sadiq Khan waded back into [...]
Angela Eagle says she has the support to run against Jeremy Corbyn July 4, 2016 As Conservatives battle it out for the leadership of their party, former shadow business secretary Angela Eagle has said she has the support to mount a challenge on Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking outside her house this morning, Eagle said that Corbyn is not "properly engaged" with the democratically elected leader of Labour, Tom Watson. The BBC reported [...]
Jeremy Corbyn launches leadership campaign stating he wants to tackle nation’s “five ills” July 21, 2016 Incumbent Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to fight "five ills of 21st century Britain" as he launched his bid to retain his place at the top of the party. Corbyn promised to fight against inequality, neglect, prejudice, insecurity and discrimination as he launched his campaign today in central London. Future Labour governments will require [...]
After pledging a wealth tax and an end to austerity, would Owen Smith be just as bad as Jeremy Corbyn? July 28, 2016 Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked, says Yes. Corbyn versus Smith is the least inspiring leadership spat in living memory. On one side, a man who looks like he wandered out of the 1970s, a beardy, lefty version of Austin Powers, always saying stuff that’s decades out of date. And on the other, an edge-free technocrat whose [...]
MPs vote in favour of Trident renewal as majority of Labour MPs vote against Jeremy Corbyn July 18, 2016 MPs have voted in favour of replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons programme in another day of extraordinary events at Westminster which saw Jeremy Corbyn yet again clash with a majority of his own backbenchers. A majority of Labour MPs – 138 of a total of 230 – voted with the government, in line with their own [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has again failed to explain the maths behind his plans for a huge national spending splurge August 17, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has again failed to lay out the maths behind a huge spending splurge that will include a million new homes and £500bn in infrastructure investment. Speaking on the BBC as part of the leadership debate alongside Owen Smith, Corbyn said that a combination of tax increases and growth would support the [...]
A Labour MP has written to Jeremy Corbyn to withdraw her resignation from the party’s shadow cabinet July 25, 2016 A Labour MP has written to Jeremy Corbyn asking to be reinstated to the party's shadow cabinet just over a month after she declared the leader's role to be “untenable”. Sarah Champion quit her role as shadow home office minister for preventing abuse and domestic violence in late June. I have just stepped down from [...]
Labour councillors may back Owen Smith, but they believe local members will turn out for Jeremy Corbyn July 25, 2016 A new survey of Labour party councillors in marginal constituencies has found that while most back leadership challenger Owen Smith, many suspect their local members will not follow suit. In a survey of 350 Labour councillors across 250 marginal constituencies, Anglia Ruskin University found that 60 per cent backed Smith. By contrast, just 28 per [...]