Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson set to meet unions to discuss Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership July 5, 2016 Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson is set to meet with unions today in an attempt to pile on further pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to resign. Leader Jeremy Corbyn has come under increasing pressure to resign amid speculation that he ran a lacklustre EU referendum campaign and would not be able to win a general election, [...]
If tech titans ruled the US: Free healthcare and no regulation September 12, 2017 What would life be like if we overthrew politicians and instead were governed by wealthy technology entrepreneurs? This might seem like a pointless exercise in hypotheticals. But there are good reasons to think such a group will exert greater influence on US (and hence global) politics in future. The tech sector continues to grow as [...]
It’s the beginning of the end – either of Jeremy Corbyn or the Labour Party itself June 27, 2016 Nine months after being elected leader with the biggest mandate in the history of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn stands on the precipice of being ousted from the post. Within hours of the Brexit result on Friday morning, rumours of impending shadow ministerial resignations began to circulate. Extraordinarily, more than two-thirds of the shadow cabinet [...]
PMQs today: Jeremy Corbyn pressures David Cameron to admit the “fiscal rule is dead” July 6, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today asked David Cameron to admit the fiscal rule has been abandoned. "Will [Cameron] now confirm that the chancellor's fiscal rule is dead?" Corbyn asked, after having grilled the Prime Minister on regional investment having fallen. Corbyn asked if it was time to admit austerity was a failure and it was time [...]
Jeremy Corbyn reveals death threats as he condemns an attack on the constituency office of Angela Eagle July 12, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has revealed he received death threats this week, as he condemns an attack on Angela Eagle's constituency office. Eagle's staff found that a window had been smashed at the Wallasey office this morning, just a day after she launched a leadership challenge. Angela Eagle MP's constituency office in Manor Road, Liscard, where [...]
Jeremy Corbyn has revealed plans for a huge national spending splurge, funded by “expanding the economy” and tackling tax avoidance August 4, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has unveiled plans for a huge national spending splurge, topped by the construction of a million new homes. Asked today how he would fund the work, Corbyn said money would be generated by "expanding the economy" and tackling tax avoidance. Little detail has been revealed on the plans, but the current Labour [...]
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to build 1m new homes as he unveils the pillars of his leadership campaign August 4, 2016 NULL
Thirty-one per cent of Labour voters say Theresa May would be a better Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn August 11, 2016 Almost one in three Labour voters believe that Theresa May would make a better Prime Minister than Jeremy Corbyn, according to YouGov figures. In a survey carried out for the Times, the pollster quizzed almost 400 people who voted Labour in 2015, and found that 31 per cent of picked May when asked which of [...]
Less than half of Labour members say Corbyn should lead the party into the next election March 6, 2017 Less than half of Labour supporters say Jeremy Corbyn should fight the next general election, according to new polling. Just over a third of Labour backers said Corbyn should stand down immediately, and 14 per cent said he should quit ahead of the next election. And just 44 per cent of Labour members said the [...]
Former MPC member and Labour adviser David Blanchflower has launched a searing attack on Labour under Jeremy Corbyn August 2, 2016 Former Monetary Policy Committee member David Blanchflower has launched a searing attack on Labour and party leader Jeremy Corbyn after backing his rival Owen Smith. Blanchflower served on Labour's economic advisory committee, but quit in June over the party's failure to effectively campaign against Brexit. And he has now hit Corbyn with another scathing blast, [...]