David Miliband: Labour is now weaker than during the Thatcher years February 25, 2017 David Miliband has said the Labour Party is in the most fragile state for over 50 years. The comments come days after Labour's defeat in the Copeland by-election, the first gain by a governing party for 35 years. “I’m obviously deeply concerned that Labour is further from power than at any stage in my life time,” [...]
Labour MP leaves parliament for Sellafield, setting up by-election December 21, 2016 A Labour MP and critic Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership has gone for the nuclear option and announced he is to stand down from parliament, setting up a by-election. Jamie Reed is to quit as MP for Copeland in Cumbria at the end of January, moving on to become head of development and community relations at the [...]
General Election 2017: Does the early vote make a soft Brexit more likely? April 18, 2017 Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, says Yes. Whether Brexit ends up being hard or soft obviously depends on a whole lot more than whether Theresa May has a bigger parliamentary majority than the one she currently enjoys. We’re dealing, after all, with 27 member states and a very complex [...]
Budget 2017 UK: Nope, driverless cars are not in the Budget, Philip Hammond just used them for laughs about Corbyn’s Labour leadership March 8, 2017 You'd be forgiven for thinking that driverless cars are getting a major boost with plans announced in today's Budget to help the UK become a top player in automotive automation. For anyone listening to chancellor Philip Hammond's speech (or reading through the transcript), there was indeed mention of funding for disruptive technologies such as "biotech, robotics and driverless cars". [...]
MPs will decide tomorrow if the Trump petition will be debated in Parliament January 30, 2017 A group of MPs will tomorrow decide if a petition calling for Donald Trump's state visit to be ditched – which gained more than one million signatures – will be debated in Parliament. Earlier reports suggested the visit by the US President would go ahead despite opposition from politicians and the petition. The government has rejected the calls, according to the BBC, citing unnamed sources [...]
Former chancellor George Osborne has been appointed editor of London daily the Evening Standard – Twitter reacts March 17, 2017 George Osborne has announced yet another new job, and Twitter has gone a bit nuts… The former chancellor has just been appointed Editor of the Evening Standard and it's fair to say the news came as a surprise to basically everyone. I am literally dumbfounded. Trying to imagine Osbo drumming up page leads. "Don't we need a nib [...]
Jeremy Corbyn ahead of George Osborne on best Prime Minister, according to poll April 14, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn is doing well in the eyes of the public of late, now seen as a better potential Prime Minister than George Osborne and closing the lead held by David Cameron. A new poll shows that Corbyn has a 13 point lead over Osborne, while has closed the gap with Cameron from 24 points [...]
Asset managers are cutting exposure to UK equities amid Brexit and the threat of a Corbyn government January 11, 2018 Asset managers have revealed they are still cutting exposure to UK stocks, as concern grows over Brexit, the threat of a Corbyn-led Labour government and the health of the UK consumer. London-based Brooks Macdonald, which has £11bn in assets under management, said that it was minimising its investment in UK equities as predicted growth rates [...]
Jeremy Corbyn announces launch of new Labour Party inquiry following anti-Semitism claims April 30, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn has announced the launch of an inquiry into anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. The Labour leader also said he would be proposing a “new code of conduct on anti-Semitism and other forms of racism” to the party's national executive committee next month. Read more: Zac Goldsmith: Sadiq Khan and Ken Livingstone "part of the [...]
Ed Balls 4 Prez, a General Election, Farage back at the top of Ukip – and eight other political possibilities bookies are placing odds on for 2017 December 29, 2016 After a year of political upheaval in the UK and across the pond, will things calm down in 2017? Not likely, if odds by Betway are anything to go by – with Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Nigel Farage and (naturally) Ed Balls all set to have a tumultuous 2017. Want to know what's going to [...]