Theresa May’s Conservatives now have a 16 point lead over Labour November 29, 2016 New polling data has shown Theresa May's Conservatives extending their advantage over the Labour party. According to new research published this morning by ICM, the Tories have a commanding 16 point lead over Jeremy Corbyn's party. Asked who they would vote for in a general election, 44 per cent of Britons told the pollster they would [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn insists that Labour and British businesses are “natural allies” while slamming the City of London March 3, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used his first major speech to a business audience since taking the reins of the Labour party last year to insist that his party and British businesses are "natural allies". "In the twenty-first century the role of government is to understand these connections and make policy to fit," Corbyn said in a speech at the [...]
John McDonnell will join striking British Airways cabin crew at Heathrow January 18, 2017 Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is joining members of British Airways' cabin crew who are starting a three-day walkout tomorrow. Unite the union said its general secretary Len McCluskey and the shadow chancellor will be joining the picket lines at Heathrow tomorrow in a dispute over pay. McDonnell, whose Hayes & Harlington constituency covers Heathrow Airport, said: [...]
Is giving Parliament a vote on the final Brexit deal a disaster waiting to happen? January 18, 2017 Denis MacShane, the former minister of Europe, author of Brexit: How Britain Left Europe, and senior adviser at Avisa Partners in Brussels, says Yes. The Prime Minister’s speech is just the first shot in what will be a very long two years. Right now it’s about politics. But over the next 24 months it will [...]
Will Jeremy Corbyn still be Labour leader by the end of 2016? January 4, 2016 Chris Rumfitt, founder and chief executive of Field Consulting, says No. Thursday 5 May is the day on which the scales will fall from the eyes of Labour members. It is then that Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity will be tested properly for the first time, with elections in Scotland, London and for local councils across England. [...]
The FTSE reaches another record high as sterling continues to slide after Theresa May’s single market comments January 10, 2017 The FTSE reached yet another record high this morning as sterling continued to fall, as comments by the Prime Minister over the weekend indicating that remaining within the single market will not be a priority during Brexit negotiations continued to take their toll. The FTSE 100 rose to a peak of 7,261.16 at the start of trading, [...]
With the Fabian Society predicting Labour could win just 140 seats at the next election, is the party in terminal decline? January 4, 2017 Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, says Yes. Businesses and political parties both operate in markets where competition can be cut-throat, where mistakes can be costly, where leadership and branding matter, and where, ultimately, the customer is king. Yet there’s one big difference: businesses – even firms so familiar we [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will have to quit by 2020, warns GMB leader Sir Paul Kenny February 15, 2016 Jeremy Corbyn will have to resign as leader of the Labour party by the 2020 General Election as he is failing to provide a "credible alternative" to the Conservative party, a top union leader has warned. General secretary of the GMB Union Sir Paul Kenny said that Corbyn never actually "wanted to win" the leadership [...]
Parliament is likely to be virtually powerless as Brexit remakes Britain February 10, 2017 The government's publication of a Brexit White Paper establishing a high level, if vague, overview of its vision for a post-Brexit Britain provides welcome clarity on its key negotiating objectives. In practice, however, the extent to which the government will be able to deliver upon these goals will rely not only on the outcome of [...]
A petition against Trump coming to the UK now has one million signatures January 30, 2017 A petition to prevent Donald Trump from visiting the UK in the form of an official state visit has now gathered more than one million signatures in the wake of the President's executive order banning travel to the US from seven majority Muslim countries. The government must respond to the petition after gaining more than the 10,000 signatures required [...]