By boycotting G4S and putting its party conference in jeopardy, Labour has cut off its nose to spite its face August 19, 2016 Amid the mud-slinging which has made up the Labour Party’s leadership contest, you might have missed this nugget: Labour’s annual conference is on the brink of being cancelled because it finds itself without a security detail. In doing so, it is potentially alienating thousands of voters – and not just because they won’t be able to [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells cyclist Bradley Wiggins he enjoys leadership pressure and could become Prime Minister December 29, 2015 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he can see himself becoming Prime Minister, just months after sweeping to electoral victory in Labour's leadership contest in September. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 to Olympic gold medal winner and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, Corbyn said "Yes, yes we could", in response to a question asking whether he can envisage becoming Prime Minister. Guest [...]
What Jeremy Corbyn means for investors September 29, 2015 Jeremy Corbyn is unlikely to become Prime Minister. Polling by ORB found that one in five Labour voters at the last General Election would switch to the Conservatives because of Corbyn. His net approval ratings are also dire: at minus 18 per cent, according to YouGov. At the same point after he was elected Labour [...]
Labour donor John Mills has warned the party is lacking a “credible” economic policy September 27, 2016 Labour donor John Mills has warned Jeremy Corbyn’s party faces dramatic electoral losses without a more fleshed out economic policy to lure support. Speaking at the Labour party conference in Liverpool today, Mills said the party is failing to develop policies to tackle low wage growth following a leadership contest focused on “battles largely irrelevant to [...]
First the coffee shop, then the events shed, and now this: The Guardian closes its T-shirt business September 9, 2016 Another month, another abandoned venture at the Guardian. News reaches the Capitalist that the newspaper group’s shop – retailer of T-shirts with slogans such as “48%er”, “I’m the one the Daily Mail warned you about” and, alongside a picture of Jeremy Corbyn, “Old Labour New Start” – is to close next month. The online store also sells bags, [...]
Emily Thornberry replaces Maria Eagle as defence secretary, as Eagle moves to culture role in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out? January 5, 2016 After over 30 hours of deliberations, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn finalised what the Conservatives dubbed the longest reshuffle in history, appointing Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South & Finsbury, as the new Labour shadow defence secretary. The move put an end to days of speculation that Maria Eagle would be removed from the role. Eagle, MP for Garston and Halewood, has been [...]
Three at 3: The three stories you need to read right now August 16, 2016 We’ve done the legwork for you, and put together the top three stories of the day in bite size form, just to make your life that bit easier. Time for a coffee break? Check out our three at three. You’ll never guess who’s in charge In PM Theresa May’s absence a senior minister has been [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is way out of his depth when it comes to security November 18, 2015 Alastair Campbell knows a thing or two about winning elections, and though the current Labour party isn’t in a very pro-Blair kind of mood, they would be wise to listen to the old spin doctor just one last time. “You cannot win a general election if [you are] behind on [the] economy and leadership,” he [...]
PMQs today: Jeremy Corbyn skips asking about Syria, focuses on climate and women’s safety November 25, 2015 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn used his six questions at today's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) to probe Prime Minister David Cameron on the government's policies surrounding climate change and violence against women, rather than ask about proposals for further military action against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria ahead of an expected parliamentary vote on the issue [...]
Britain’s biggest trade union has voted for mandatory re-selection for Labour MPs July 14, 2016 Britain's biggest union has passed a motion declaring that Labour MPs should face mandatory re-selection votes at the end of each parliament. At the union's policy conference in Brighton, Unite members backed a motion which accused both “right-wing Labour MPs” and hostile media for attempts to remove Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. "MPs have not got 'jobs for [...]