Conservative party conference 2015: Boris Johnson to slam Jeremy Corbyn in speech today October 6, 2015 London mayor Boris Johnson will use his speech at the Conservative party conference today to lash out at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and make the case for Conservative leadership both in City Hall and in Westminster. Johnson, who is also the MP for Uxbridge and regularly touted as a possible successor to David Cameron, is [...]
The Conservatives are shifting to the left to destroy Corbyn’s Labour September 29, 2016 The Labour Party is in rapid decline. Now Jeremy Corbyn has been confirmed as Labour’s alternative Prime Minister at the next election – and with far-left activists in apparent ownership of the party – it is hard to see anything other than internal resignations, defections and desertions. The party as we know it looks to [...]
COP21 Paris climate summit: London climate march attracts “tens of thousands”, including Jeremy Corbyn, ahead of Paris UN deal talks November 29, 2015 Tens of thousands of people have turned out to attend a march in central London against climate change, reports suggest, as world leaders meet in Paris to agree a new deal for tackling the issue. The march, from Park Lane to Millbank outside parliament, coincides with the United Nations conference on Climate Change and is one of [...]
The behavioural biases that explain why Mr Market is unruffled by Mr Trump November 14, 2016 The world is not short of comment and analysis following the election of Donald Trump as US President. In some ways, the coverage is indicative both of the result’s unexpected nature and its historical significance. It is fascinating, therefore, that an event of such magnitude has created barely a ruffle in stock markets. Step back from [...]
David Cameron v Jeremy Corbyn: Corbynomics is a throwback no one wants September 18, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron dismissed Jeremy Corbyn’s economic policies yesterday, as he sought to reassure global investors that Britain is still “open for business” despite the newly-elected Labour leader’s latest claims that he would sign the UK up to an EU financial transactions tax. Speaking at the Great global investment conference in London yesterday, Cameron [...]
Jeremy Corbyn: Leadership lessons from Corbyn’s first five days September 17, 2015 The first few days are rarely simple for a new leader. If you’re appointed chief executive to turn around an ailing company, your ideas may be met with a hostile reception. A Labour MP for more than 30 years, the party’s new leader Jeremy Corbyn is hardly an external appointment. But he is [...]
BBC cameraman hospitalised after apparent altercation outside Jeremy Corbyn’s home September 16, 2015 The Department of Transport (DfT) is investigating reports of an incident yesterday in which BBC cameraman James Webb was hospitalised after an altercation outside Jeremy Corbyn's home. Footage of the incident emerged this morning. Originally it was claimed that a Corbyn aide had caused the cameraman to fall, however the person has since been identified [...]
Court could be about to throw a spanner in the works for Corbyn’s Labour dreams July 28, 2016 The fate of Jeremy Corbyn's somewhat controversial battle to stay leader of the Labour party rests on a knife edge, as the high court is due to hand down judgment in a case on the matter later on today. If the case does not go in Corbyn's favour, the Labour party may have to backtrack [...]
How Westminster reacted to the High Court’s Article 50 ruling November 3, 2016 A High Court judgement that MPs must vote on Brexit before Article 50 can be triggered has caused quite the stir. Not least among currency traders, with the pound breaking the $1.24 mark for the first time in weeks. Read more: The odds on another EU referendum have halved The government said: "The country voted [...]
Angela Eagle pulls out of Labour leadership race July 19, 2016 Angela Eagle has pulled out of the Labour leadership challenge, paving the way for Owen Smith to take on Jeremy Corbyn in a head-to-head fight. The former shadow business secretary, who was the first to announce she would challenge Corbyn, was in second place at the end of the first day of nominations from Labour MPs by a [...]