Iain Duncan Smith’s dramatic resignation adds insult to injury for chancellor George Osborne March 21, 2016 A senior politician toured the broadcast studios on Sunday morning, accusing the government of presiding over “deeply unfair” policies and “drifting in a direction that divides society rather than unites it". This blistering attack wasn't launched by a fired-up Jeremy Corbyn but by a man who, just 48 hours previously, had been a senior member [...]
Corbyn, business and the diplomatic dance January 8, 2016 Hands up: who was gripped by Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle this week? By normal Westminster standards this wasn’t exactly a swift and decisive event. It started late on Sunday night and is just about wrapping up now. Westminster watchers were in overdrive, camped outside the office of the Leader of the Opposition, live-blogging every twist and [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Exclusive new poll figures show Zac Goldsmith is seen as being more pro-business than Sadiq Khan by a 26-point margin March 10, 2016 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith is seen by London firms as being more pro-business than his Labour rival Sadiq Khan by a 26-point margin, according to a new poll seen exclusively by City A.M. Nearly two-thirds of London businesses think Goldsmith is pro-business, while just under four in 10 say the same of Khan, according [...]
Odds not on George: Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation has made Osborne vulnerable as William Hill slashes Tory leader odds March 19, 2016 Bookmaker William Hill has doubled its odds on George Osborne becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party from 2/1 to 4/1 second favourite. William Hill also shortened Boris Johnson's odds from 3/1 to 15/8, becoming the clear favourite, as "a series of mistakes" started to impact on Osborne's "future prospects". "So sure-footed for so long, Mr Osborne was [...]
Brexit wouldn’t be an endorsement of Nigel Farage but a vote of confidence in Britain June 21, 2016 It has been an obvious tactic. Remain advocates are attempting to shame Britons into voting In. One unsubtle social media meme even implied that a vote for Brexit makes you intolerant, close-minded and unkind. The evidence? Apparently Nigel Farage stood in front of a distasteful poster about migration, and he’s in favour of leaving. So a vote [...]
Budget 2016: The sugar tax would be laughable if it weren’t so pathetic March 16, 2016 George Osborne’s Budgets have a reputation for pulling populist rabbits out of hats. Last time it was the so-called living wage. This time it was something the government has repeatedly said it was loathe to endorse – a sugar tax. In his response to the chancellor, an angry Jeremy Corbyn berated the Budget on almost every count. [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: Sanders is repeating Corbyn’s success by attracting “young idealists and working class left-wingers” February 16, 2016 Senator Bernie Sanders is closing in on his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton in the US presidential candidate nominations, propelled by a new coalition of young idealists and working class left-wingers – the same people who propelled Jeremy Corbyn to victory, according to new research. Research by YouGov has found the demographic which carried Corbyn to leader of the Labour [...]
EU referendum: Prime Minister David Cameron pleads with mayor of London Boris not to join with Ukip leader Nigel Farage and former Respect MP George Galloway February 21, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron has made a last-ditch attempt to woo mayor of London Boris Johnson into campaigning for Britain to remain in the European Union, pleading for the mayor's support on live national television this morning. "I'd say to Boris as I say to everyone else – we will be safer, stronger, better off inside [...]
Labour MP Jo Cox has died after an attack in Birstall, West Yorkshire June 16, 2016 Labour MP Jo Cox, who was earlier today attacked in Birstall near Leeds, has died in hospital. The MPs behind both Vote Leave and Stronger In have suspended EU referendum campaigning. Cox was shot and stabbed outside a library in Birstall where she holds her weekly advice surgery. She was then airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary. A man in his 70s also [...]
Panama Papers: David Cameron comes out all guns blazing, insisting MPs will not have to publish tax returns – as Labour MP Dennis Skinner is suspended over “dodgy Dave” jibe April 11, 2016 David Cameron came out all guns blazing this afternoon, slamming critics for their "deeply hurtful and profoundly untrue" comments about his father, while unveiling new measures designed to tackle tax evasion. The Prime Minister, who has been under growing pressure since his father was named in the so-called Panama Papers, accepted he should have addressed [...]