Clegg returns to the centre stage with pro-EU role September 21, 2015 FORMER deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will step back into the spotlight today when he addresses the Liberal Democrat conference as part of the party’s EU referendum campaign. Clegg stepped down as leader of the Liberal Democrats in May following the party’s devastating defeat in the General Election, which saw the Lib Dems lose 49 [...]
Lord Grabiner quits Labour party whip over Corbyn leadership October 24, 2015 Lord Grabiner has become the second Labour peer to leave the party whip in a week. In a letter to The Times this morning, he said he left at the end of September due to his differences with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. “I can't square staying with my conscience,” he said. “I have nothing in [...]
Police arrest protesters against Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al Sisi outside Downing Street November 5, 2015 Metropolitan Police have arrested five demonstrators outside Downing Street, who were protesting against the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al Sisi. Protestors were up in arms that al Sisi – who has been denounced by many including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a "coup leader" who overthrew a democratically elected president – was receiving [...]
PMQs today: Prime Minister David Cameron says UK must go after IS wherever it is for stability in the Middle East November 18, 2015 Prime Minister David Cameron today beefed up his rhetoric on the need for military action in Syria, saying that achieving stability in the Middle East requires "taking action against ISIL wherever it is". Read more: Cameron says there is a "compelling case" for military action in Syria Responding to a question by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who [...]
Bernie Sanders: It’s not just the elite who should fear America’s leading socialist radical January 22, 2016 Brothers Larry and Bernie Sanders claim to be very close. Bernie (who is running to be the Democratic nominee for the US presidency) told the Daily Telegraph last year that he learned many of his views from his older brother. But Larry isn’t some US political luminary. Back in May, running as a member of the [...]
Morgan Stanley: Is Thomas Piketty history? We think so September 17, 2015 Thomas Piketty's brand of anti-austerity economics is "history", according to an analysts' note from Morgan Stanley. The French economist's best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has influenced anti-austerity movements such as Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership campaign and has propelled him to worldwide recognition. The book's central thesis argues that returns on capital accumulate more quickly [...]
Labour party conference: Globalisation, digitisation, technological development and entrepreneurship are the forces of the future. Corbyn would be well advised to embrace them September 30, 2015 "Well, that could have been worse." That was the response of one senior business figure on the south coast after Jeremy Corbyn’s first conference speech as Labour leader. Perhaps learning lessons from his predecessors, Jeremy Corbyn has gone out of his way over the last few days at party conference to try and start [...]
Labour leadership race: Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna urges unity after election, with 10 days to go until result September 2, 2015 No matter what the result of the Labour leadership race is, the party must show unity after the result of the vote, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said. In a speech to think tank Policy Network, Umunna said: “I do not think we can simply dismiss out of hand those who hold critical views [...]
Lord Chris Rennard steps down from Liberal Democrat federal executive after leader Tim Farron urges him not to take the position November 17, 2015 Lord Chris Rennard has stepped down from the Liberal Democrat's executive following a call from party leader Tim Farron for him not to take up the position due to concerns over sexual harassment claims. Over 200 members of the Lib Dems had called for a special conference to discuss Rennard's appointment, who had been accused of [...]
Austerity has failed and Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell is right that the Bank of England needs a new mandate September 29, 2015 Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell set out his ideas for the first time yesterday. Central to this is a new kind of economics; one that worries about the well-being of the man on the street, and not just the haves. That is a welcome development. He is right to say that the Labour Party needs [...]