Keir Starmer could be doing anything. Why does he want to be Prime Minister? April 11, 2024 Keir Starmer talks to the City A.M. Magazine about his roots - and why the Tory campaign doesn't bother him
Tory MP Oliver Letwin rules out backing Jeremy Corbyn to be caretaker Prime Minister August 17, 2019 Sir Oliver Letwin has ruled out supporting Jeremy Corbyn to become a caretaker Prime Minister in order to avoid no-deal Brexit. The senior Tory MP said having Corbyn in charge would do more damage than leaving the EU without a deal would. Read more: Corbyn fails to drum up support for plan to block no-deal [...]
Dominic Cummings plotted to oust Boris Johnson days after 2019 election July 20, 2021 Dominic Cummings has today revealed he was plotting to oust Boris Johnson from Downing Street just days after his landslide 2019 General Election victory. Johnson’s former chief aide made the explosive revelation in an upcoming BBC 2 interview tonight, after months of attacks on the Prime Minister. Cummings said the influence of Johnson’s wife, then [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s office DID assess antisemitism complaints, whistleblowers tell BBC Panorama July 10, 2019 Batches of antisemitism complaints were assessed by staff working in Jeremy Corbyn’s office – despite claims the Labour leader and his team had no involvement in the process, it has been revealed. BBC’s Panorama programme will broadcast claims on Wednesday evening that there was an order from the leader’s office to bring details of antisemitism [...]
Exclusive: Labour MPs have backroom row over by-election candidate doing Sun interview June 16, 2021 A group of Labour MPs have hit out at the party’s candidate in a crucial by-election for doing an interview with The Sun, claiming the piece will cost Labour the constituency. Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox, recently did an interview with The Sun in the lead-up to the Batley and [...]
Union boss Len McCluskey and Keir Starmer have not spoken in past year March 21, 2021 Powerful union boss Len McCluskey has today said he has not spoken to Sir Keir Starmer since he became party leader last April and that “that personal relationship broke down”. McCluskey, who is general secretary of Unite, called for Starmer to be more conciliatory toward the hard left of the party. The Labour leader has [...]
Jeremy Corbyn hints at softened stance on freedom of movement May 19, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has hinted that Labour could be prepared to accept freedom of movement if it were leading the Brexit negotiations with Europe. Freedom of movement is one of the four governing principles of the EU, along with the free movement of goods, services and capital. The party had previously ruled out freedom of movement, [...]
Labour MP Claudia Webbe suspended from party over harassment charge September 28, 2020 Labour backbench MP Claudia Webbe has been suspended from the party, after being charged with harassing a woman. Webbe has also had the whip temporarily removed, meaning she cannot represent Labour in parliament, according to Labour List. The Crown Prosecution Service announced today that it had charged Webbe, MP for Leicester East, with “an offence [...]
Piers Corbyn arrested over leaflets comparing UK’s vaccine programme to Auschwitz February 4, 2021 Piers Corbyn, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s brother, has been arrested for handing out leaflets comparing the nation’s Covid vaccination programme to Auschwitz. The Metropolitan Police told London newspaper Jewish News: “Officers investigating reports of malicious material in the form of a leaflet being circulated in south London in late January have made two arrests. [...]
Labour suspends Jeremy Corbyn ally in fresh antisemitism row May 31, 2019 The Labour Party has suspended a member of its national executive committee today after a recording leaked of him blaming the Israeli embassy for recent complaints around anti-semitism. Peter Willsman, a Labour party veteran, said that a letter attacking Labour anti-semitism, signed by 68 rabbis, was "obviously organised by the Israeli embassy". Read more: Labour party [...]