It’s time for Labour to wake up and smell the coffee February 11, 2020 Following their third consecutive electoral drubbing in 2005, Lord (Michael) Ashcroft set out to offer the Conservative party some frank advice. His book, Smell the Coffee, was a forensic account of where the party was going wrong and why they were unpopular. It played a big part in David Cameron’s subsequent modernisation project. Today, Lord [...]
Michael Gove gives out No 10 phone number when quizzed on Andrew Neil interview December 6, 2019 Michael Gove has given out the direct phone number to No 10 Downing Street after being pressed on when the Prime Minister would be doing an interview with Andrew Neil. The Duchy of Lancaster was asked to put a figure on the chances that Boris Johnson would accept the invitation to be interviewed on BBC [...]
Conservatives and Labour battle over election spending pledges November 10, 2019 The Conservatives have sparked a furious political row with Labour over claims that a Jeremy Corbyn government would splurge over £1 trillion on its policy pledges. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the Tory attack was “fake news” while government ministers came unstuck amid questions about their own spending commitments. Read more: Sajid Javid confirms new [...]
Jess Phillips quits Labour leadership race January 21, 2020 Labour MP Jess Phillips has dropped out of the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, saying his successor must “unite” the party. The forthright MP had secured enough nominations to take her into the second stage of the contest, but was thought unlikely to win sufficient backing from unions or local party constituencies [...]
Corbyn calls for cross-party collaboration in no-deal strategy August 14, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has called on MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit to back his attempt to form a “strictly time-limited” government, insisting he would call a General Election and campaign for a second referendum. The Labour leader wrote to backbenchers and other opposition party leaders promising to extend Article 50 and push for “a public [...]
Jeremy Corbyn faces backlash over comments about UK Zionists August 24, 2018 The antisemitism row engulfing Labour took another turn after a video emerged of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn saying certain Zionists had "no sense of English irony". The video, which was published by the Daily Mail yesterday, shows comments Corbyn made at a 2013 conference that was reportedly promoted by Hamas' website. Referring to a speech in parliament [...]
Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill returns to House of Commons January 7, 2020 Boris Johnson’s EU withdrawal bill agreement will return to parliament today for the first of three days of scrutiny from MPs. The Brexit bill has a tight timetable of just three days of debate, before it looks to be pushed through in time for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. Read more: [...]
Sadiq Khan backs Sir Keir Starmer for Labour leader February 26, 2020 Sadiq Khan has endorsed Sir Keir Starmer to be the next leader of the Labour Party. The London mayor finally came out for the favourite today, after refusing to publicly back any of the leadership hopefuls for the first two months of the campaign. It also comes after Starmer was the only one of the [...]
Downing Street responds to Donald Trump’s Brexit deal criticism November 1, 2019 Number 10 has defended Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after President Donald Trump threatened it could thwart a trade agreement between the UK and US. Trump warned the US “can’t make a trade deal with the UK” under the terms of the Prime Minister’s EU withdrawal agreement. Read more: Donald Trump slams Jeremy Corbyn and says [...]
The Democrats appear to learn the right lesson March 5, 2020 Last Friday evening, Bernie Sanders addressed an energetic, excitable crowd of nearly 5,000 in the Massachusetts city of Springfield, drumming up support ahead of the Super Tuesday round of Democrat primaries. Even more impressively, he then persuaded more than 13,000 supporters to turn out in freezing conditions to an outdoor rally in Boston Common last [...]