British National Party decides to field London mayoral candidate David Furness October 22, 2015 It's been a while since we've heard about the British National Party, but they've just decided that they will in fact field a candidate for Mayor of London. After having said the were "scaling down" at the General Election, David Furness, the party's organiser was announced the party's candidate. Read more: Goldsmith – The green Tory gunning [...]
As Zac Goldsmith is chosen as the Tories’ mayoral candidate, bookies put Labour’s Sadiq Khan ahead October 2, 2015 Zac Goldsmith may have crossed one hurdle when he was selected as the Tories' candidate for next year's mayoral election – but he still has some way to go if he wants to win, if bookies are anything to go by. Ladbrokes has put Goldsmith's odds of winning in next May's vote at 11/10, just [...]
EU referendum and Brexit explained: Who is “in” and who is “out”, the main issues including immigration and trade, when the vote is scheduled and why it’s important February 22, 2016 To Brexit or not to Brexit? That is the question. But what is a Brexit and why should you care about it? Here's everything you need to know about the EU referendum. What is Brexit? Brexit refers to Britain's exit from the European Union. It's not the only portmanteau of this kind, with Grexit having preceded [...]
Facebook will be able to tell us who the most “disliked” politician is September 23, 2015 The people of the United Kingdom are often scornful of its leaders, yet all there is to determine how much the public really dislike a politician is their judgement and approval ratings. Until now. Facebook’s acceptance that there will, after all, be a “dislike” button next to its “like” button will have a quaint added [...]
MUFG straight in at the charity football championships June 18, 2015 IT WAS all to play for yesterday at recruitment consultants Kennedy Pearce’s annual charity football competition, where over 25 FTSE 100 companies, including Sony Entertainment and Virgin Active, went head-to-head to raise £1,000 for the charity of their choice. Investment bank MUFG Securities wiped the floor with the independent merchant banking group Close Brothers in [...]
London mayor election: Who has declared in the race to succeed Boris Johnson? June 17, 2015 The London mayor election will take place next year and, with incumbent Boris Johnson standing down to focus on his role in Parliament, the field is filling with candidates who have already declared their intentions to run. Five Conservative candidates are looking to succeed Johnson, while six Labour candidates, two Greens, one Independent and a [...]
Toffs spot winners at Goffs June 16, 2015 HRH PRINCESS Michael of Kent went racehorse shopping at the lavish Goff’s thoroughbred auction on Monday evening. Politicians, trainers and royals gathered from all over the world to bid against each other and bag a bay to run at Ascot. More than 50 horses were trotted out at Kensington Palace, 23 of which are due [...]
From Fifa and Greece to the rail strike and Queen’s Speech: Here’s what got us talking this week May 29, 2015 There was a speech. There was a protest. There were some strange-looking balloons. And rapidly receding in our memories, there was a bank holiday. Here's what got us talking this week 1. Fifa was in the news Commentators expressed but little surprise when a number of Fifa officials were arrested this week, but [...]
General Election 2015 results: Cameron claims victory while Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage resign after dramatic day in British politics May 8, 2015 David Cameron has claimed victory in the General Election while Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage quit as leaders of their respective parties in one of the most dramatic days in British political history. Cameron has swept to a surprise victory and will form a majority government. Miliband has stood down as leader of [...]
Ed Miliband to have the last laugh in race to Downing Street May 6, 2015 ANDREW PINK WITH THE BEST BETTING ANGLES ON THE CLOSEST GENERAL ELECTION IN OVER 40 YEARS AFTER what feels like a lifetime’s worth of polls, pundits and predictions, today is mercifully the big day. Some 30 million votes will be cast in the 2015 General Election and all anyone really knows for sure is that [...]