Boris Johnson likens Labour’s ‘NHS plot’ dossier to UFO pictures December 5, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared a leaked 451-page document Labour has heralded as proof of a plot to privatise the NHS to photos of UFOs. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn revealed the unredacted documents detailing preliminary trade talks between the US and UK late last month, saying the files were proof that the NHS was [...]
Brexit: PM’s pre-Christmas election gambit under pressure October 29, 2019 The Prime Minister’s last attempt to secure an election this side of Christmas could still struggle Last night the government tabled a motion for an election that includes the date – 12 December – in a bid to convince critics who say he can’t be trusted not to push back the date and force a [...]
Corbyn rails against ‘unfit’ PM – but rules out pre-Halloween election September 24, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has attacked Boris Johnson for being unfit to be Prime Minister – but ruled out holding a General Election while no deal Brexit remains a threat. Speaking just hours after a Supreme Court ruled Johnson’s prorogation “unlawful”, the Labour leader said his rival should resign, and said government “will be held to account [...]
Labour to abstain on third election vote as govt poised to back SNP/Lib Dem route October 28, 2019 Labour is expected to abstain on tonight’s vote – the third time the government will have sought an election since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly said he will seek an election once a no deal Brexit is “off the table”. However it is thought Labour MPs are concerned about current polling, [...]
General election 2019: Pro-Remain Londoners turn back on Corbyn’s Labour – poll November 5, 2019 Labour’s lead in London has halved since the 2017 General Election as Remainers reject Jeremy Corbyn’s ambivalent approach to Brexit, a new poll suggests. The study, by Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Institute, suggests half a dozen key Labour seats in the capital could be at risk when the country goes to the [...]
Lib Dem Heidi Allen to quit as MP at next election over ‘nastiness’ in British politics October 29, 2019 Liberal Democrat MP Heidi Allen has said she will stand down as an MP at the next general election, saying she is “heartbroken” over the harassment she has received in British politics. The ex-Conservative MP and Change UK leader told her South Cambridgeshire constituents that she is “exhausted” by abuse she called “utterly dehumanising”. Read [...]
Johnson tells Pence: No deal on NHS – or chlorinated chicken September 5, 2019 Boris Johnson has told the US Vice President that the NHS will not be “on the table” during post-Brexit trade talks. Speaking as he welcomed Mike Pence to Downing Street today, the Prime Minister told journalists: “The National Health Service is not on the table as far as negotiations go.” He also joked: We’re not [...]
Labour floats radical housing policy as election looms September 2, 2019 Labour is mulling a radical new housing scheme in which first-time buyers could potentially purchase their property for less than the market price. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the plan, first floated by Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, would disrupt the rising buy-to-let market and stop landlords making “a fast buck” at the expense of their [...]
Labour’s problem is the message, not London accents December 18, 2019 “There is no choice between being principled and unelectable, and electable and unprincipled. We have tortured ourselves with this foolishness for too long,” said Tony Blair, in his 1994 speech to Labour Conference, his first as leader. “If the world changes and we do not, we become of no use to the world. Our principles [...]
Corbyn is a ‘negative force’, says Trump June 4, 2019 Donald Trump revealed he turned down a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn, describing the Labour leader as a “negative force”. The US president confirmed Corbyn had requested a meeting while Trump was in the UK on a state visit. Read more: NHS up for grabs in UK-US free trade deal, Trump says The Labour leader boycotted [...]