He has been dubbed the King in the North, but Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham – today accused of holding the government to ransom over coronavirus – has not always wielded such power, despite a life in politics. Burnham, who turned 50 in January, has been centre stage this week, earning himself the Game … Read more
The Conservative Party and Labour are now level in a shock new opinion poll which is likely to set alarm bells off in Boris Johnson‘s rattled camp. The snapshot survey by pollster Opinium puts both political parties on 40 per cent each when it comes to voting intentions. It marks the first time the Conservatives … Read more
Ex-Unite union baron Tony Woodley turns down seat in the Lords after Jeremy Corbyn offered him a peerage Tony Woodley offered position by Mr Corbyn before he stepped down as leader He said he was ‘deeply honoured’ by nomination but decided to refuse peerage Mr Woodley, 72, was the joint general secretary of trade union … Read more
Labour MP call Jacob Rees Mogg a ‘s***bag racist w******’ and a ‘fat old racist’ after the Tory MP said Brits should not be ‘enslaved to political correctness’ in BBC Proms row Neil Coyle sent the bizarre post late last night in a response to Mr Rees-Mogg He also replied to Nigel Farage saying only … Read more
Secret UK trade documents used by then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to attack the Government were stolen by Russian hackers from the email account of former international trade secretary Liam Fox, it was reported today. The Department of International Trade documents on post-Brexit trade talks with the US were brandished by the hard Left MP at … Read more
Jo Johnson Boris Johnson approved his brother Jo Johnson, who was a minister of state and MP for Orpington, for a peerage. In 2019, he resigned from Cabinet citing he was ‘torn between family loyalty and the national interest’. Ken Clarke Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke was picked for a peerage by the Prime Minister after … Read more
A London council is set to be the first local authority in the country to ban MEAT at it own events. Enfield Council said it plans to only serve vegan and vegetarian meals when it hosts gatherings from December in a bid to tackle climate change. The Labour-run north London authority is understood to be … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn should hand back the money donated to him to defend the former Labour leader, a former Labour MP has urged. Supporters have raised more than £210,000 on behalf of Mr Corbyn as he faces legal action after criticising the party’s decision to apologise and pay damages to anti-Semitism whistleblowers. Carole Morgan, from Ryde in South East England, … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn supporters have been accused of leaving ‘anti-Semitic’ comments on a Go Fund Me campaign raising money to defend the former opposition leader. Supporters have raised more than £190,000 on behalf of Mr Corbyn as he faces legal action after criticising the party’s decision to apologise and pay damages to anti-Semitism whistleblowers. Carole Morgan, from Ryde in South … Read more
A year ago, the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn declared all-out war on the BBC. Why? Because of a Panorama programme in which seven former Labour party staffers blew the whistle about anti-Semitism in Corbyn’s Labour Party. They explained how they felt a growing factionalism under Corbyn had created a safe space for anti-Semitic views … Read more