Andy Burnham piled more pressure on Labour leader Keir Starmer today as he lashed out at the party for being too ‘London-centric’. The former health secretary, who quit as an MP after losing the leadership to Jeremy Corbyn, also hinted that he would be prepared to have another tilt at the top job after being … Read more
The Labour Party today blamed the coronavirus pandemic for ‘restricting’ the opportunities’ for its politicians to campaign across Britain after the Conservatives racked up a string of stunning poll victories in the local elections. The post-mortem deepened for Sir Keir Starmer‘s party today with results now in from 84 of 143 English councils. The Tories … Read more
Dominic Cummings roasts Keir Starmer AND Boris Johnson in astonishing Twitter rant accusing both main parties of failing to be ‘focused on … being a serious government’ and suggests they should copy his referendum success with Vote Leave instead Former Downing Street Svengali gloated on Twitter over Tory’s Hartlepool win Accused Starmer of running Labour ‘without … Read more
Moment ‘pilfering’ Labour councillor ‘is caught on doorbell camera STEALING Tory election leaflet from letterbox’ as she delivers her own party’s campaign material Councillor Rachael Ellis spotted on a constituent’s doorbell camera stealing She strides up to letterbox and rummages before removing Conservative leaflet Then shoves Labour leaflet through the flap before calmly walking away … Read more
Voters across Great Britain will go to the polls on May 6 on what has been dubbed ‘Super Thursday’. Every adult in England, Scotland and Wales will be entitled to vote in at least one contest. The results could provide a critical marker for the direction of Britain – and in the case of Scotland, … Read more
The year is 1900, and on a chilly February morning, a group of men in heavy woollen suits are deep in conversation in the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street in London. Exasperated by the existing political parties, these grizzled trade unionists have come together to form a group of their own, the Labour Representation … Read more
He was the Prime Minister who slumped to a historic landslide defeat little more than two months after declaring victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Winston Churchill, though revered by the British people for his decision to keep the country in the war in the dark days of 1940, was not seen as … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Drakeford have visited a brewery in Wales ahead of the Senedd elections – despite the government still banning pubs from reopening. Welsh Labour is promising new jobs and major investment for the region including a medical school for Bangor and a new national park. Sir Keir, thrown out of a … Read more
One of Cambridge University’s most prestigious colleges has upset LGBTQ+ students and Labour and ‘climate justice’ campaigners after they were threatened with eviction for displaying political posters and rainbow ‘Pride’ flags. Several undergraduates at Jesus College received an email this week asking them to remove all posters, flags or banners displayed inside or outside the … Read more
A network of Labour Party ‘spies’ is operating at the heart of Whitehall, feeding secret information to Sir Keir Starmer‘s team to destabilise the Government, senior Tory sources claim. The moles – Labour-sympathising civil servants – are believed to have played a key role in triggering the lobbying scandal which has allowed Sir Keir’s party … Read more