BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made waves in the South Atlantic this month because of his view that the Falkland Islands are ‘negotiable’ – yet senior figures close to him are openly expressing dissent. Buenos Aires was not shy in
BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – Network Rail probably couldn’t have picked a worse weekend to close the London Brighton line for engineering works if they had tried. Unless of course they secretly want to see the railway network renationalised. God has
Each year for the last eight years I have convened a panel to compile a list of the Top 100 Most Influential People on the Left. This year our panel was comprised of a Member of Parliament, a local government leader,
Lord Mandelson has told the political opponents of Jeremy Corbyn they had better prepare for the “long haul”, as it would be wrong to force the new Labour leader out before the public have made their verdict on him clear.
Almost two-thirds of Britons do not see Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the opposition Labour party, as a capable leader but consider him to be more honest and in touch with ordinary people, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
Labour’s vegan farming spokesman believes meat should be treated like tobacco with a public health campaign to stop it being eaten. Kerry McCarthy MP was recently named the Labour Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Jeremy Corbyn’s
Labour’s controversial new Shadow Chancellor has said Karl Marx’s Das Kapital is a key influence on his thinking. In an interview with The Observer, John McDonnell MP said that he wanted a left wing programme of renationalisation, first of all
That didn’t take long. Jeremy Corbyn’s honeymoon with Labour faithful has already turned sour with almost three in four voters now thinking he looks anything like prime minister material. A survey of 2,000 people conducted by The Independent newspaper found that Mr
Labour’s newly appointed shadow chancellor John McDonnell, has apologised for once calling for Irish Republican Army (IRA) members to be “honoured”. The controversial 2003 comments by McDonnell resurfaced in the media and were condemned by MPs after the 64-year-old was
Channel 4’s Michael Crick has tweeted some sensational new claims about Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, specifically allegations that a BBC cameraman was assaulted by one of the Labour leaders’ aide last night. The veteran broadcaster revealed on his Twitter account this
EU ministers have failed to reach a consensus over a quota system to help relocate some 120,000 asylum seekers across member states. The main stumbling block to the proposal came from Eastern states, but ministers did agree they should take a break
If I were still a member of the Labour Party, I would’ve voted for Liz Kendall. Actually, scrap that, I would’ve left. If I had not already encountered my last straw, the popularity of Jeremy Corbyn would have pushed me
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party must unite behind new leader Jeremy Corbyn, his deputy said on Sunday as he revealed his own differences with his new boss over issues such as defence and foreign policy. Left-wing
Jeremy Corbyn – the hard-left Labour leadership favorite – has compared the actions of Islamic State (IS) and American forces, saying there is an “equivalence” and that a “political solution” must be found with the genocidal terror group. He made
A couple of weeks ago on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions I was singing the praises of Britain’s most likely future Opposition leader. The brilliant thing if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour party leadership race, I argued, is that by
Labour Party mayoral hopeful David Lammy has proposed an amnesty for the 300,000 illegal immigrants who live “in the shadows” in London. Lammy said if he is elected Mayor of London in 2016 he will “push from day one” for the amnesty. The
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, frontrunner in the group seeking the Conservative London mayoral nomination, has warned the “glee” of his party colleagues at the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Labour Party leader is “totally misplaced”. He said Corbyn could somehow capture the “zeitgeist”
Lord Janner has so far failed to attend court to face the 22 child abuse charges against him. Having been ordered to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning the former Labour MP now risks being arrested. Legal arguments from Lord Janner’s defence team have been
For fifteen years now I have believed that the folly of the Euro currency would break up the European Union. It was perfectly obvious to me that economic and monetary union between Greece and Germany could never work and that
Joel Benenson, formerly a top Obama pollster and now a chief strategist to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, is ready to renew his links to the British Labour Party. According to Guido Fawkes the stumbling block which would prevent his
Losing Labour leadership candidate Liz Kendall has released a new video entitled “An Open Letter to the Labour Party,” asking for people to support her over the insurgent socialist Jeremy Corbyn. With ballot papers going out to Labour members this
Between 100 and 150 Green Party election candidates have been prevented from joining Britain’s Labour Party as it struggles to tackle infiltration by far-left activists. Labour insiders are increasingly worried that thousands of hard-left supporters may have joined in the
The Westminster village is in a state of shock. In 2014 there was horror that UKIP led in the opinion polls in the run up to the European Elections. This led to a spiteful, vindictive anti-Farage campaign to tell the
The Labour Party should not have voted for Britain to recognise the Palestinian state said a leadership candidate during election hustings organised by Labour Friends of Israel and the Jewish Chronicle. Referring to last year’s Parliamentary vote in which Labour whipped its MPs to in
Labour leadership favourite Andy Burnham has been attempting to sell himself as a humble man of the people to the Labour faithful. He’s from Liverpool, and is not a member of the “the metropolitan elite,” and “[has] never been,” he
