LONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Brexit, the economy and security Wednesday in their final parliamentary exchange before June’s general election.
Theresa May’s Conservative Party is heading into the June 8th snap election with a commanding 23 per cent lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, despite appearing shaky on immigration, foreign aid, and tax.
Labour leader Jeremy Corby has refused to say if he would order the killing of the head of Islamic State, as well as hinting his party could scrap Britain’s nuclear deterrent.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair believes the election polls predicting a Labour defeat in Britain’s upcoming snap election appear “definitive”, and is calling for “a movement of informed voters who can ensure that a re-elected Tory party cannot claim a mandate for Brexit at any cost”.
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has lambasted the Labour Party as “unelectable and utterly useless” during a fierce exchange in the Scottish Parliament.
The prime minister’s decision to hold a snap election has given her party a four-point boost in the polls, delivering the Conservatives a massive 24 point lead over their closest rivals, the Labour Party.
Senior Labour Party figures have used early election trail appearances to set out an anti-establishment general election campaign, hoping to capture some of the success of other populist campaigns.
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has ordered yet another disciplinary hearing for Ken Livingstone in the latest chapter of the party’s long-running anti-Semitism row.
A Labour activist has said UKIP are “enemies of Islam”, warning Muslim voters they will go to hell if they fail to vote Labour at the upcoming Stoke by-election.
Questions are being raised on social media as a petition set up to demand U.S. President Donald J. Trump be barred from visiting the UK appears to be attracting around 1,000 signatures a minute. The petition, hosted on the British
The liberal establishment in Britain has reacted with fury to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to pause immigration from some Muslim states. The policy is aimed at protecting U.S. citizens from “radical Islamic terror attacks”. President Trump has put
The government has published its Bill to trigger Article 50 and leave the European Union (EU), in line with a ruling by the Supreme Court this week.
Open borders activists carried placards proclaiming “migrants & refugees welcome here” at a vigil to protest a hate crime in which a man ‘of Arab appearance’ spat on a Muslim woman.
An Israel embassy employee in London has resigned after being caught conspiring to discredit British politicians he perceived as unfriendly to Israel.
Demonstrators led by human rights activist Peter Tatchell have disrupted a speech by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in protest at the party’s response to Syria.
Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, is in Israel in an effort to build bridges after allegations of antisemitism within the party.
A pro-Palestinian group funded a 2009 visit by Jeremy Corbyn, the current leader of the U.K. Labour Party, to Syria, where he met with President Bashar Assad, English-language reports said this week.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has slammed the government for not bringing more child migrants from Calais, including those who have no ties to the UK, and has called on the Home Office to speed up the process. But local council leaders have complained that they are being landed with huge bills as they are financially responsible for unaccompanied migrants.
An all-party committee of MPs has accused Jeremy Corbyn of turning the Labour party into a “safe space for those with vile attitudes towards Jewish people” in a report released today. The Home Affairs Select Committee criticises the party’s “demonstrable
The leader of the Labour Party is considering ways around the Equalities Act to enact discriminatory short lists to force more disabled, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender), and black people into parliament, regardless of merit.
The Labour party in Britain continues to make headlines, with its leader Jeremy Corbyn promoting a lawmaker who seemingly compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Arabs to the Holocaust.
AFP — Bitter internal strife, plunging support among voters and surging populism: has there ever been a worse time to be a centre-left party in Europe? A dozen years ago, left-of-centre giants seemed a natural source of government in many
Jeremy Corbyn will commit Labour to fighting the next election on a platform of continued open door immigration from Europe, as controlling numbers can “fan the flames of fear” and make it “more difficult to take a holiday in Europe” for the middle classes.
Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Diane Abbott, has claimed racists who want to see “less foreign-looking people on their streets” drove the Brexit vote, which “added another turn of the screw to rising racism”.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rallied behind his domestic violence spokeswoman, Sarah Champion, after she admitted spending a night in a police cell for beating her husband with a framed painting.
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Soft-spoken socialist Jeremy Corbyn is the antithesis of Donald Trump. But the British politician — resoundingly re-elected leader of the opposition Labour Party on Saturday — is riding the same wave of anti-centrist sentiment that’s propelling
Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn has seen off his opponent in a leadership contest, increasing his share of the vote to 61.8 per cent. The hard-left parliamentarian and long-time back bencher-turned party leader defeated Owen Smith who took 193,229 votes from
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party announces the winner of its leadership contest Saturday — but whoever triumphs, the party’s troubles are far from over. Left-wing incumbent Jeremy Corbyn is strongly favored to defeat challenger Owen Smith and retain leadership
(AFP) – Opposed by most of his own MPs but lionised by grassroots activists, socialist Jeremy Corbyn is tipped to fight off a leadership challenge while pitching Britain’s Labour Party into an increasingly uncertain future. The 67-year-old is set to
The Far-left activist group Momentum has announced the launch of Momentum Kids, an initiative designed to draw children into political activism with an eye on influencing politics for the next generation.
The UKIP conference this year is about much more than simply announcing a new leader and getting together; it’s existential, about deciding what an anti-EU party is to do after victoriously pulling the UK out of the EU.
(AFP) – The embattled leader of Britain’s Labour party could lose his parliamentary seat in a shake-up set to reduce the number of lawmakers, according to plans unveiled on Tuesday. The possible impact on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s political career
LONDON (AFP) – One year after his election, Jeremy Corbyn is leading the most unpopular opposition Labour party in British history, according to an analysis of polls published Monday.
A claim that a traditional Hebrew greeting for Passover was removed from a message by UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn because of the fear it might look “Zionist” has been rejected by the party.
Jeremy Corbyn has called for an end to after-work drinks, claiming the practice discriminates against women.
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has defended receiving £20,000 for appearances on the Iranian state broadcaster on the basis that the payment “wasn’t an enormous amount”.
(REUTERS) – Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing head of Britain’s opposition Labour party, is set to win a leadership race with even more support than when he was first elected last year, according to a YouGov poll in The Times on Wednesday.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party, already in the throes of a bitterly divisive leadership contest after June’s Brexit vote, is facing more turmoil as a row over security jeopardises the staging of its annual conference. One of Labour’s
The Board of Deputies of British Jews emphasized its strong opposition to boycotts, in response to Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s reiteration of his support for boycotting Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan was booed by supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last night after declaring his support for leadership rival Owen Smith. Mr Corbyn held a rally of thousands of supporters in north London as he battles to
