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A Labour run council has been criticised in Parliament for “playing politics” with Syrian refugees, by planning to house them exclusively in a limited number of Conservative-voting suburban areas. The new arrivals are expected as part of the Government’s programme to

Police have been patrolling in front of the home of Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark in South London, as well as providing extra security for himself and his staff at a constituency surgery this morning following alleged

A former Labour Party councillor who reportedly “stifled” local conversations about the Rotherham rape gangs and Muslim grooming scandal has been spotted out campaigning with the party’s candidate Jim McMahon for the Oldham West and Royton by-election. The vote, to be

A female Labour Party Member of Parliament has become the subject of a campaign of intimidation by primarily Muslim, Labour activists over the last 24 hours, based on her position on bombing the Islamic State in Syria. Anti-war protestors gathered outside her

This week, members of the UK Labour party voted against “any border controls… aimed at fighting terrorism” in the European Parliament, and in support of the “reintegration… of so-called ‘foreign’ fighters” who have left the Islamic State terror group. Members

A Labour MP has angrily dismissed the idea of having a parliamentary debate on issues affecting men, such as high suicide rates, as “frankly laughable” and suggested the MP who proposed it did so because he is anti-women. She then claimed to

The leaders of nearly ever major British political party have united in their opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal (TTIP) becoming a means for an American business takeover of the NHS. The proposed TTIP deal is billed

Same horse, different rider. The election of new leaders for UK and Scottish Labour has had no impact on the standing of the party in Scotland, where it remains 35 percentage points behind the SNP, according to the latest research from pollster

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn does NOT have Jewish roots in his family lineage, according to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Britain. The news comes just weeks after the new party chief told the Church Times of his heritage, “Going back a

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has delivered his first leader’s speech at the party’s annual conference in Brighton, calling for the scrapping of Trident nuclear weapons, nationalising the railways, and a massive council house building programme. His speech was very well

BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – The president of the Party of European Socialists (PES) had plenty to say at a meeting dedicated to keeping Britain in the European Union (EU) this morning, telling delegates to scare voters into wanting to stay

BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – Radical left group the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) have proposed substituting Britain’s successful defence industry for wind turbine factories instead. Under normal circumstances, the pronouncements of Cold-War warriors the CND would never normally be worthy of national press

You hear a lot about the “nuttiness” that is UKIP conference. The press and photographers prowl round for hours desperately looking for a bloke wearing a fox lapel pin, or a bowler hat, or a woman with a Nigel Farage

BRIGHTON, United Kingdom – Speaking at the Labour Party conference Chris Bryant MP outlined his vision for the future of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): a worker-owned co-operative. Recently demoted Bryant, former Anglican priest and BBC man, who was shadow culture

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. You can read numbers 1-50 here, and 51-100 here. Back in 2007, Gordon Brown

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