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(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.

Angela Eagle MP has received death threats and had a brick thrown through here office window after launching a leadership challenge against Labour’s hard left leader Jeremy Corbyn.

(REUTERS) – The socialist head of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will discover on Tuesday whether he has the automatic right to defend himself from a leadership challenge – a key moment in the running battle for control of

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor went off on Boris Johnson in a Twitter tirade on Thursday, accusing the former London mayor of spearheading what he called the “ludicrous” Brexit campaign and then abandoning it by refusing to run for prime minister.

Labour’s shadow Europe minister has attacked “older white men” as a “problem”, instructing those campaigning to stay in the European Union (EU) to focus on women and the young. Pat Glass, the MP for North West Durham, made the comments during

PARIS (AP) — France’s nationwide fuel shortages — the consequence of a bare-knuckle dispute over labor reforms which have pit militant unions against the government — are easing amid signs that both sides may be seeking a compromise. Fuel shortages

The nasty anti-Semitism now being exposed in the Labour Party has existed for a long time, but is only now really being exposed. As the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), I have for years faced smears and accusations

Sadiq Khan has admitted that the anti-Semitism row in the Labour Party has damaged his chances of being elected London mayor, costing him votes in this week’s elections. Currently the favourite to win Thursday’s election, the Labour Party’s candidate for London mayor

An MP for Birmingham has backed recent warnings that Muslims are failing to integrate in the UK, placing blame, however, on government policy and a lack of jobs and houses. Khalid Mahmood (above right), Labour MP for Perry Barr, Birmingham and the

Sadiq Khan, Labour’s London Mayoral candidate, has said he represented “unsavoury individuals” including Islamists as a human rights lawyer, days after it emerged that his human rights lawyer brother in law was a member of a notorious extremist group. Mr.

Labour Member of Parliament Jess Phillips has been called a “traitor” after tweeting that she is not worried about British loss of sovereignty to the European Union (EU). She has refused to apologise for the remark, instead insisting that Britain

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has visited an illegal migrant camp in Northern France, from where he praised the German open door policy and called on the United Kingdom to “be part of bringing European support”. Mr. Corbyn was periodically

Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell met with Shaker Aamer, Moazzam Begg and other former Guantanamo Bay detainees outside the U.S. Embassy in London today to mark the 14th anniversary of detention centre opening. Those at the event, organised by the London

Sadiq Khan, Labour’s candidate for London Mayor has underscored his belief in a multicultural west which embraces Islam and its values, proclaiming to Muslims abroad: “I am the west.” If elected, Khan will become London’s first Muslim mayor. In an

A gay Member of Parliament has written an open letter to boxer Tyson Fury — the heavyweight champion of the world known for his socially conservative views on homosexuality, women and abortion — proposing they meet for a “training session”.

Uniquely among American universities, Harvard University is carving out a reputation for itself as a retirement home for failed Labour politicians, an American writer has noted. His observation follows the appointment of former shadow chancellor Ed Balls as a Senior

Britain’s hard-left, “anti-war” movement the Stop The War Coalition has been forced to remove a statement its website which claimed the Islamic State are “closer” than Britain’s Prime Minister to “the spirit of internationalism and solidarity”. The “anti-war” group – which has been

OLDHAM, United Kingdom – Senior figures in the UK Independence Party (UKIP) have expressed their fury at the conduct of the Oldham West and Royton by-election following concerns over a huge surge in postal votes. The evening began with UKIP

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-run city council is planning to house Syrian migrants only in areas which vote Conservative. The move harks back to Labour policy on immigration during the Blair era, which one insider summed up as “rub[bing] the Right’s nose in

A former pharmaceuticals plant in Barking in East London could be transformed into a mosque according to plans seen by Breitbart London, with the 50-acre site currently leased by a local community club being pressured by the local, Labour-run council

Hard-left, veteran MP Jeremy Corbyn was announced the new leader of the Labour party this morning at a conference in central London. The former long-standing party rebel, who has never before sat in either cabinet or shadow cabinet experienced an unexpected rise

Father of the House and Labour Party MP Gerald Kaufman has demanded that Britain “do what the Germans” did and take up to 10,000 migrants every single day, in an extraordinary intervention in the migrant debate that took place in

Unemployed chef Andy Bell is standing for election tomorrow, but has been kicked out of the Labour Party with only hours to go after screenshots of his anti-Catholic Facebook activity became public. The father of two had been selected to

A thousand far left infiltrators have been barred from taking part in the Labour leadership election, throwing Labour headquarters into chaos. The infiltrators are mainly members of alternative left wing parties or trade unionists. The party had already tasked 48

If you genuinely believe that the Labour and Liberal Democrats will stop at local elections in their bid to lowering the voting age in Great Britain… you’re an idiot. The two parties joined forces for their respective, but mutually beneficial ‘hashtag fightback‘

Support for a British exit from the European Union is rapidly growing on the left. Some trade unions and politicians are now even considering forming a campaigning organisation to lobby for an ‘out’ vote in the referendum on membership. The

Veteran hard-left Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn lost his temper on television last night after being questioned on his links with terror groups Hezbollah and Hamas, attempting to shout down his interviewer in the process. The questions were asked by Channel 4 newsman Krishnan

Jeremy Corbyn, the veteran hard-left MP and union favourite, has shot into second place in the race to become the new Labour leader. Even if he loses now, he is increasingly likely to be granted a seat in the party’s

I should probably begin, so there can be no confusion, by saying that I’m not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn’s politics. He’s an apologist for some horrendous regimes, and he it should be evident to most that values his politics

Speculation is rife that comedian Russell Brand may be about to endorse Ed Miliband after the Labour leader was spotted leaving Mr Brand’s London home last night. Mr Brand is well known for his anti-politics rhetoric, telling the BBC in 2013

Labour peer Lord Janner will not face charges of sexual abuse due to his poor mental health at the insistence of Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, who has personally overruled senior lawyers investigating the historic allegations. This follows four

Labour has put tackling climate change at the centre of its election manifesto, promising one million new green jobs, setting targets for Britain to have carbon free energy by 2030 and pushing for global net zero carbon emissions by the latter half

Labour is set to throw selection on the grounds of merit out the window as it launches a series of policies in a manifesto designed solely for minorities. The party is preparing to introduce new ‘diversity quotas’ for the Civil

Ed Miliband quite normal, shock. No, it’s not a story I want to read either. Like anyone even half way sane, I’m quite convinced that a government of which an unreconstructed Hampstead socialist like Miliband was leader would be an

More than 100 business executives running companies which together employ more than half a million people have come out in support of the Conservative Party. They are urging the electorate not to change course in the upcoming general election. The