Tory levelling up has been a scam. Here are three things Labour can do to make it actually mean something | John Harris
○Of all the promises made by Conservative politicians over the past 14 years, the promise to convincingly reduce regional inequality in Britain has turned out to be the hollowest. George Osborne came up with the idea of a “Northern Power”. Prime Minister Theresa May spoke of somehow “getting our big cities firing on all cylinders […]
UK Labour Party Leader Calls for Israel-Hamas Ceasefire ‘Now’
British Labor Party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday called for a ceasefire “now” between Israel and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Attending the Scottish Labor Party conference in Glasgow on Sunday, Sir Keir Starmer once again tried to nudge the issue of Israel, calling for a ceasefire in the civil war, but he […]
Tories Lose Two Special Elections to Antisemitism Scandal-Struck Labour
Starmer’s Labor Party’s recent anti-Semitism scandals have revealed in polls that the party’s support has dipped, but the unpleasant incident alone clearly swayed voters to vote for the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections. It wasn’t enough to dissuade him from giving him two big wins in one night. Overnight, Labor won an 18,000-vote majority in the […]
Kingswood byelection: Labour overturns big Tory majority to win | Byelections
Labor won a by-election in the South Gloucestershire constituency of Kingswood, overturning a Conservative majority of over 11,000. Damian Egan, who resigned as mayor of Lewisham in south-east London to contest the seat despite it being abolished at the next general election, is celebrating victory after a professional and energetic campaign for Labor. He won […]
âRishiâs recessionâ: Reeves seizes her moment to take the economic high ground | Labour
As Rachel Reeves stood next to two union flags in a boarded-up room, it looked as if she had stepped into Rishi Sunak’s press conference room in Downing Street. It was a deliberate move. The Shadow Chancellor has been preparing for this moment for months, warning of rising recession risks after last quarter’s GDP figures […]
Labour Party Withdraws Support From Azhar Ali in Rochdale By-Election
Sir Keir Starmer’s left-wing Labor Party bowed to pressure on Monday over Mr Azhar Ali’s suggestion that Israel condoned the October 7 Hamas terror attack, with Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali Withdrew support for. Just hours after the Labor leadership defended Ali, the left-wing party reversed course and announced its own candidate for the Rochdale […]
Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks | Labour
Labor has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali, a candidate in this month’s Rochdale by-election, following his controversial comments about the October 7 attack on Israel. Under electoral law, Labor cannot field another candidate to replace Mr Ali because the deadline has passed on February 2nd. He will run as a Labor Party candidate on […]
Labour Party Candidate Claimed Israel Allowed Hamas Terror Attacks
The Labor parliamentary candidate for Rochdale sparked outrage by claiming that Israel had deliberately allowed Islamist Hamas terrorists to massacre more than 1,200 of its citizens during the October 7 attack. Azhar Ali, the left-wing Labor Party candidate in this month’s by-election in the northern English city of Rochdale, has attracted international attention over the […]
Labour cuts £28bn green investment pledge by half | Labour
Labor will unveil its green investment plans as Keir Starmer ends weeks of speculation to confirm his leadership’s biggest U-turn aimed at boosting the party’s chances in a general election. Reduced by half. Mr Starmer and his shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves announced on Thursday that the size of the Green Prosperity Plan would be cut […]
How Labour ditched its flagship £28bn green investment pledge | Labour
Labour’s pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment is to be scrapped two-and-a-half years after it was announced to cheering party members as a high-profile flagship policy. Since the plan was announced, factions within the Labor Party have opposed moves to water it down, making it the center of a public-private struggle. Thursday’s […]