In a performance that even critics would regard as confident and signalling Jeremy Corbyn is as he said today ready to be "on the threshold of power", the leader of the Labour Party ended an interesting Brighton Conference on a high note with a speech taht brought the house down. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever...
Debt-management experts have sent out a warning citing "dangerous debt trends" currently plaguing British economy which resemble the conditions during the global financial crisis. With insolvency rates rising for the first time since 2008, Bell & Company are warning of the reasons behind this worrying trend and how to avoid falling into financial trouble. The credit crash of 2008 was partly caused irresponsible businesses lending money to consumers who didn’t have the ability to afford the repayments on what they...
This is Jeremy Corbyn MP's speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton in full. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever to fight another general election. The Labour leader sounded assured and made his pitch to convince the nation that he and his cabinet are ready for government. And he met criticisms that the conference had shied...
Jeremy Corbyn has called out his media critics over the election coverage, joking "never have so many trees died in vain". Corbyn condemned The Daily Mail for devoting 14 pages to attacking his party and challenged the editor, Paul Dacre, to double the coverage over him for the next general election, in the hope that would push Labour to an election victory. During his speech to the Labour conference, Corbyn accused the right-wing media of colluding in a “nasty and...
A man is dead after police 'surround car and shoot into it' near Bristol. Armed police swooped on the car on the M5 motorway and "shot the driver ten times" through the passenger window, at around 9.30 this morning. The injured man was then pulled from the old red car by officers who began attempting to resuscitate him just off the M5 near Portishead, North Somerset. Onlookers said two police cars pinned in the red Corsa, before officers approached, backed...
Jeremy Corbyn today inadvertently received the rock star reception Theresa May aimed for in 2016 when she delivered the closing speech at the Conservative Party Conference. The Labour leader came out to the now famed rendition of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, despite there been no music in the background. It makes a stark difference to May's reception when she got a tame response with Elvis Costello & The Attractions blaring out of the stereos. Even the shadow...
British pensioners are now more financially secure than they ever have been, following the post-election deal between the DUP and Conservative Party, guaranteeing the triple lock pension and winter fuel allowance. More significant is the older generation’s ‘wealth mountain’—the property assets owned by those higher up the housing ladder. Unfortunately for their descendants, it is estimated that just 4 million of the 17 million Brits between the ages of 25 and 44 are set to benefit when their families pass...
An emotive speech by 16-year-old Lauren Stocks is going viral after she shed light on the state of Britain's schools. The GCSE student won a standing ovation following the speech which touched on the mental health of students and their well-being. Stocks rubbished statistics that found three in ten children in every classroom suffer with mental illness, saying the figure should be closer to half if not more. She said: "I could have walked into any food tech, history, art, maths...
Stop HS2 campaigners have been distributing rail tickets marked for the "privileged few" at the Labour Party Conference. The activists replicated British rail tickets with costs and consequences detailed on the front, with the class bracket stating "privileged few" and the ticket type referred to as "super excess vanity project". The high speed rail network connecting London with the Midlands and the North has been heavily criticised since its inception with many people dubbing it a vanity project on behalf of...
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