By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The PM told Corbyn to "put on a proper suit," but the Labour leader was more than happy to have a laugh at his own dress sense during a TV skit. Corbyn became a meme-creator's wet dream when he was spotted wearing a grey tracksuit in November. ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Disappointing news has emerged that ISIS are not being damaged and pushed back by air strikes in Syria, despite the addition of British fire power. Now the UK government is worried the terrorist organisation is also growing in influence in Libya. Michael Fallon, Defence Secretary ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There have been claims made in the Mirror that the Tory MPs in marginal seats used the now infamous RoadTrip battlebus to help with their campaigns. The sticking point is none of the members declared it in their campaign budget. The RoadTrip campaign is already ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The eleven-time gold medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson begged peers to stop the “ideological” £30-a-week cut to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). The powerful speech, from her wheelchair, by one of Britain's greatest Paralympic athletes led to the defeat of the planned cuts to the disability benefit in ...
As British voters prepare for the greatest act of democracy in decades, the concept of democratic government is in retreat almost everywhere else. It's easy to criticise Britain's archaic first-past-the-post system and unelected upper house, but the last five years have seen referenda on Scottish indepence and electoral reform, stronger ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There have been claims that Cameron wants to force a further forty Tory peers into the House of Lords to ensure no more defeats for his party. It is hoped that this influx of Tory Lords would mean the upper chamber could not block government ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Labour MP has discussed a comment from a colleague that would shock any right minded individual. Dawn, who is a black woman, said on BBC Five Live's Piennar's Politics that another MP assumed she was a cleaner. Butler didn't name the bigot but said ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Freedom of Information request has found that 85% of calls to the Government’s benefit cheat hotline were not pursued due to lack of evidence. Over a million calls have been dealt with since 2010, leading to accusations that the Tories have cynically attempted to ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The PM, a multi-millionaire who wear two grand suits, decided to mock Jeremy Corbyn's dress sense at PMQs. The outburst came as he was heckled by Labour MPs over what his mother would think about the NHS crisis. An angry Mr Cameron shot back: "Ask ...