Labour’s John McDonnell says Julian Assange should not be extradited to US
The shadow chancellor, who visited the Australian inmate at HMP Belmarsh, compared the WikiLeaks founder’s plight to the Dreyfus case in France.
The shadow chancellor, who visited the Australian inmate at HMP Belmarsh, compared the WikiLeaks founder’s plight to the Dreyfus case in France.
McDonnell said that while “Jeremy was the right leader”, it is time for the party to “move on” under new leadership.
Labour has also gone on the attack on Boris Johnson after the government failed to bring urgent plans to tackle the climate and environment emergency in time to meet the six month deadline set by parliament.
Unite chief Len McCluskey urged MPs to ‘keep calm’ as shadow chancellor John McDonnell says Labour needs to ‘move now’.
The Labour Party must back the public having the final say on Brexit, insisted Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, reacting to the European election results which saw a loss of half of Labour’s European Parliament seats to parties that support a second referendum. “Can’t hide from hit we took last night. Bringing ...
But admits Labour too slow in tackling anti-Semitism within its ranks
John McDonnell has sent early warning signs to London's financial sector saying he wants to "transform capitalism" and they had "better get used to it". The Shadow Chancellor pulled no punches in a strongly-worded interview with CityAM today. He said "we are sixth or fifth biggest economy in the world and yet at ...
By Benjamin Jenkins At the Labour Party Conference this week John McDonnell is keen to demonstrate Labour’s economic credibility and the alternatives the opposition would offer in power. The big headlines so far have been about his vow to renationalise rail, water, Royal Mail and energy industries with "market value ...
Tory Philip Hammond refused to deny saying public sector workers are “overpaid” even when the Shadow Chancellor showed him a pay slip from a cleaner who made £297 a week. Millionaire Hammond still was dumbstruck by McDonnell's clever ploy. John McDonnell slammed the Chancellor for the comments, allegedly made during ...
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