PinkNews has published an opinion piece from Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Opposition, at 12noon today Friday, July 5 ahead of tomorrow’s Pride in London march. Here is the full text. “This Pride, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. It’s a moment to remember that those “riots” ...
What kind of a person could requisition and abuse the memory of the million + women, men and children gassed to death then reduced to ash in furnaces in Auschwitz Birkenau to score the very cheapest and grubbiest of political points?
Bosses of the UK’s three biggest supermarkets have warned the next prime minister that setting up a potential no-deal Brexit for the end of October could hit shoppers’ Christmas celebrations. Chief executives from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, which account for more than half of all food sales in the country, ...
This really takes the biscuit.
Philip Hammond also expressed his dislike for ‘ad hoc’ spending or tax-cut commitments, in an apparent nod to the Tory leadership race.
The two men are vying to be prime minister.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock had said the public sector would be ‘shown some love’ if Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership contest.
Britain’s manufacturing sector plunged to its worst level of decline for more than six years in June as the end of a Brexit-related stockpiling push continued to send shockwaves through the industry. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 48 last month, down from ...
Mr Lidington said both Tory-leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have said they do not want a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit.
Boris Johnson has moved to seize the initiative in the Tory leadership race, pledging to deliver an Australian-style points-based immigration system if he becomes prime minister. The frontrunner to succeed Theresa May said he wanted to rebuild the public’s faith in the UK’s immigration system and to be “tougher on ...
Britain is currently scheduled to leave the European Union on October 31. The date is a contentious issue between the Tory leadership candidates, with Boris Johnson stating he will get the UK out of the EU on Halloween “come what may”. Johnson claimed the chances of a no-deal Brexit happening ...
Jeremy Hunt has spoken of his love of lambada dancing in the latest insight into the pastimes of the Tory leadership contenders. The Foreign Secretary said it was “quite an intimate dance” and the music “brings back some happy memories”. His comments came after Boris Johnson revealed a passion for ...
Bank of England boss Mark Carney has warned that a “notable” increase in no-deal Brexit fears and ongoing uncertainty is damaging Britain’s economy. The Bank’s governor told MPs the lack of any progress towards a deal and the extended Brexit deadline is leaving firms in limbo in terms of preparations ...
Banks in Britain are showing signs of restarting preparations for a no-deal Brexit after a lull in the shift of financial services jobs and capital from Britain to the European Union in the past few months, consultants EY said on Wednesday. EY's Brexit Tracker of public announcements from 222 of ...
British fashion chain New Look reported a bigger annual pretax loss, hurt by a large charge, while Brexit woes and rainy weather kept shoppers out of its stores. New Look, owned by South African investment firm Brait, reported statutory loss before tax of 522.2 million pounds for the year ended ...
We have now exhausted our options to the point where Boris Johnson is about to take a phoney agreement to the EU because his side has lied so much they no longer have any grip on the truth.
The Labour Party has retaken the lead in the polls and is now up 4 points at 26 per cent of voting intentions as the post-European Parliament election boost for the Brexit Party fades.
The Bank of England cut its growth forecast for Britain's economy to zero in the second quarter of 2019 and highlighted risks from global trade tensions and growing fears of a no-deal Brexit. BoE officials voted unanimously to hold interest rates at 0.75%, as expected, and stuck to their message ...
The Conservative’s waved goodbye to Rory Stewart last night, and with it, any hope of realism being part of the Brexit negotiations. The remaining candidates now occupy ground known colloquially as Cloud Cuckoo Land, a state of absurdly unrealistic ideals where people are prone to unsettling visions of grandeur. Jeremy ...
The CBI warn of "Brexit uncertainty biting" as factory orders slump to their lowest since the months following the EU referendum in 2016 Reuters report. British factory orders slid in June against a backdrop of stoppages in car production following uncertainty about when Britain will leave the European Union, the ...
What will the candidates vying to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May do about Brexit? May has resigned as Conservative Party leader, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power. Her successor's biggest task will be to take Britain out of the European Union - a job ...
With ten candidates now engaged in the race to become Conservative Party leader, just months before Britain is due to leave the European Union, the nation’s business leaders are on tenterhooks. What could the result of this selection process mean for the country’s economic prospects? With no obvious winner in ...
The Withdrawal Agreement is not going to get through Parliament and the UK needs more time to sort out a Brexit deal, Mark Harper announced today in a rare display of realism. Alongside Rory Stewart he is one of the few Conservative leadership candidates campaigning on hard-truths in his bid ...
However high the wannabe PMs’ ambitions soar, they are all ignoring the massive come-down when Brexit reality actually kicks in.
Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher says the Scottish accent has helped Scots managers become the best in the world. Jamie, 41, says the Scots accent helped the likes of Alex Ferguson and Bill Shankly achieve their massive success. Jamie was speaking in a podcast with Alistair Campbell, the ex-Downing Street ...
President Donald Trump has landed at Stansted Airport in Essex for a controversial three day state visit with first lady Melania Trump. Before Air Force One even touched down, the President of the United States faced a protest against his reckless policy on climate change. An environmental protestor mowed a ...
Who wants to step into Theresa May’s shoes when she has looked so comfortable in them while attempting to deliver the undeliverable Brexit mess her party created? Arranged below - in order of likelihood, according to political bookies - are the usual and unusual suspects. - Some have been sharpening ...
Remember the ‘Special Relationship’? It’s one of those phrases that gets a certain kind of British politician bleary-eyed with nostalgia. It’s not as popular as it was during the Blair years, when it was continuously invoked to justify unpopular wars, but the hard Brexiteers are big promoters of the concept. ...
In a long awaited statement on her final throw of the dice, Theresa May as expected announced one more vote to pass her Brexit deal - but in an attempt to lure MPs across the bench, and across the Brexit debate, she offered concessions including a vote on a confirmatory ...
As the latest poll shows Labour widening the gap in voting intention to 9 Points Ahead of Conservatives, a senior Conservative has suggested that his party make an electoral pact with the Brexit Party. In the European elections this month Nigel Farage’s new party despite being only a few weeks ...
A huge number of MPs have had their credit cards stopped since the 2015 general election. An FOI request, by the Telegraph found that 377 MPs have been penalised for credit card infringements. Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Ian Paisley are among the MPs to be penalised since 2015 for ...
As a lifelong Doncaster Rovers fan who has collected more wooden spoons than I’ve eaten hot meals I have become well accustomed to losing over the years. I voted for Ed Miliband when he lost the general election in 2010 and for Jeremy Corbyn when he lost out in 2015 ...
Chris Hobbs is a retired Met police officer who worked extensively at border controls in both the UK and Jamaica. If control of our borders and a curb on immigration into the UK was the tipping point in deciding the result of referendum, those who cast their vote on that ...
Just as I’m about to tuck into a wildly over-elaborate breakfast, I’m joined by an uninvited guest. As it hops towards my plate I shout, “Bugger off”. It takes off into a nearby bush. I take a sip of my tea then look around. A few hundred metres away waves ...
As Theresa May heads to the EU to beg for a delay to Brexit, she was warned by her cabinet that delaying Britain’s exit from the EU risked “the end of the Conservative Party”. There were angry scenes in a cabinet meeting this morning as she refused to guarantee how ...
It's unlikely you have heard of Petit St Vincent, but you ought to have. This exclusive James-Bond-style private island - think Daz-white beaches, paisley turquoise and blue seas and a scattering of hand-crafted bungalows - is part of the southern Caribbean’s Grenadine island chain. Accessible only by a tiny propeller ...
"But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her." So Walter Bagehot wrote in 1867. It's doubtful whether today's MPs believe parliamentary supremacy encompasses regicide. But why not try it out? After all, a majority of ...
Lies... there have been loads of them. And not all on the side of a bus. Banning bendy bananas... renaming Bombay Mix to make the snack politically correct... rolling out a one-size-fits-all “euro condom” - a certain section of the British press have shamelessly misrepresented the EU to invent the kind ...
Sir James Dyson, Mike Ashley and the Coates family enjoyed momentary respite yesterday after appearing in the top 50 taxpayers list. Following a few turbulent weeks in which prominent Brexiteer Dyson shafted Britain by moving his company's headquarters to Singapore and Sports Direct owner Ashley shafted the city of Newcastle by ...
Brits in every part of the United Kingdom now want a second referendum on Brexit. And in a new poll released with 100 days left before Britain is due to leave the EU, Brits would prefer to remain in the EU by a bigger margin than ever since the 2016 ...
If you still think Jeremy Corbyn is a 'danger' to Britain, a 'traitor', or just a total clown, it could be too late for you – you’ve been brainwashed by a handful of foreign billionaires. That's what I wrote more than two years ago in an article about the continual ...
Ever since details started emerging of Theresa May's Brexit deal, the enemies in her party started briefing that it was only a matter of time before she would be thrown under a bus. For two night in a row she has made a defiant statement to the press, last night ...
We did not come into politics to make people poorer. Nor do we believe people voted to leave because they wanted to make themselves poorer.
Successful women could be in danger of falling from a “glass cliff”, according to Professor Michelle Ryan of the University of Exeter. In a keynote talk at the Royal Society’s annual Diversity Conference today the professor will present a report on 15 years of research which reveals how women are ...
Outspoken businessman and Apprentice host, Alan Sugar, blasted Boris Johnson and Michael Gove over their comments leading up to the Brexit vote, in 2016. He said the pair should be put in jail for lying and deceiving the public, especially regarding the £350m more to spend on NHS a week, ...