Corbyn leads tributes to Walter Wolfgang who fled Nazis and gave us this warning about the rise of the far right again:
“Tolerance means there must be no excuses for intolerance, ever.”
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Labour and Conservatives ousted from top two in surprise new poll
The days of Labour and Conservative control could soon be over according to the results of a new poll. In a major upset, the YouGov survey for The Times suggests the Liberal Democrats would win a General Election if it was held tomorrow, with the Brexit Party in second place. ...
Watch Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart candidly explain why No Deal Brexit on WTO terms is a disaster and anyone who says otherwise is lying
As the more reckless Tory leadership candidates are vying to appear to back a no deal Brexit as an actual possibility for the country in order to try to distance themselves from the deal their government negotiated with the EU, Rory Stewart has gone viral with this video clip where ...
Poorest families pay 47.6% of their income in tax as top earners hive off wealth to tax havens
Families on the lowest incomes paid 47.6 per cent of their gross income in tax in 2017-18, new research has revealed. TaxPayers' Alliance analysis shows higher taxes have hit the poorest families hardest over the last decade, increasing by 4.4 per cent since 2008-09. Meanwhile, the richest tenth pay 33.5 ...
UK car production plummets by 45% in a year amid Brexit turmoil
The number of cars built in the UK dropped by 45 per cent in April compared with a year ago, figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show. Just under 71,000 cars rolled off production lines in the month, down by 44.5 per cent on April last ...
8 out of the 10 biggest tax havens are British territories
Britain has been described as the “greatest enabler of corporate tax avoidance in the world” after it was revealed eight out of the ten jurisdictions with the highest corporate tax haven scores are British territories. Research by the Tax Justice Network found the UK and its “corporate tax haven network” ...
Judge orders Boris Johnson to face trial for ‘lying and misleading’ in Brexit campaign
Lewis Powett QC, representing Marcus Ball, the creator of the “Brexit Justice” campaign to prosecute Johnson over his “abuse of public trust”, insisted: “These are systematic and repeated lies.”
Labour Party members say #expelmetoo after party banishes Alastair Campbell
Prominent Labour Party members have rallied around the hashtag #expelmetoo following yesterday’s decision to banish Alastair Campbell from the party for voting Liberal Democrat in last week’s European elections. The former spin doctor was expelled within 24 hours of admitting on live TV he had switched support for that election ...
Labour Party expels Alastair Campbell for voting Liberal Democrat
The Labour Party has expelled Alastair Campbell after Tony Blair’s former spin doctor voted for the Liberal Democrats in the European elections. Alastair Campbell has been a very vocal campaigner for a second referendum on Brexit and had switched his vote for the Lib Dems who were unambiguously campaigning for ...