Politics

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A massive leak of documents could see the end of the TTIP trade deal, which includes provisions to allow American corporations to help change European law and also weaken consumer protections. Campaigners hope the leaked pages will bring an end to the TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) which has seen strong resistance from both sides of the Atlantic. Many opponents see it as a chance for big business to override the laws of the...

Owen Jones has described Zac Goldsmith as being "beneath contempt" for running a "dog whistle" campaign based on anti-Muslim prejudices. The political commentator says Goldsmith has become one of the "most loathed Conservative politicians in the country" for crude racial profiling and linking Sadiq Khan with radicals and extremists. He points out that even right-wing journalist Peter Oborne has decided to switch sides, describing Goldsmith's campaign for mayor as "the most repulsive I have ever seen as a political reporter". Watch the...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Labour MP Andy Burnham, a Liverpool man to his core, gave a speech in the Commons about the 27 year wait for justice for the 96 people who died at Hillsborough. MPs broke convention when they applauded his speech, when he spoke with power and passion from deep inside and out of respect for every victim and their families. Burnham demanded prosecutions and changes in the law after Britain's longest ever inquest found 96 Liverpool...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Cassetteboy is at it again, this time he is using his unique mixing skills to take Jeremy Hunt to task to the sounds of YMCA.

On Monday Labour MP Dennis Skinner told Jeremy Hunt to 'wipe that smirk of his face' and 'start negotiating now and sort the matter out', referring to the impending doctor's strike. The junior doctor's strike took place yesterday and is due to take place again today. Just two weeks after Dennis Skinner (known as the 'Beast of Bolsover') was ejected from the House of Commons for calling David Cameron 'Dodgy Dave', watch Skinner's fresh attack on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Labour's Heidi Alexander hit out at a smug albeit sheepish looking Jeremy Hunt regarding his "kamikaze approach" to the junior doctors' strike. Alexander accused Hunt of being solely to blame for the loss of morale in the NHS and the potential exodus of staff to the Southern Hemisphere.  

I've been to many university debates and spoken in more than a few. I've heard one man compare gay marriage to Nazism, a 19-year-old claim he was a 'survivor' of abortion and an Israeli student joke about killing more Palestinians. Sometimes outrageous or offensive statements cause shock, more often delayed laughter but they never go unchallenged. The National Union of Students would rather not allow potentially controversial debates to take place. The 'no platform' policy once used to shut down...

King's College London has withdrawn a speaking invitation offered to Boris Johnson followed remarks about Barack Obama's heritage. The London Mayor hit out at Obama after the US President made a trip to the UK to campaign for the UK to remain in the EU. Johnson said "part-Kenyan" Obama might have an "ancestral dislike of the British Empire" which prompted him to back the Remain campaign, which will compete with Vote Leave in June. In his Sun column he suggested Obama purposefully removed...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Today’s first question gave Nigel Adams, Con, a chance to fawn over the Queen on her 90th birthday and the PM was more than happy to indulge in a royal love in. It was a bit saccharine, but she is our monarch whether you like it or not. Republican Corbyn clearly doesn’t and made a half-hearted attempt at a happy bday. The same greeting you would share with an unhelpful secretary, with a 43-years-young balloon...