Thank you for that fantastic welcome and thank you for inviting me here today. I want to begin by saying that today’s “Socialists Together” conference is a great initiative, and when Gianni Pittella invited me to speak, I was very glad to accept. I want to thank everybody from all ...
The Labour grassroots organisation now has over 31,000 members, a huge following considering it was only launched a couple of years ago. Momentum was set-up after Jereym Corbyn’s shock victory in the Labour leadership contest in 2015. The group has come under criticism from the right of British media and ...
A 'bullying' headmaster who stole £100,000 of school funds to fund a lavish lifestyle and romped with his secretary in a specially-built 'sex dungeon' was jailed for four years today on Friday. James Stewart, 72, was found to have a large purple dildo, a clitoral stimulator, penis-shaped straws and a ...
A new site has been set up that allows you type your own phrase behind Theresa May and watch it fall off. The British Drea was created following the devastating final speech by May at the Conservative Party Conference where parts of the Tory's slogan fell off. Ironically, the phrase ...
The war in Yemen has taken a fresh twist after extraordinary claims emerged that Saudi government agents infiltrated a humanitarian charity to kidnap the most high profile face of the Yemen conflict, Buthaina Al Rimi. Mohammad Ali Houthi, President of the high commissioner the revolutionary Houthis, has exclusively confirmed to ...
This is Jeremy Corbyn MP's speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton in full. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever to fight another general election. The ...
Five rare letters penned by British naval commander Lord Horatio Nelson during the Napoleonic Wars are set to go under the hammer - and could fetch a cool £35,000. One scrawling script details Nelson's worries that rumours of Napoleon Bonaparte's impending invasion of Britain were deterring recruits from signing up. ...
Xi's behaviour suggests he might buck the trend set by predecessor Hu Jintao. Tracking the rise and fall of political stars has been a major occupation of China watchers for decades. In a one party system where the selection of leaders is a closely guarded state secret, this job is ...
“FGM is violence, child abuse and sexual assault …and of course we handed out Vulva cupcakes” is not a phrase you hear every day. But of course, it isn’t every day you speak to Leyla Hussein. Leyla has been at the forefront of the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) ...