Today Theresa May will officially become leader of The Conservative party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She is by far the worse candidate for the job, except for all the others. After all, what's a pro-war, pro-bedroom tax, pro-trident, pro-welfare spending cuts politician who repeatedly uses immigrants as scapegoats ...
The Labour Party is tearing itself apart. Jeremy Corbyn's lukewarm support of the Remain campaign is just the excuse many Labour MP s have been waiting for. Corbyn's overwhelming surprise victory in Labour's leadership election upset moderate and right-leaning Labour members. Though Corbyn did his best to satisfy his parliamentary ...
While everyone else has been busy mudslinging, Wikipedia has produced a very balanced list of everyone who has made an endorsement during this EU referendum: Endorsements in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Here are some highlights... BREMAIN BREXIT International Politicians President of the USA Prime Minister of Canada Prime ...
By Babatunde Salau The hijacking of the EU referendum into a Tory civil war shows how divisive the issue is within the Conservative party. In an effort to definitively settle the issue, Cameron unleashed a eurosceptic sentiment that threatens not just his leadership, but also confidence in Brussels, as a growing ...
The Associated Press once stated it had stopped fact checking former Congresswoman Michele Bachman because it was taking up too much time. Bachmann was notorious for spouting internet conspiracy theories, unfounded claims and crazy titbits she heard from random strangers. In 2016, fact-free politics have become the norm. Donald Trump ...
Another mass shooting, another story about how America's lax gun laws helped a killer. Orlando shooter Omar Mateen purchased his AR-15 assault rifle legally, despite the FBI's suspicions about him. Terror suspects can be placed on a no fly list but not a 'no gun' list. The AR-15 is the ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to bin the EU’s highly controversial free trade deal (TTIP) with America. During an anti-Brexit rally he promised to get rid of the trade deal if he is voted in as PM before it is implemented. He hates the deal so ...
The widespread scale of election fraud by the Conservatives has been unearthed after it was revealed 17 police constabularies are now probing Tory politicians. Chippenham MP Michelle Donelan and former MP Duncan Hames are the latest to be named after Wiltshire Police said they would be investigating their election expenses. They follow ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Labour Party is planning to take seats it has not managed to win in decades at the next general election, due to a “bold and ambitious” plan to form the next government. Corbyn will be buoyed by a recent poll that his party members ...