Politics
Knife crime surges in areas where youth services have been cut
Cuts to youth services could have contributed to a surge in knife crime, findings from a Commons’ all-party parliamentary group have revealed. This weekend a teenager became the 29th person to be fatally stabbed in London this year after he was chased through the streets by a lone knifeman before he was murdered near the Elephant and Castle. According to analysis by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Knife Crime austerity could be to blame for the rise in violent...
Biden Gains in Polls After Official Announcement of Candidacy for President
Joe Biden officially entered the crowded field of Democrats running for the party’s 2020 Presidential Election nomination last Thursday. Biden’s announcement brought the grand total of Democratic hopefuls to 21, one for every grammatical error in President Trump’s latest Twitter tirade. But the former Vice President is not just another drop in the overflowing Democratic chalice. President Obama’s right-hand man immediately shot to the top of the polls. In a poll by CNN/SSRS last week, Biden was the top choice...
May and Corbyn both now say their local election vote losses mean Brexit ‘deal needs to get done’
Despite parties backing Remain making vast gains in the local elections, with the Tories the biggest losers and Ukip losing most council seats, both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn appeared to suggest voters wanted MPs to back a Brexit deal. The Conservative Party by Friday afternoon had lost 1200 council seats in a total humiliation for the Government. Ukip had lost most council seats they once held and the Labour Party despite winning control of some key councils including the...
Newly elected Lib Dem councillor gives this excuse after filmed removing Labour Party leaflets
LEAFLETGATE UPDATE: Earlier we reported how newly elected Newton, Merseyside Lib Dem councillor David Smith has been reported reaching into people’s front doors and removing rival leaflets during the local elections campaign. After the St Helens local election candidate was recorded on residents' security cameras appearign to wear dark glasses while surreptitiously removing rival camapaign leaflets, he was reported to Merseyside Police and St Helens Council’s monitoring officer, Jan Bakewell. The Electoral Commission have also been informed. According to the...
It’s official: The Conservatives lose 1,000 councillors in local elections
The Conservatives have lost 1,000 councillors in the local elections and are expected to surpass even the worst predictions. The Liberal Democrats and Greens have made significant gains, with Labour also losing heavily. Early indications suggested it could be a tough day for the Tories as they lost stronghold seats in Essex. But as the day progressed the news went from bad to worse. At the latest count the Tories are down 1,013 seats from 2015. It chimes with worst-case...
Green Party celebrates ‘biggest election night in our history’
With 164 out of 248 council election results declared, the Green Party is celebrating a historic victory and vowing to “carry the Remain banner” into European Parliament elections. The party is up 95 council seats on a record total of 127 councillors so far. As lunchtime declarations were made on Friday, Green Party deputy leader Amelia Womack told The London Economic the party was celebrating a “Green Wave”: "As we head into lunchtime on Friday, with many results still to...
‘Why don’t you resign?’ May heckled during speech
After a disastorous night at the polls the Prime Minister faced a heckler as she was about to make a speech. She was shouted at by a member of the audience as she began her speech to Welsh Conservatives. He could be heard saying “Why don’t you resign? We don’t want you.” Some of delegates at the Welsh Conservative Conference at Llangollen Pavilion clapped and chanted “out”, in an apparent call for the heckler to be removed, rather than the...
Newly elected Lib Dem councillor accused of removing Labour leaflets from letterboxes
The Liberal Democrats have had a good night in the local elections, including Merseyside, but a candidate has been accused of unorthodox campaigning techniques. Newly elected St Helens Lib Dem councillor David Smith has been accused of reaching into people's front doors and removing rival leaflets during the local elections campaign. Residents of the Merseyside council filmed two incidents we are aware of which have been reported to Merseyside police. Two security videos appearing to show Labour Party leaflets being...
The only parties that did well in the Local Elections are “unambiguously pro-Remain”
Pro-Remain parties stormed the 2019 Local Elections yesterday with the Lib Dems and Greens significantly increasing their share of the vote as the main two parties and UKIP lost out. Labour MP David Lammy tweeted that it was an “unambiguously” clear vote for a re-think on Brexit. He said: “The message is clear. We need to square up to the country and tell the truth. Brexit is a disaster and the Leave campaign lied to you.” Early indications suggest The Conservatives...