Politics
Tory Council leader suspended for retweeting post in support of Tommy Robinson
A Tory council leader has been suspended from the party for retweeting a post supporting Tommy Robinson. Andrew Bowles, Swale Borough Council leader, retweeted the post which included an image of Tommy Robinson's head superimposed on Mel Gibson's on The Patriot film cover and called Tommy Robinson a 'patriot'. He appeared to support Robinson over his ban from a number of social media platforms. The tweet read: "I knew this would happen...@SkyNews now reporting Tommy Robinson banned from Instagram and Facebook...this comes directly...
Momentum respond following £16,700 fine for electoral law breaches
Momentum spokesperson Laura Parker has hit back over "disproportionate" fines for "incredibly minor offences" after the grassroots movement was handed a £16,700 penalty for "multiple breaches of electoral law". The Electoral Commission cited the group for "repeated revisions to their spending return" and "poor record keeping" when issuing the fine, which is the highest issued to a non-party campaigner in history. They were penalised £12,150 for failing to submit a spending return that was complete and accurate, £2,700 for omitting £22,958.46...
‘Lame duck PM’ workers’ rights assurances ‘meanginless’
The government’s approach to protecting workers’ rights after Brexit has been heavily cristicised. With claims that the substitutes are “not worth the paper they are written on”. The prime minister said: “We have as a country led the way in workers’ rights while maintaining a flexible labour market. The enormous success of our jobs market and the wealth of opportunities for workers across the nation have long been underpinned by the policies and standards that exceed the minimums set by...
MP Fiona Onasanya failed to overturn her conviction
Labour MP and solicitor Onasanya, 35, had been jailed for lying during her speeding court case
Tories welcome 2% fall in rough sleeping last year – but fail to acknowledge 165% increase since 2010
Theresa May’s Cabinet today welcomed the first fall in rough sleeping since 2010 after numbers dropped by 2 per cent, but failed to acknowledge the 165 per cent increase since 2010 when the party took the keys to number 10. The figures, which have been described as a "2 per cent slowing down of the tsunami", emerged last week and have been trumpeted by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire to promote a £1.2 billion investment in homeless services. He said: "Councils...
Conservative party suspends 14 members for posting Islamophobic or racist comments on internet
The Conservative party has suspended 14 members for posting Islamophobic or racist comments on internet amid accusations of "insititutional Islamophobia" in the party. Accusations of racism and Islamophobia have dogged the Tory Party in recent years amid calls for an inquiry. Yesterday the Tory Party came under criticism for allowing an activist suspended for "vile" racist comments to stand as a councillor. Peter Lamb is to sand as a councillor for Harlow District Council in May. He had been suspended...
Cruel repeat tests of 270,000 pensioners for PIP disability benefit to be scrapped
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd has announced changes to the disability assessments in order to receive Personal Independent Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC). From spring around 270,000 disabled pensioners will not have their personal independence payment (PIP) awards regularly reviewed. During a speech at disability charity Scope's offices today, announcements include: • A new system from 2021 to allow people to share evidence between Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independent Payment (PIP) • A...
PM ‘delusional’ after denying police cuts aren’t to blame for huge increase in stabbings
Theresa May has come under fire from the Police Federation after she claimed that cuts to police funding has nothing to do with the increase in knife crime. In England there has been a 93 per cent rise in knife attacks involving young people. Theresa May vowed to tackle the causes of knife crime by addressing the issues which led “so many young people” to weapons. However, she said there was “no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers”....
Macron calls Brexit an ‘irresponsible lie peddled by anger mongers backed by fake news’
Emmanuel Macron didn’t hold anything back in his open letter regarding Brexit. He published his words in 22 EU languages and didn’t leave anyone in doubt about his fears over the Uk's withdrawl from the European project. Macron said that Brexit was as “irresponsible lie” and the worst crisis Europe has had to deal with since the end of the Second World War. He said the Brexit was peddled by 'anger mongers and fake news' and 'offers nothing'. Macron’s fiery...