Politics

Dominic Grieve called Boris Johnson a “shallow populist” who would bring doom to the Conservative Party in a scathing interview published today. The Tory MP for Beaconsfield told The New European that Johnson would be “manifestly unsuitable for high office” if he won the leadership race – which he is widely tipped to do. He said he abhors the kind of “pub patriotism” that Johnson and some of his fellow Brextremists, such as Nigel Farage, have come to embody, saying...

More than half of Conservative members - who will choose the next Prime Minister – are aged over 55, according to leaked figures. Data published on the BBC today has found Dominic Raab has spent more than £50,000 on Facebook ads in the last week targeting the party’s key demographics. The money has been spent overwhelmingly on people over the age of 55, which reflects the lion’s share of the party’s membership. Raab pitched himself as the 'Brexiter you can...

Guardian journalist Rafael Behr giving his take on the state of English politics right now and it went viral because he does it so well, in 96 seconds flat. Do you agree with his comments? Here's the essential state of English politics in 96 seconds by my colleague @rafaelbehr pic.twitter.com/hO3aAYLQeY— John Harris (@johnharris1969) June 9, 2019 Nailed It. https://t.co/0n7knlS4Wx— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) June 9, 2019 If I had known that people would be sharing a clip of me on the...

TORY GOVERNMENT TO BLAME FOR OUTRAGEOUS AND UNFAIR SCRAPPING OF TV LICENCES FOR OVER 75s, GMB CONGRESS HEARS Stripping over-75s of their free TV licences is outrageous and unfair,claims the GMB Congress. Tories clearly don’t value pensioners – they’ve palmed off the responsibility free TV licences and snatched away the cash they Union has claimed. A motion put before GMB’s Annual Congress in Brighton yesterday condemned the announcement as “outrageous and unfair”. The Labour Party had originally awarded TV licences...

Michael Gove has become "unbackable" as the next Conservative Party leader following his drugs disclosure. Formerly a well-fancied second favourite at 4/1 with Betway in the Tory leadership race, Gove’s odds are now at an all-time high of 20/1. The 51-year-old’s recent confession to indulging in cocaine when working as a journalist looks to have blown his chances of being the next Conservative Party Leader, and Jeremy Hunt is the leading online bookmaker’s biggest mover as a result, coming in...

The UK economy took a huge knock in April as Brexit rumbles on. It contracted by 0.4 per cent compared to the month before, marking its biggest monthly fall since March 2016. It follows a decline of 0.1 per cent in March 2019. Industrial production declined by 2.7 per cent during April, with manufacturing shrinking by an alarming 3.9 per cent. This appears to be due to UK car plants shutting down in April, as manufacturers prepared for a no-deal...

Conservative leadership favourite Boris Johnson has announced he would cut income tax for the highest earners if he became the Prime Minister. Johnson indicated he would raise the 40p threshold from £50 to £80k. Boris used the Telegraph to make his case for the cut, saying: “We should be raising thresholds of income tax – so that we help the huge numbers that have been captured in the higher rate by fiscal drag.” This would cost the country almost £10...

However high the wannabe PMs’ ambitions soar, they are all ignoring the massive come-down when Brexit reality actually kicks in.

Analysis shows households face a 17% surge in grocery shopping basket costs if UK defaults to WTO trade terms Shoppers face being hit with hundreds of pounds extra on food and drink bills if the UK leaves the EU with ‘no deal’, new analysis for GMB union reveals today. The figures show a family's weekly shop could rocket by more than £800 a year. A report by Acuity Analysis for GMB union compares a weekly basket of goods in current...