Politics

Footage of an audience member on Question Time destroying Theresa May’s attempts at leadership has gone viral. She said why she did not feel sorry for the prime minister and just less than 2 minutes managed to pull apart May, who is no longer looking very “strong and stable”. She said: “Could we get over feeling sorry for Theresa May? I don’t feel sorry for her. “She’s the woman who for many, many years has led the hostile environment for migrants...

Working people should not be made to pay the price for Conservative political failures says GMB Union amid the sluggish GDP figures today. Economic growth slowed to just 0.3% in the three months to November - the lowest for six months. Meanwhile manufacturing growth has fallen five months in a row now  - the first time this has happened since the global financial crash a decade ago. GMB says this is further proof we are on the wrong economic path. ...

Jeremy Hunt has made some controversial statements about Brexit and how it might not happen at all. He believes that if the PMs deal on Brexit is not backed by Parliament then the UK could remain in the EU. If May's deal was voted down it might lead to “Brexit paralysis” which would see the UK in the European trading area. This outcome would be “enormously damaging” for politicians’ relationships with voters and Britain’s global reputation, Hunt commented. “If we...

Bookmakers have officially started to offer odds on what the UK government will officially ration first in 2019. Irish bookie PaddyPower has released odds on 14 items that could be rationed after Britain exits the European Union. Fuel is odds-on favourite to be rationed first, with odds as slim as 15/2. That's followed by milk, bread, olive oil, cheese and coffee. Luxury items such as red and white wine, Prosecco and Champagne also made the list. According to the bookmaker...

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Jagaur Land Rover is feeling the squeeze and is about to slash 5,000 jobs due to a decline in diesel sales in Europe and Chinese sales. However, Brexit could cause the company even worse trouble claims the Business Secretary, Greg Clark. Clark believes that a No Deal Brexit would do “extra damage” to the car maker just as it is going through a troubling period. Thousands of jobs are reported to be cut, mainly in management, marketing and administrative roles,...

A Tory MP has said sorry for a comment made during PMQs regarding Paddy Ashdown. Lib Dem MP Layla Moran was paying tribute to the ex-leader of her party, who died in December due to bladder cancer, when the MP made his comments. She mentioned Ashdown's serious concern over Brexit prior to his death when Tory MP  Andrew Bridgen shouted: “From the grave!” His outburst was greeted with shouts of “shame” from all sides of the House. https://www.facebook.com/TheLondonEconomic/videos/474194139779384/ Ms Moran...

The government has been defeated in the House of Commons for the second time in as many days after MPs voted 308 to 297 in favour of forcing Theresa May to reveal her plan B in the event that she loses the meaningful vote. Yesterday the Prime Minister suffered a humiliating defeat as 20 of her own MPs voted against the government over an amendment to the finance bill that will curb some of the government’s tax administration powers in the...

HOPE not hate has been exposing the coordinated attempt by far-right activists to hijack the Brexit debate to spread hate and division.   MPs such as Anna Soubry and journalists such as Kay Burley from Sky News as well as Guardian columnist Owen Jones have been targeted for harassment, intimidation and abuse by a hardcore element of far-right ‘yellow vest’ protesters outside Parliament, frequently using terms such as ‘traitor’ (echoing language used by Jo Cox’s killer Thomas Mair). Based on messages shared...