Politics

Labour would be able to form a majority government in a general election if it was held tomorrow, a new poll has indicated. The latest YouGov survey for The Times found that 42 per cent of respondents would back Labour in the polls. Jeremy Corbyn's party continues to capitalise on a surge in support following the snap election in June, with the Conservatives suffering a series of devastating blows. The Liberal Democrats also saw a slight improvement in its fortunes with...

A new line of presidential flip flops has been launched allowing Americans to celebrate Trump's tendency to go back on his word. The flip flops include tweets from his infamous profile which contradict each other, with opposing views split between the left and right foot. Punters are then encouraged to moonwalk with the footwear on in an attempt to emulate the President. The novelty gifts come in three editions - the electoral college edition, the Syria edition and the sources...

When exactly is it political correctness gone mad? Diane Abbott appeared on Good Morning Britain this morning after a study by Amnesty found almost HALF of all the horrendous abuse female MP's suffer on social media is directed at Britain's first black woman MP, the shadow home secretary Diane Abbott. The human rights watchdog uncovered 25,688 abusive tweets to women MP's over six months leading up to the June 8 general election. Diane Abbott received 45% of all abusive tweets. Black...

Whoever is in charge of the Conservative Party's comms strategy should have learned to keep Jacob Rees-Mogg out of the limelight following his controversial comments last week. But the staunch Catholic is at it again today in an interview with LBC. Speaking about the growing use of food banks in the UK he said the trend is "rather uplifting", insisting that rather than demonstrating the scale of poverty in the country the development showed what a “good compassionate country we are.”...

In yet ANOTHER U-turn for Theresa May, her Conservative manifesto pledge to make private schools sponsor academies, forge state sector partnerships or offer scholarships to poorer children to keep their charitable status has appears to have sinisterly disappeared. Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner accused the Tories of "yet another U-turn" for ditching “one of the few sensible ideas the Conservatives had”. “Ministers are ripping up the manifesto on which they stood just months ago page by page," said Rayner. “The...

Remember this summer, not long after the General Election Theresa May called so that Britain could enjoy a "strong and stable" Government, just a fortnight after firefighters had fought to save the residents of Grenfell Tower, the PM survived the first test of her slim minority government, defeating a Labour Party amendment to the Queen’s Speech calling for an end to the 1% pay cap for emergency and public services by 323 to 309 votes. Northern Ireland’s 10 DUP MP’s - despite speaking out...

The Police Federation has accused Theresa May of telling the House of Commons a "downright lie" about the level of police pay at Prime Minister's Questions today. Calum Macleod, the vice chair of the Police Federation, told HuffPost UK: "The government stating that police officers have had a 32% pay rise since 2010 is a joke – and is in fact a downright lie. "It shows they have lost touch with reality, if they ever had it, and are clueless as to the demands...

Labour stalwart Dennis Skinner outraged many on the left and remain camps this week when it was revealed that he had defied the Labour Party whip to vote with the Government on the EU Withdrawal Bill. Many took to social media to express their dismay and there were many shocked comments on our interview this week with the veteran MP nicknamed The Beast Of Bolsover. Right wing sections of the press such as The Sun and Daily Express wasted no...

The Conservative Party is to take control of a powerful Commons committee after a crucial motion was passed by a majority of just 19 late last night, giving them the ability to scrutinise Brexit legislation without wider parliamentary input. The motion, brought by Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, has been described by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a way of rigging the parliamentary system after the Tories found a work-around for navigating the Brexit process with a minority government. Traditionally, minority governments do not...