Politics
Tory Party facing “oblivion” as membership plummets and hopes Theresa May resigns
As Labour Party membership soars over 596,500, above Tony Blair levels, the Conservative Party is facing up to fears that its membership will soon fall below 100,000. Since 2013 when the Conservative Party last publicised membership numbers of 134,000, the party has refused to publish the true numbers amid fears of dwindling rank and file support. And in the last couple of years, while Labour membership continues to rise there have been no reason for the Conservatives to lift their...
Anti-abortion Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg profits from pills used for illegal abortions
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the MP many Conservative Party members would like to see as next Prime Minister has made clear his opposition to gay marriage and abortion in any circumstances. The North East Somerset MP recently explained that he completely opposes abortion and believed it should never be an option even if a woman has become pregnant as a result of rape. So imagine the reaction today to his admission that his investment firm profits from pills used in dangerous illegal abortions....
Jeremy Hunt slammed for going to a Boeing “Drink Tank” at conference while company threatens 4,500 UK jobs
The Conservative Party Conference in Manchester has been slammed for a Boeing-sponsored “Drink Tank” while the corporation aggressively pursues Bombardier, urging the US to impose job-threatening tariffs. In a shameful Tory conference embarrassment, the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt is due to speak tonight at a drinks sponsored by Boeing, the US air giant putting a squeeze on the smaller aircraft manufacturer, with thousands of UK jobs at stake. This week Theresa May said she was “bitterly disappointed” by the...
Ukip’s new logo looks a bit familiar…
As Ukip decide on a new leader for the party - with Nigel Farage threatening to launch a new pro-Brexit party if Anne-Marie Waters wins and takes the party off on a rabid anti-Islam direction - news of a new logo for the party with no MP's has been met with much derision today. People immediately spotted a striking similarity with the Football Premier League logo after the Brexiteers dropped the pound sign from their logo and replaced it with...
Corbyn now reigns supreme – says Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell has today acceded that Jeremy Corbyn is “now completely in charge” of the Labour Party, citing the leader’s conference grip on conference proceedings this week as evidence that Corbyn now reigns supreme. The former New Labour spin doctor called for Corbyn to resign before the 2017 General Election, saying: "What we know having seen Jeremy Corbyn in a position of leadership for some time, he cannot do the job, and if he is a decent man he should do the...
Labour gain in Lancaster and Norfolk with huge swings
Labour jumped from fourth to first in Halton-with-Aughton and from third to first in Thetford Priory in a huge night of council by-elections. The party won Halton-with-Aughton (Lancaster) for the first time ever with a gain of +18.0. They edged out the Green Party and the Conservatives who picked up 27.2 per cent and 26.2 per cent of the vote respectively. Huge ground was also made up in Norfolk where the party took Thetford Priory from the Conservatives with a swing of +28.0. The...
Leave.EU Co-founder says Jeremy Corbyn will be the next PM – if Theresa May stays on
By Benjamin Jenkins The co-founder of the Leave.eu campaign Richard Tice just delivered a shocking vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May on BBC Question Time. Watch the stunned look on the face of Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Culture and Media as the property entrepreneur and prominent Brexiteer delivered his damning verdict. Question Time host David Dimbleby asked the Brexit campaign chief: “do you think Theresa May is going to finish her full term and would...
“Confident, Assured And Comfortable” – Commentators’ Early Verdicts On Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party Conference Speech
In a performance that even critics would regard as confident and signalling Jeremy Corbyn is as he said today ready to be "on the threshold of power", the leader of the Labour Party ended an interesting Brighton Conference on a high note with a speech taht brought the house down. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever...
“We are now the political mainstream” – Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party Conference Speech in full:
This is Jeremy Corbyn MP's speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton in full. To a rapturous reception, the leader of the Labour Party declared: “we are now the political mainstream!” And he warned Theresa May that the Labour Party are more prepared than ever to fight another general election. The Labour leader sounded assured and made his pitch to convince the nation that he and his cabinet are ready for government. And he met criticisms that the conference had shied...