Politics
Watch – Sturgeon launches post-Brexit bid for second Scottish referendum
Only two years ago Scottish voters rejected the chance to break from the UK, but after the result the SNP went from strength to strength, almost wiping out Labour in Scotland in the last election. Labour now find themselves in third place behind the Conservatives. However, since the Brexit vote, where Scotland voted to Remain in the EU, the SNP leader believes that the political landscape of Britain has changed so much, and a new Scottish vote is a necessity....
Watch – This will be “the worst doctors’ strike in NHS history,” claims Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has been hitting the TV networks today claiming that the planned five-day strike by junior doctors, will be the worst in the history of the UK’s public health service. In front of Sky News cameras he told the nation: “Patients will be asking why it is that the BMA, who only in May said ‘this deal is a good deal for doctors, a good deal for patients, it’s good for the NHS, it’s good for equality’, are now...
Number of Pregnant Women Forced to Leave Their Job Doubles
The number of pregnant and new mothers forced to leave their jobs has almost doubled in the past ten years. According to the Women and Equalities Committee, some 54,000 women were asked to leave their jobs, underscoring a "shocking" increase in discrimination. Oliver Black, director of My Family Care, said: "There is already nervousness within some industry’s about the redundancy of someone who is pregnant – certainly within areas like the financial services sector, people tend to tread very carefully. "However, what...
‘Utterly shameless’ pay rises given to special advisers by Cameron
As he left Downing Street, in a hurry after completely failing to persuade the nation to vote to Remain in the EU, David Cameron had already handed his key members of staff obscene pay rises. Cameron was well known for having a large cabal of special advisors or Spads around him, and paid them huge salaries. However, as he left his role of PM he ensured they got pay rises, up to as much as £18k a year, to award...
Corbyn expected to win with increased majority, says Poll
Corbyn expected to win the upcoming labour leadership contest with an increased majority and even bigger mandate than he managed to secure during the last vote for the top job. YouGov, for the Times, carried out a survey of party supporters and they discovered that Corbyn should beat his challenger Owen Smith by a 62 per cent to 38 per cent margin. This would see an increase from 59 per cent Corbyn managed to attain in the leadership battle in...
Sarkozy pledges to shift “Jungle” camp to UK
Nicolas Sarkozy is aiming to be re-elected as the French president next year and has been appealing to French populism, in a country reeling from a number of sickening terrorist attacks. Last week, as he launched his election campaign, he said he would make the burkini ban nationwide, even if the French high courts rejected the law. Sarkozy said he would change the constitution to ensure it was enshrined in law. Now Mr Sarkozy has pledged to shift the UK...
Watch – Corbyn’s name gets biggest cheer during Owen Smith’s speech
Owen Smith made a rousing speech last night, but the biggest cheer during it was for Jeremy Corbyn's name. Smith was going head-to-head with his leadership rival in Glasgow when he went in for his big key speech. Mr Smith strode into the centre of the stage hoping to win over the voters in the crowd. He asked for party unity and said that without it, they could never beat the Conservative Party. He said: 'We can stick with Jeremy Corbyn ..."...
The beginning of the end? Huge NHS cuts across England
The NHS has been thrown into even more turmoil, after plans have been revealed to conduct huge cuts across England’s NHS. According to the BBC, who have been able to access a draft planning document, the NHS will see ward closures, cuts in bed numbers and alterations to GP and A&E care across the country. Many will see these cuts as the end of free health care as we know it, as services are cut and shortfalls may well be picked...
Pro-Corbyn union chief suspended by Labour Party
A key ally for Jeremy Corbyn, Ronnie Draper, has been cast out of the Labour Party, supposedly for comments made on social media, which have not been reported at this present time. Draper, from the Bakers, Food and allied Workers Union, which has around twenty thousand members took to social media to vent his frustration at being suspended from the Party he has been a member of all his life. Just been suspended from the Labour Party, a member most...