Politics
PMQs 28th June – You’ve been extracting the urine for too long
The first PMQs of the new Parliament, if not quite new Government, began with a Tory MP seemingly blaming Corbyn for someone urinating outside her constituency office door. Not sure you can directly blame Corbyn that somebody took a leak outside your office, but that is what she was trying to allude to. Desperate times and all that. So how do we apportion blame? Well the rejuvenated Labour leader had a few ideas today. However, he began by praising the...
Keyboard Politics: How party political websites changed the general election
The online presence of political parties and candidates has never played a bigger part in the quest for power. From Donald Trump to Jeremy Corbyn, the digital world has helped turn outsiders into leaders. Political party websites are a tool used to attract, engage with and mobilise support, and the recent General Election in the UK was no exception. The growing importance of political websites In a study titled The role of a political party website: Lessons learnt from the...
Jeremy Hunt accused of cover up and conflict of interest in lost NHS patients records scandal
In extraordinary scenes in the House of Commons today, the Health Secretary was accused of a cover up and conflict of interest while presiding over the biggest scandal of lost patients records ever revealed in the NHS by his Labour Party counterpart in an emergency debate and responded: “transparency is not an absolute virtue.” Hundreds of thousands of confidential patient records contracted to be looked after by a company half owned by Jeremy Hunt's Department for Health and half owned...
May finds magic money tree to stay in power after campaigning against Labour’s money tree
Theresa May has been accused of finding a money tree to keep the Conservatives in power just weeks after using the issue against Labour in her general election campaign. The Conservative PM was accused of a "straight bung" after agreeing an extra £1 billion in exchange for parliamentary support from the DUP. It comes just weeks after she dismissed ambitious manifesto pledges from Labour as been dreamed up in fantasy land. Insisting there just wasn't the money. The SNP accused...
Huge spike in the number of parents naming their children Corbyn
There has been a huge spike in the number of children been named Corbyn as expectant parents eschew celebrities for politicians. Following years of baby names inspired by the Beckhams and Kardashians it seems new parents are 'electing' to name their children after politicians - with Corbyn the hottest new baby-naming trend. After the Labour leader’s post-General Election popularity surge, over half of parents are now considering using the name Corbyn for their next child. The name has already soared 50 per...
Public dissatisfaction with the NHS has doubled, survey reveals
The NHS has been on its knees for a number of years. Austerity and creeping privatisation have slowly eroded away our once great national health service. Now polling by the BMA (British Medical Association) has indicated that public dissatisfaction with the public health service has double in two years. Over 1,000 adults were questioned and 43 per cent of them were unhappy with the NHS compared to just 21 per cent as recently as 2015 This is the first time...
Corbyn tops Sheeran and Yorke as most talked about act at Glastonbury
Jeremy Corbyn completely overshadowed acts such as Ed Sheeran and Thom Yorke's Radiohead as the most talked about act at Glastonbury. The Labour leader took to the Pyramid stage on Saturday afternoon with Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis CBE to rapturous reception. Chants of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ rang around the prestigious fields, echoing previous concerts the Labour leader has spoken at. And despite some of the World's biggest bands performing at the festival, it seems Corbyn has taken the spoils for the most talked about act. Surprising...
Eavis: “I said to when are you going to be prime minister? He said: ‘In six months’.”
Jeremy Corbyn said he'll be prime minister in six months and will start trying to get rid of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent as soon as he can - according to Michael Eavis. The Glastonbury Festival founder said Corbyn was fantastic, but also said the Momenentum movement that backs the Labour leader should have done more to get young people to vote in the EU referendum. In a wide-ranging Q&A on Sunday at Speakers Forum in the Green Futures area of...
Corbyn takes lead over May in poll of who would make best PM
Corbyn fans are in dreamland at the moment. Labour were recently ahead in the polls and now the leader himself is more popular than May, when it comes to leading the country. The Labour leader will be making an appearance at Glastonbury, which is likely to draw huge crowds. It is doubtful whether many people would turn up to listen to any other major political figure speak. In a YouGov poll for the Times Corbyn has edged past Theresa May,...