Politics

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The US President Barack Obama has flown into the UK to urge Britain to remain in the EU. The PM, David Cameron, has urged voters to “listen to advice from friends and other countries.” He also said that: “I struggle to find the leader of any friendly country that thinks we should leave” Obama and his Wife Michelle are coming to our shores ahead of talks at Number 10 on Friday. Barack will take lunch...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor During a public rally, at the weekend, the Shadow Chancellor said he would support direct action by teachers, nurses and junior doctors. He turned on casino bankers who brought on the worst recession since the 1930s. He said that Tory Government used the economic downturn to cut benefits to the poorest in society. McDonnell also promised to end austerity, stop the privatisation of the NHS and to build a huge number of new council houses....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Belgian ex-pat called Mario Van Poppel bought the domain to voteleave.co.uk, voteleave.org, voteleave.com and voteleave.net and redirected them all to Rick Astley’s huge 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up. Visit any of these domains and you will hear the lyrics and see the great man in action. The famous words “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down,’ are probably more apt for the Stay campaign, but there you go. Van...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The split between pro and anti-EU Tory MPs widened even further yesterday, after the Treasury claimed that a Brexit would lower GDP by 6.2 per cent by 2030, due to reduced investment from the EU and higher trade barriers. Here are 6 MPs who didn’t hold back yesterday, it looks like all out civil war in the Conservative ranks. Regardless of the EU referendum decision, can the party recover after they have torn lumps out...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Osborne laid into Boris Johnson during BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He called his Tory rivals “dishonest” and “economically illiterate,” over their Leave campaign. He said: “What's not honest and what's economically illiterate is to say we can have all the economic benefits of the EU and at the same time leave. That's having your cake and eating it". However, the Chancellor’s claims that Brexit will cost families £4,300 a year by 2030 and...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Treasury has claimed that the national income of Britain could be six per cent smaller by 2030, if we “Brexit.” The report, which runs at 200 pages, concludes that the cut in Britain’s GDP would be around £4,300 per year for each household. They think this will be caused by higher trade barriers, which will damage exports. Investment will also be lower from abroad and from within the UK itself. Immediately the Vote Leave...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Conservative voter who became a viral hit after crying on BBC’s Question Time about tax credit cuts has joined the Labour Party. Michelle Dorrell has accused the Conservative party of “malice and contempt.” She made a passionate speech about how the Tories have brought financial pain on her family. Now she has defected from the Conservative party and is now a members of Jeremy Corbyn’s party. She said the Tory government were responsible for...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Last week there was a vote in the House of Commons for a public inquiry into the Panama scandal. The leak has brought the world's attention to shady tax havens and how people squirrel their money away. The people of the UK probably want answers, but we won't get any as 300 Tory MPs voted to block the inquiry, against 266 MPs who would like an open debate about it. Here is the list below...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor During a House of Commons debate, Labour MP Chi Onwurah told the house a story about her sister’s treatment at the BBC. She said: “My brother and sister both worked for the BBC as filmmakers, although they no longer do so. Their experience has informed my views, not always positively. "On my sister’s first day as a director at the BBC, she was automatically shown to the cleaning room to join the cleaning team. "It...