Emily Thornberry is the straggler in the Labour leadership contest. Unlike Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy, she’s not going to get on the ballot with trade union nominations. She currently only has two nominations from constituency Labour parties, and doesn’t poll well with members. She needs a breakthrough moment – …
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Link to this page: http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1070/30143 Home | The Socialist 22 January 2020 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook Solidarity with the CWU, photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) Gary Clark, secretary, CWU Scotland no 2 branch The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has …
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Meghan Markle has lost her ninth member of staff in just 18 months after a top aide tasked with running the Sussex Royal foundation quit her role. Diversity campaigner and social entrepreneur Natalie Campbell has left for a new job after just five months. Ms Campbell – who was heralded as …
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Gareth Thomas, Labour MP for Harrow West (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images). By Gareth ThomasLabour MP for Harrow West LABOUR’S next leader faces a herculean task after our worst result since 1935. If we choose the wrong leader, things could get even worse. The number of Labour MPs with very, …
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The Duchess of Sussex made a secret visit to an animal welfare charity during her short visit to London two weeks ago, her aides revealed today. Meghan Markle visited The Mayhew centre in Kensal Green, North West London, to hear about the ‘incredible progress made throughout the festive period’. The …
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The Duchess of Sussex visited a London animal shelter earlier this month, according to a post on the Sussex Royal Instagram page. Meghan met staff and animals at Mayhew, in Kensal Green, north London. The two-picture post showed the duchess at the centre, and stroking a dog with a collar. …
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Coins of England by Coin & Currency Institute …… The 2020 edition of Coins of England and the United Kingdom is the 55th update and revision of the long-time standard. Now edited by Emma Howard, the two-volume set is divided into pre-decimal issues in hardback and decimal issues in paperback. …
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Royal Mail (LON:RMG)‘s stock had its “underweight” rating reissued by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a note issued to investors on Monday, Digital Look reports. A number of other research firms have also weighed in on RMG. Credit Suisse Group reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of Royal Mail in …
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Donald Trump accuses the EU of making it ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to trade as he praises Boris Johnson’s ‘guts’ and says the UK is now in a ‘good position’ to secure a strong post-Brexit deal with the bloc Donald Trump today said the EU is ‘more difficult to do business with than …
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South Korea’s Hyundai Group is backing a UK electric vehicle startup that plans to start selling battery-powered delivery vans in 2021, the companies stated last week. Hyundai Motor and sister firm Kia Motors are making an investment of 100 million euros ($110 million) in Arrival Ltd. Founded in 2015 and …
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