Labour leadership hopeful Lisa Nandy is asked for her views on university tuition fees, Royal Mail renationalisation, Trident, the NHS using private providers and the top rate of tax. The BBC’s Andrew Neil is hoping to interview all five candidates in the race for Labour leadership. Watch Politics Live in …
Read More »Nandy: We must tax polluters and unearned wealth, not just high incomes
Lisa Nandy has suggested that discussions on taxation must focus on “unearned wealth” and “polluters”, rather than just on high incomes. Speaking to Andrew Neil in a BBC interview, the leadership hopeful answered a series of questions about her political views and policy positions. Nandy also talked about whether she …
Read More »Lisa Nandy vows to maintain Labour’s pledge to abolish university tuition fees
Lisa Nandy has said she would maintain key pledges from Labour’s election manifesto, including the abolition of university of tuition fees and the denationalisation of Royal Mail. In her first major television interview, the Wigan MP, one of five contenders vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn, also said she opposed a …
Read More »Meghan’s Mail on Sunday case: Why Royal Family rarely go to court
Image copyright PA Media Read through the 44-page defence provided by the Mail on Sunday to the High Court and you quickly realise why the Royal Family rarely resort to the courts in their endless struggles with the media. Back in February last year the Mail on Sunday published excerpts …
Read More »As we consider the future for Labour, don’t lose sight of the green new deal
THE Labour leadership contest is heating up and over the last few weeks so has the inquest into December’s catastrophic election defeat. Many have laid the blame at the door of the manifesto, and in some ways they have a point: when combined with a doom-laden mass media onslaught, the …
Read More »Drugs in envelope sniffed out by Royal Mail in Telford
The envelope was intercepted in Oakengates today after a “strong smell of cannabis” was noticed. The police were called to retrieve the drugs and said they will soon be in contact with the would-be user. They tweeted: “Another parcel intercepted by @RoyalMail in #Oakengates due to the strong smell of …
Read More »Paige refuses to rule out WWE return at Royal Rumble
‘We’ll have to wait and see’: Paige refuses to rule out WWE return at Royal Rumble after speculation she could be entering into women’s match Paige has been retired from wrestling due to a neck injury since April 2018 She has not stepped into the ring since but there is speculation …
Read More »Shouts of ‘disgusting’ as £1m travellers’ caravan site approved in Wolverhampton
A £1 million travellers’ site close to homes in one of Wolverhampton’s most deprived areas was already a ‘done deal’ before councillors formally approved it, claim “disgusted” residents living nearby. The temporary encampment, located on a former quarry between Dunstall Hill Trading Estate and Gorsebrook Road, had already been decided …
Read More »Spend All Night With Wes Anderson + More Hot Dates for London Actors
Photo Source: Fox Searchlight Pictures. Pictured – The French Dispatch We’re two weeks in, and how is 2020 treating you so far? Kept those resolutions? Is January still as dry as it started or has it become a little moist? However the year is panning out, it’s important to kick …
Read More »Brexit day: everything planned for the date, from Big Ben’s bongs to Parliament Square party
Whether you voted to Leave or Remain, Britain will be departing the EU on 31 January. After three years of negotiations, failed negotiations, parliamentary deadlock and more negotiations, the UK finally leaves the Union behind, and Brexit will be complete. (Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) There will be …
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