A day of change! Three million Brexit 50p coins with ‘peace and prosperity’ inscription will be put into circulation on October 31 to mark UK leaving EU The production of the coins had recently been pushed forward by Sajid Javid Three million will be made for the 31 while another 10 …
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Some of Mr. Corbyn’s economic plans are indeed foolish. Others are sensible, progressive and in use elsewhere. SIMON DAWSON/Reuters Jeremy Corbyn could be Britain’s next prime minister. A vote for his Labour Party is a vote for undiluted, Hugo Chavez-style Marxism. It would be a vote for an economy-wrecking transfer …
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Boris Johnson has personally apologised for embarrassing the Queen by requiring her to approve the unlawful suspension of the House of Commons. Royal sources have revealed that there was huge disquiet in the Queen’s household about Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks, even before the Supreme Court ruled …
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Remainers sabotage Tory conference: Gathering in Manchester is thrown into chaos as Jeremy Corbyn says he WON’T let Commons go into recess Parliament is resuming sitting after judges ruled PM’s prorogation was illegal Commons business could lay waste to Tory conference in Manchester next week Jeremy Corbyn dismissed the idea …
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brexit countdown_bgCreated with Sketch. Furious Geoffrey Cox today dismissed calls to quit over his advice that prorogation was legal – and raged that Parliament is ‘immorally’ blocking an election. The Attorney General ridiculed claims that he should quit after his view was rejected by the UK’s most senior judges yesterday. …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29605 From The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist issue 1057 photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) The Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful has, for now, knocked the dramatic events preceding it at Labour Party conference off the …
Read More »One of the many surprising features about Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader in 2015 was that he managed to get chosen by a party that is overwhelming in favour of EU membership despite, for most of his career, being in favour of the UK being out. Corbyn accepted remain …
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brexit countdown_bgCreated with Sketch. Operation Yellowhammer documents revealing the Government’s No Deal Brexit Planning have been released by Downing Street on Wednesday – but Boris Johnson has refused to hand over key aides’ emails and texts about suspending Parliament. The prime minister refused to comply with a Commons demand to make …
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Home | The Socialist 11 September 2019 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Donate | Audio | PDF | ebook PCS members marching against cuts, photo Senan (Click to enlarge) Socialist Party members in PCS Prior to the conference of the Trade Union Congress, a motion was put by …
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brexit countdown_bgCreated with Sketch. Boris Johnson shut down Parliament for five weeks today amid chaotic scenes, after humiliatingly losing his latest bid to trigger a snap election. The PM accused ‘yellow belly’ Jeremy Corbyn and Remainers of ‘conniving to delay Brexit’ – jibing that they ‘can’t hide forever’ from the …
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