As the post-mortems for the British Labour Party’s stunning defeat keep arriving, the most frequent explanation for its poor performance is its lack of a clear Brexit policy. Jeremy Corbyn’s personality, incompetence and anti-Semitism all are seen as lesser reasons for his failure to attract more voters. No doubt Brexit …
Read More »How Royal drama, foreign diplomacy rows and climate change protests dominated headlines in 2019
Ongoing Royal drama, foreign diplomacy rows and Extinction Rebellion protests dominated the headlines in 2019 before Boris Johnson’s dominating election victory revealed light at the end of the Brexit tunnel. Britain’s exit from the EU continued to be the biggest political story of the year, as continuing divisions took the …
Read More »The Markets Cheer a Tory Victory—Pound, Bonds and Bluechips Soar in the UK and Beyond
Shares in Royal Mail, also singled out for nationalization if Corbyn had won the … Banks also performed strongly, boosted by hopes of a stronger U.K. … Source link
Read More »Labour victory would wipe £367bn from UK shares and hit millions of pension savers
A Labour Government would wipe £367bn off the value of Britain’s listed companies and send the pound plunging, economists warned ahead of Thursday’s General Election as polls showed the race is too close to call. The party’s plan to hike business taxes to one of the highest rates in the western world …
Read More »Labour sought legal advice that Jeremy Corbyn can implement broadband policy if UK remains in EU
Labour has sought formal legal advice that Jeremy Corbyn will still be able to implement one of his flagship election pledges if he keeps the UK in the European Union. The Sunday Telegraph understands that a QC has provided the party with advice on the legality of creating a nationalised …
Read More »Labour is obsessed with nationalisation – the problem is most of us are already shareholders
From the moment Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell took the reigns of the Labour Party in 2015 and jerked it leftwards, nationalisation has been touted as an ointment for all the nation’s ills. Energy bills high? Nationalise the suppliers. Trains delayed again? Scrap the franchise model. 70p too dear for …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn vows to confront Donald Trump over NHS
Jeremy Corbyn vowed to confront Donald Trump at Buckingham Palace tonight after the US president took a wrecking ball to his claims the US want to seize the NHS. The Labour leader said he will warn the president ‘public services are not for sale’ at a NATO reception being hosted …
Read More »Unions say vote to end rail shareholders £1.2billion ‘Great Train Robbery’
Rail company shareholders have taken £1.2billion in dividends over the last five years. And that’s the equivalent of a Great Train Robbery every three months. The £2.6million loot stolen by Ronnie Biggs and his gang in 1963, one of the biggest thefts in British history, is worth £53million in today’s …
Read More »The three reasons why the Conservatives cannot yet assume they are home and dry
This is beginning to look like an election the Conservatives should not lose. The party has gradually squeezed the life out of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. As many as two-thirds of those who voted Leave are now backing Boris Johnson and his Brexit deal. That has given the party a …
Read More »Lily Allen sheds tears over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour manifesto
Millionaire popstar Lily Allen reacted to today’s unveiling of the Labour Party general election manifesto by ‘welling up’ in a bizarre video which sparked ridicule after she posted it on Twitter. With tears streaming down her cheeks, the supposedly sobbing singer tweeted a clip of herself struggling to contain her …
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