6.04pm GMT18:04 Afternoon summary Andrew Sparrow Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Johnson to TV debates on what has effectively been the first full day of campaigning since MPs agreed that there should be an election on Thursday 12 December. (See 4.06pm.) The bill approving the election is still being debated by …
Read More »Corbyn praises Scottish Labour MP’s campaign to save high street banks
A SCOTTISH Labour MP’s campaign to save high street banks and cash machines has been praised by Jeremy Corbyn on a visit to the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Ged Killen snatched the seat from the Scottish Nationalists by just 265 votes at the 2017 election. Speaking to a packed …
Read More »Things that took your mole longer than MPs are spending scrutinising the new Brexit deal
And don't even get it started on its email inbox. … from grandma mole (big trust issues with Royal Mail, even bigger ones with online banking) to clear. Source link
Read More »CBI boss on wrong track if she can’t say sorry about Labour’s rail plans | Business
There were two important statements from the CBI on Thursday. One, as you’d expect, was a view on the new UK-EU withdrawal agreement. In short, the employer’s body welcomes anything that lessens the chances of a damaging no-deal Brexit but it warned that “big questions remain about the feasibility of …
Read More »CBI calls on Labour to publish nationalisation plans | Business
The Confederation of British Industry has served Labour with a challenge to publish the full details of its nationalisation plans, in the latest twist of an increasingly bitter row. Britain’s leading business group hit back amid mounting pressure over its claim that Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost £196bn, releasing further …
Read More »CBI is wrong to see cost as big issue in Labour’s nationalisation plans | Nils Pratley | Business
The Confederation of British Industry is barking up the wrong tree when it howls about the “eye-watering” cost of Labour’s nationalisation plans, which it puts at almost £200bn. Of all the arguments against nationalisation – and there are many strong ones – the claimed upfront cost is the weakest. The …
Read More »Party time: A round-up of this year’s political party conferences
Autumn 2019 has seen a party conference season like no other, with the Brexit crisis overshadowing events and the parties gearing up for a General Election likely to happen sooner rather than later. But although the conferences were operating in campaign mode, with some new policies being announced, the subject …
Read More »Opinion: Jeremy Corbyn’s economic plans are not as insane as advertised
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 …
Read More »Central task is to force general election and elect Corbyn-led Labour government on socialist policies
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 »Brexit: Unison to vote for ‘back remain now’ motion at Labour conference in blow to Corbyn – live news | Politics
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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