Laura Trott, Hunt’s deputy at the U.K. Treasury, has dismissed allegations of foul play as “an excuse to try and wriggle out of Labour’s disastrous £28 billion of unfunded spending.” But in truth Treasury ministers have always looked for ways to hobble their successors — especially in the run-up to an election. George Osborne, the … Read more
Galloway ran his campaign from a Suzuki car dealership, which is both darkly funny, and a metaphor for the way in which democracy can feel like another glib consumer choice. Do you want a car and a dream? Or just a car? I stood outside the dealership, and looked at the tiny pictures of Galloway … Read more
Indeed, Anderson — elected in 2019 after defecting from Labour — may be tapping into wider Tory sentiment. An Opinium poll of Conservative Party members released Wednesday by the advocacy group Hope not Hate found that more than half (58 percent) believe Islam is a “threat to the British way of life.” A further 40 … Read more
While delivering a statement at the British Red Cross in London, Prince William urged world leaders to recognise the “desperate need for increased humanitarian support to Gaza”. “It’s critical that aid gets in and the hostages are released,” the prince added. The Prince of Wales has also called for the immediate release of all Israeli … Read more
Labour’s amendment also states that “Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence,” while the SNP motion does not. That language has already been criticized by some left-wing Labour supporters, with the Momentum pressure group saying that “by making its call for a cease-fire so conditional and caveated, the Labour leadership … Read more
In Wellingborough, which went to the polls after Conservative MP Peter Bone was recalled over allegations of misconduct, Labour achieved a large 28.5 percent swing. Newly elected Labour MP Gen Kitchen scooped up 45.8 percent of the votes in a seat that has been Tory since 2005. The Wellingborough result marks the worst-ever by-election collapse … Read more
The Conservatives will lose the vote of rural strongholds in an upcoming general election, a new poll has predicted. According to the survey, since 2019, Conservative support in rural constituencies has fallen by 25 points. It shows just 34 per cent of the electorate in the 100 most rural constituencies in England said they would … Read more
The fall of the “red wall” to triumphant Tories became the dominant story of the 2019 election. But this time around, things are very different: most seats simply don’t exist in their previous form following a review of constituency boundaries, and Labour looks likely to make gains across the board. POLITICO looked at the most … Read more
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the party’s plans would be funded through an extension of the windfall tax on oil and gas producers, bringing in £2.2 billion a year, along with £2.6 billion per year in additional borrowing. Labour hope the stripped back spending plan will blunt Conservative attacks over its economic policy. Prime Minister … Read more
Labour has dropped several of its most radical reforms, in an attempt to ‘bombproof’ its election manifesto from Tory attacks. The opposition party, currently holding a substantial polling advantage, backed out of its £28bn a year commitment to green investment last week. It then emerged that despite Keir Starmer’s previous promises to completely abolish the … Read more
