THE “real” stalker Martha from Baby Reindeer said Muslims “hate us and are outbreeding us” and blamed Labour for a mass stabbing at a Glasgow hotel which housed asylum seekers. Fiona Harvey’s furious rants – all contained in emails sent to Sir Keir Starmer – included a claim that there were “too many foreign nutters” … Read more
LABOUR has this morning won the Blackpool South by-election to steal the seat back from the Tories. Chris Webb defeated the Conservative candidate David Jones by 10,825 votes to 3,218 – a 26 per cent swing in the Red Wall town. 4 Labour’s Chris Webb has taken the Blackpool South seat, held by the Tories … Read more
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “champion” MP who has died at the age of 80. Labour MP Tommy McAvoy represented Rutherglen and Hamilton West in the House of Commons from 1987 until 2010. 2 Baron McAvoy served as an MP for 23 years and a Lord from 2010Credit: UK Parliament website 2 Tommy McAvoy … Read more
SCOTTISH Labour has backed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after party MSPs called for “unequivocal” support. The party’s conference held in Glasgow unanimously backed Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s calls for an immediate end to the Israel-Hamas conflict. 1 The Scottish Labour backed his motion for a ceasefire at the party conferenceCredit: PA It … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer is facing rising criticism from figures on the left of the Labour Party over plans to drop his £28 billion green investment pledge. The Labour leader is expected to confirm today that the scheme is being scaled back, blaming economic uncertainty caused by the Conservative government. The commitment is the latest casualty … Read more
A recent opinion poll, conducted by the polling firm YouGov, has revealed that the Green Party has become the second most popular party amongst people under the age of 30. The YouGov analysis surveyed a group of 18- to 30-year-olds between 31 October last year and 17 January 2024. The findings, which also gave a … Read more
A senior Labour frontbencher has confirmed the party will backtrack on its commitment to spend £28bn a year on green investment schemes, after weeks of confusion. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves made the pledge at the party conference back in 2021, but since then it has been steadily scaled back. First, it became an ambition, not … Read more
The Conservative Party are on course for their worst electoral defeat since 1997, a new poll suggests. A YouGov survey of 14,000 respondents forecasts that The Tories will hold on to just 169 seats, while Labour will claim 385. This would deliver Sir Keir Starmer’s party a majority of 120 seats in the upcoming General … Read more
