Sir Keir Starmer today faces an insurrection from left-wing MPs who have warned him that he will ‘regret’ sacking Rebecca Long Bailey for sharing an article that contained an ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’ blaming Israel for George Floyd’s racist murder. The new Labour leader is expected to meet with at least 12 members of the hard-Left Socialist … Read more
The Foreign Office is coming under pressure to remove British Empire-era murals from its walls in the wake of racism protests across the UK. Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, is reported to have raised the century-old works which line the grand staircase in the palatial Whitehall building with counterpart Dominic Raab. The pieces by Sigismund … Read more
For a moment, imagine you live in a country where Labour won the last General Election and is now masterminding a national response to the coronavirus pandemic. That scenario is certainly in the minds of opponents of Boris Johnson, who have spent the past two months complaining relentlessly about the Government’s handling of this unprecedented … Read more
Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition Angela Rayner, deputy Leader and chairwoman of the Labour Party Anneliese Dodds, shadow chancellor of the exchequer Lisa Nandy, shadow foreign secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, shadow home secretary Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lammy, shadow justice secretary John Healey, shadow defence secretary Ed Miliband, shadow … Read more
Social media posts can be ever so revealing. Who is the unlikeliest fan of Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer? None other, it seems, than our Tory Prime Minister’s own younger brother, Leo Johnson, who has ‘liked’ a series of gushingly positive tweets about the millionaire former lawyer. One of the missives Leo, 52, has … Read more
Labour’s Angela Rayner has taken fire at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he criticised sunbathers for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. The newly-elected deputy leader of the opposition party, who has been self-isolating at her Ashton-Under Lyne property after presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, said while it was important people heed government warnings, social distancing rules needed … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer stormed to victory in the Labour leadership race yesterday only to face an immediate threat from hard-Left activists not to betray Jeremy Corbyn’s legacy. The fervently pro-Corbyn Momentum group reacted to Sir Keir’s overwhelming triumph by vowing to hold the new leader to account ‘and make sure he keeps his promises’. But … Read more
Labour has suspended the former head of Britain’s equality watchdog, Trevor Phillips, over accusations of Islamophobia. Yet Phillips has fought racism all his life, while the party under Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of anti-Semitism and is being investigated by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The only other party to have been probed in … Read more
Lisa Nandy tonight blasted Sir Keir Starmer and labelled the Brexit policy he helped craft a ‘disaster’ as she tried to salvage her Labour leadership campaign. Ms Nandy and Sir Keir engaged in fiery clashes as they took part in the third TV debate of the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn alongside fellow challenger Rebecca … Read more