Jo Swinson has apologised for supporting welfare cuts as part of the coalition government, as she insisted that she would stay on as Liberal Democrat leader even if her party loses seats at the general election. The party leader said she was sorry for backing policies such as the so-called bedroom tax, which she said “should have… […]
Jeremy Corbyn has apologised for antisemitism in Labour, saying he is “very sorry for everything that has happened”. The Labour leader said he was “obviously” sorry but insisted that he had “dealt with” the problem, which he claimed was also an issue in other political parties. He had been under pressure to apologise to the Jewish community… […]
Two Tory election videos have been banned from YouTube following complaints from the BBC. The widely criticised videos took footage of BBC news presenters and edited them to suggest the journalists were agreeing with Conservative propaganda. One video showed a journalist saying the phrase “pointless delay to Brexit”, for instance – but the full video… […]
Dozens of leading Tory donors have been given honours after donating huge sums of money to the Conservative party, an investigation has revealed. The party was accused of “cronyism” and faced calls for a probe after an analysis by the OpenDemocracy website found that one in five people in the elite Tory “Leader’s Group” had… […]
Ukip‘s interim leader has insisted that she has only met “a few” racists in the party, and that none of them were “seriously racist”. Pat Mountain, who will lead the party into the general election after previous leader Richard Braine resigned in October, was speaking as she launched the Ukip manifesto in Westminster. She had… […]
More than 500 NHS doctors, nurses and other workers have written to Donald Trump to ask him to take the health service off the table during UK-US trade talks. In a letter sent to the US president as he travelled to the UK, the medics asked him to “rule out once and for all any… […]
So many people have complained about Boris Johnson’s interview on Andrew Marr that the BBC’s website it has been suggested it is now making it easier for viewers to criticise its own presenter. The BBC’s website offers an easy way for viewers to complain about any show, allowing them to send in criticism of the… […]
Landlords will be handed stronger powers to evict their tenants under Conservative plans that campaigners fear will make more people homeless. The UK’s leading charity has spoken out over the policy in Boris Johnson’s manifesto – warning it “undermines” his promise of “a better deal for renters” if he wins the general election. Crisis and Shelter… […]
Try to put yourself in the mind of an undecided voter. Perhaps you are an undecided voter, but the chances are, if you are reading this article, that you are undecided because you take a close interest in politics and you know a lot about why you shouldn’t vote for any of the available candidates. … […]
In 2002, long before the US elected a reality TV star as its president, or Ukraine a comedian, or Italy had a government coalition partly led by a comic, there was Hartlepool. The northeast town foreshadowed global populism when, more than a decade earlier, it voted for a monkey as its directly elected mayor. Or,… […]
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