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Who is Tim Farron?

Tim Farron. The current leader of the Liberal Democrats and the person who has called on us all to vote for him in the upcoming election. However, we are left to ask the question who is Tim Farron? ...

Labour members expelled over attempt to form anti-Jeremy Hunt alliance

Two longstanding Labour members have been expelled over their efforts to unseat Conservative Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The two members were instrumental in the grassroots movement to form a ...

Who is Theresa May?

Theresa May. The current incumbent of the office of Prime Minister and the person who has called us all once more to the ballot box. She has spoken constantly of ‘strong and stable’ leadership ...

What does President Macron mean for Brexit?

The campaign for the French presidency revealed a stark fault line on Europe. The openly pro-European Emmanuel Macron called for the EU to be strengthened while the staunchly anti-EU Marine Le Pen ...

Manchester Arena attack: amid the horror, the strength of an incredible city took hold

The attack was the day that we had been warned about by security services. The day we hoped wouldn’t happen. But it happened here. In Manchester, at the Manchester Arena where young girls, known as ...

James Comey's Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate

FBI director James Comey generated national headlines last week with his dramatic testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his "incredibly painful" decision to go public about the ...

Wealth for The People!

I recall with a mixture of pride and sadness the extinction of the Leicestershire coal industry. Coal is a finite commodity, and it was therefore inevitable that the mines and the communities they ...

John McDonnell unveils Labour tax plans

John McDonnell has unveiled Labour's tax plans this morning. According to the party, 95% of people will pay no adittional tax under a Labour government. On Marr, the Shadow Chancellor said that those ...

Who is Jeremy Corbyn?

Jeremy Corbyn. The current Leader of the Labour Party and the person who has called on us all to vote for him in the upcoming election. However, we are left to ask the question who is Jeremy Corbyn? ...

Local and mayoral elections 2017: results roundup

If the general election on June 8 can be considered British politics’ “main event” for 2017, then the recent local council and mayoral elections on May 4 can be seen of something of a dress ...

Tories pledge to cut tax in manifesto

For all the previous fear of a high tax tory manifesto, the focus at today’s launch has been on lowering tax. Both income and corporation taxes would fall under a Conservative government, and ...

Boost for Labour as student registration numbers soar

Students could play a key role in next month’s general election, if new figures are to believed. Traditionally, students either haven't registered or haven't turned up. Labour is set for a key ...

Conservatives dominate in the election media battle

Brexit may be taking the UK into uncharted political waters but national media reporting of the first week of the 2017 general election was a very familiar combination of choreography, conspiracies ...

Prince Philip's Retirement: The Reaction

Prince Philip in 95 years old, and will be 96 when he retires according to the timeframe announced today. After some confusion (during which the Sun reported that the Prince had died, and twitter ...

Labour to nationalise the water industry – does it add up?

Labour’s manifesto, to be released later today, will pledge to nationalise the multi-billion pound water industry. On the face of it, it sounds like it might make sense. Dig a little deeper, and it ...

The Lib Dem's calls for a second referendum are not anti-democratic, but the anger around them may be

I’m no fan of Tim Farron or the Lib Dems. Coalition was probably a positive for me- my gripe isn’t that they’re desperate for power, but rather that they are desperate not to be in power. The ...

The Problems With the FBI's Email Investigation Went Well Beyond Comey

On Tuesday, when Donald Trump abruptly dismissed the FBI director, James Comey, his administration insisted that he was merely following the recommendation of his attorney general ...

It's time to stop that post-election morning sinking feeling

I saw the rather good Party Election Broadcast by the Lib Dems on the TV last week. Bad news, beyond election results, seems to still break overnight. Finding out resigned, disappointed and worried ...

NHS ransomware cyber-attack was preventable

In a matter of hours, the NHS was effectively placed on lockdown with computer systems being held ransom and further machines powered down to prevent the spread of malware. Critical patient ...

Is this really the Brexit election?

The rapidly approaching 2017 general election has already been dubbed “the Brexit election”. Many assume that Brexit will be the decisive issue in the campaign. A recent poll by IPSOS-MORI ...

Is This the End of the Fifth Republic in Venezuela?

After a month of continuous protests against President Nicolás Maduro's government, his announcement on May 1, 2017 calling for a “popular constitutional assembly” that would replace the ...

Daily Show's Hasan Minhaj White House Correspondents' Dinner full monologue

The White House corrispondents dinner is a yearly tradition in the USA. The US President and representatives of the press make fun of one another in the spirit of fun. This is the first dinner since ...

Home Secretary responds to Labour over NHS ransomware attack

Labour demanded answers about yesterday’s randomware attack on the NHS earlier today, writing to Heath Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The Home Secretary – Amber Rudd – has replied: “The ...

Why is This French Election so Important?

So, it's no shock that Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second and final round of the French presidential election. This campaign has been perhaps the most sensational in ...

What are the UK's three main parties transport policies this election?

Since the Conservative's victory in 2015, Brexit has changed the face of British politics tremendously, which means come June 9th, we could be witness to the most impactful election in years. Theresa ...

Arrest over Whitehall terror incident

A man has been arrested in near the Houses of Parliament by armed police in what appears to be a failed terror attack. A witness described seeing two knives on the ground, one of which looked like a ...

What's right? The rise of the populist right and the snap election

So, it's snap election time in Britain. We have an unelected leader asking for a mandate to force through a ‘Hard Brexit’ whatever that means. We have an opposition leader who is so blind as to ...

David Ward, anti-Semitic former Lib Dem MP, Sacked as a Candidate by Party

David Ward, the former Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East, has been sacked as a General Election candidate, Tim Farron said earlier today. Ward lost his seat in Bradford East in the 2015 election, ...

Why Filing for an R&D Tax Claim is Financially Beneficial to Businesses

The R&D tax relief scheme was brought in for businesses in 2000, but many are still unaware of the benefits of the scheme or how they can file a claim. This process can often seem daunting for ...

A progressive alliance is a once-in-a-generation chance that must be taken in election 2017

It’s already becoming clear that every party except the Conservatives fears the outcome of the impending general election. Even for the SNP, which will no doubt hold on to – if not improve upon ...

Corbyn launches attack on Trump

The leader of the opposition has landed a scathing attack on US President Donald Trump and current Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech earlier today. Speaking at Chatham House, the Labour leader ...

CPGP Backing Corbyn's Labour

The Labour leader gave a speech at the Scottish TUC earlier today. In it, he boasted his left-wing credentials and commitment to repealing the Trade Unions Act. Almost as soon as he finished, he got ...

UK trade deficit widens as Brexit hits

The most recent ONS data paints a worrying picture for post-Brexit trade. The sharp post-Brexit fall in the value of the pound should theoretically make British exports more competitive, as they ...

Macron Leads First Round in French Election, Le Pen Also into Second Round

Candidate Party 1st round Votes % Emmanuel Macron En Marche! 8,656,346 24.01% Marine Le Pen National Front 7,678,491 21.30% François Fillon The ...

CBI says Labour manifesto risks 'putting our economy into reverse gear'

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK's largest industry organisation representing business, has harshly criticised Labour's manifesto. The organisation's director general, Josh Hardie, ...

Marine Le Pen's Comments on the Vel d'Hiv Roundup During WWII Reawaken France's Painful Past

French police officer guards a group of Jews at an internment camp in Drancy. Photo courtesy of Bundesarchiv CC-BY-SA 3.0 Electoral campaigns are in full swing for the French presidential election, ...

Gordon Brown to warn about the risks of a hard Brexit

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown is giving a speech later today about the election and the automobile industry in the UK. In this speech, in this extract published in today’s Daily ...

Len McCluskey wins Unite leadership race

Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite's general secretary, seeing off Gerard Coyne. The contest was seen as a proxy battle for the Labour leadership. Corbyn supporting McClusky contrasted ...

Labour’s manifesto leaked

The Telegraph got their hands on a leaked copy of an early draft of the Labour manifesto. Many are already comparing it to Foot’s famous 1983 manifesto, dubbed the longest suicide note in history. ...

The Lib Dems Get a Major Grassroots Boost

The Lib Dems have been making some impressive grass roots gains of late. Their surge in membership and council election victories since the 2015 election and, more dramatically, since the Brexit vote ...

No Points For Guessing Why Trump Fired The FBI Director - The Daily Show

James Comey has had, shall we say, a wild ride. After intervinening several times in last year's US election to release information on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and giving an unorthadox ...

Theresa May's snap election: did she forget Northern Ireland still doesn't have a government?

When Theresa May called a snap election in the UK, I was reminded of an old truism of British politics: that there is complete lack of interest in what is going on in Northern ...

A progressive alliance is a fools path to cronyism and corruption

The progressive alliance has its many supporters, and its many failures. Dotted within its history are a handful of successes, but they have often been as murky as the democratic argument for ...

People assume the polls will narrow. They might be wrong.

The natural assumption during an election campaign is that the polls will narrow. Both Tory and Labour staffers I talk to expect it to, as do journalists and pollsters. They always do, is how the ...

CPS- no charges over alleged 2015 Tory election 'battle bus' expenses, but one case is outstanding

There was serious risk that up to twenty Tory candidates would be facing criminal charges for failing to declare and over spending in the last election. After a Channel 4 investigation by Michael ...

Election 2017: how the main parties shape up ahead of snap vote

Theresa May’s announcement, calling for a general election on June 8, 2017, caught virtually everyone by surprise. May has repeatedly rejected calls for an early election since becoming leader of ...

Director of IFS says Labour tax plans 'add up', but pose 'some risk'

Labour has historically struggled to convince the public that their manifesto number add up, in an issue older then Ed Miliband’s issues. This Labour leadership has had more trouble than most, ...

Snap election- 8th of June

This morning, Theresa May announced plans to call a snap election on the 8th of June. The move provoked shock in Westminster, as her government had repeatedly rejected calls for an early referendum ...

Theresa May takes questions from the press

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, took questions after her stump speech this morning. She has rarely allowed access to journalists during the campaign so far, and has only taken the occasional ...

Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?

During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall across the southern border some 1,000 miles long. The number of miles the president currently has money for: seven. U.S. Customs ...

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