Conservative leadership election rules expose the party’s hypocrisy …
WEB4 days ago · Last time it took 25 years for the pendulum of First Past the Post to swing back to benefitting the Conservatives more than Labour. Rather than wait it out, this leadership election provides an opportunity for the most successful party in the world both to look to the future, in their selection of leader, and seize the initiative in the present, by gazumping …
‘Moral imperative’: Cooper defends bid to emulate right-wing …
WEB4 days ago · Speaking ahead of the visit, Keir Starmer said: “No more gimmicks. This government will tackle the smuggling gangs who trade the lives of men, women and children across borders.” The Italian prime minister signed a deal with Albania last year to send some asylum-seekers to the Balkan country and process the asylum requests there.
Storm Boris claims heavy losses across Europe: Greenpeace calls …
WEB4 days ago · Storm Boris claims heavy losses across Europe: Greenpeace calls for climate polluters to pay. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16 September 2024 – Reacting to at least eight deaths following the worst floods in nearly three decades across Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, affecting hundreds of thousands …
Ed Davey to call Conservative Party ‘unfit for opposition’ as he ...
WEB4 days ago · The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Ed Davey will reiterate his pledge to “finish the job” of defeating Conservative MPs in his first conference speech since the Liberal Democrats’ historic success in …
High Court rules planning permission for Cumbrian coal mine was ...
WEB4 days ago · Planning permission to build a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria has been quashed following today’s High Court ruling that the approval was unlawful. Unless the developer withdraws its application, the government will now have to reconsider whether to allow the mine to be built. The judgment follows legal challenges by Friends of the ...
Why Keir Starmer is refusing to take the Reform bait - Politics.co.uk
WEB6 days ago · Why Starmer aired Farage. One great flaw of Rishi Sunak’s premiership was that the ex-PM didn’t merely misunderstand politics, but the nature and meaning of his power as prime minister.. Nigel Farage is the lead spokesperson of a band of five MPs — a frankly puny parliamentary force. According to House rules, this means the Reform …
The summer that exposed the anti-trans movement
WEB5 days ago · The events of the summer exposed the GC movement as, in the words of UN Women, an “anti-rights movement” which “puts the rights and lives of LGBTQI+ people at risk by… falsely portraying the rights of LGBTIQ+ people as competing with women’s rights.”In the UK, the movement has never achieved genuine popular appeal (despite …
Why James Cleverly wants the Conservative Party to be less ‘moany’
WEB4 days ago · James Cleverly’s case to the Conservative Party. James Cleverly wants his fellow Conservatives to appear less “ moany ”. The shadow home secretary, the most experienced ex-minister left in contention, has argued his party suffers from a pernicious “perception” problem — one that a future leader must tackle if the Tories are to ...