Tag: Labour Party
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Anti-Labour Party
In politics, self-sabotaging acts are so common that they rarely surprise veteran observers. At the bitter root of most shoot-oneself-in-the-foot idiocies is stubborn blindness occurring when a leadership asserts its self-preservation over the good of Party members.
October 22, 2022 -
Indian High Commissioner holds ‘productive’ talk with UK Labour party leader Keir Starmer
The party has announced its wish to bridge the gap between the Labour Party, British Indians and India by fostering inclusive sustainable growth for both countries.
October 11, 2022 -
Britain must shed its elitist past
Many a story has come to light of individuals being obliged to maintain a distance from a dying parent around the same time that Johnson’s staff were busy socialising. Particularly cringeworthy, perhaps, was No.10’s abject apology to Buckingham Palace for a well-attended farewell do last April on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral — where Queen Elizabeth notably sat alone in a pew. (Mind you, the farewell wasn’t for Philip.)
January 20, 2022 -
No Sense of Decency
Many US Democrats who complied with McCarthyism at the time would today doubtless qualify as ‘Trotskyite‘ by the exacting criteria of the vigilant crew running the British Labour Party. Indeed, the programme of Clement Attlee's 1945-51 Labour government, replete with nationalisations and public ownership schemes, sounds way too radical nowadays, and perhaps Attlee too eventually will get the heave-ho from the Party pantheon
September 7, 2021 -
The return of Jacinda
Ever since New Zealand implemented a Mixed Member Proportional electoral system 24 years ago, a single party has never won an outright majority of seats in the Parliament before.
October 21, 2020 -
Labour’s new leader
In the immediate perspective, the outcome of the pregnant election signifies the eclipse of Jeremy Corbyn, in itself the end of a chapter in the history of the Labour party.
April 7, 2020 -
In Black & White…
The black is once again the target of white prejudice, if not violence and killings quite yet as in the United States.
February 21, 2020 -
Boris Johnson unveils new fast-track visa scheme for scientists, researchers post brexit
Concerns about mass migration were a driving force in the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, and Johnson has promised to end the free movement with the bloc.
January 27, 2020 -
Labour sees membership surge amid leadership race
The five contenders need the support of 5 per cent of local parties or at least three affiliates by February 14 to make the final ballot.
January 25, 2020 -
Boris Johnson govt loses 1st parliamentary votes since election
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson led government has lost three votes in the House of Lords over its Brexit legislation, its first defeats since it was re-elected by a majority in the December 2019 general election. The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which paves the way for the UK to leave the EU with a...
January 21, 2020 -
Boris Johnson confident of securing tariff-free deal with EU
Johnson's visit came three days after Northern Ireland's two major parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein, agreed on a draft deal to restore a power-sharing government, breaking a three-year political deadlock in the region.
January 14, 2020 -
UK MPs back Boris Johnson’s plan to leave EU on Jan 31
Johnson insists a trade deal with the EU can be in place by the end of the transition period, but critics say this timescale is unrealistic.
December 21, 2019 -
UK PM Boris Johnson to present Brexit bill to MPs this week
Earlier on Monday, PM Johnson spoke to US President Donald Trump in a telephonic conversation and discussed bilateral ties.
December 17, 2019 -
Will tactical voting decide UK outcome?
However, things are not going to be so easy for Mr. Johnson and the Brexiteers, and UK might be heading towards a hung parliament – courtesy the extensive exercise of ‘tactical voting’ which becomes instrumental for one in four voters of the UK to vote in favour of some party which is not their first choice.
December 14, 2019 -
UK PM Boris Johnson to visit north England after huge election gains
Johnson was expected to announce a minor re-shuffle possibly as early as December 16.
December 14, 2019 -
‘Best if US keeps out of UK election’: Boris Johnson tells Donald Trump
PM Johnson has said that, if he retains power, he will deliver Brexit by Jan. 31 - after nearly four years of political crisis following a 2016 referendum in which Britons voted to leave the European Union.
November 30, 2019 -
UK PM Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn clash over Brexit in first TV debate
Johnson is hopeful that the December 12 election will break the long impasse over Brexit and give his party a majority so he can extricate Britain from the European Union.
November 20, 2019