Sir Keir Starmer said demanding vaccine passports for entering pubs or sporting events would go against the ‘British instinct’. The Labour leader indicated that there could be public opposition to the scheme if death rates are near zero and hospital admissions are very low. Boris Johnson last week suggested pubs and other venues could require customers … Read more
Keir Starmer ‘could sack shadow chancellor’ in bid to revive Labour’s fortunes as poll shows party is EIGHT POINTS behind the Tories Keir Starmer said to be looking at replacing shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds A Deltapoll survey for The Mail on Sunday puts the Conservatives on 44 per cent Labour behind on 36,as public supports … Read more
Union boss Len McCluskey warns Sir Keir Starmer he will be ‘dumped into the dustbin of history’ if he ‘continues to attack the left of the party’ and fails to set out what Labour stands for Unite trade union boss Len McCluskey has issued a warning to Sir Keir Starmer Mr McCluskey said Labour leader … Read more
Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election who was forced to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ tweet made in 2011 about ‘a favourite Tory MILF’ Paul Williams, 48, was selected as party’s candidate for Hartlepool by-election But his recently resurfaced social media posts were met with fierce disapproval Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour MPs for ‘misjudging’ the public’s mood over Meghan Markle’s racism claim about the Royal Family Labour MPs slam Keir Starmer for appearing too sympathetic to Meghan’s claims They are also furious they were initially told not to oppose Tory income tax hikes Angry mood comes amid predictions of … Read more
He didn’t display the same emotional range and his tone was slightly less sombre. But there was something familiar about last Monday’s response from Sir Keir Starmer to the crisis enveloping the Royal Family. ‘The issues that Meghan has raised on race and mental health are really serious,’ the Labour leader said, ‘and it’s a reminder … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will turn all his firepower on the Government over its controversial 1 per cent pay rise offer for nurses today as he bids to get his leadership back on track. The Labour leader is to launch the party’s campaign for May’s local and mayoral elections by demanding key workers are … Read more
Keir Starmer was no longer over a barrel: HENRY DEEDES watches the Labour leader in fight mode at PMQs By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 00:58 GMT, 11 March 2021 Not often in the Commons do you get both Conservative and Labour benches hootin’ and a … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was today accused of being ‘ineffective’ after mocking Rishi Sunak’s love of social media in his response to the Tory Chancellor’s radical Budget. The Chancellor announced that income tax thresholds are being frozen until 2026 and corporation tax is being hiked from 2023 as he revealed the Government’s ‘unimaginable’ £407billion … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of using today’s Budget to ‘paper over the cracks’ that have opened up in the UK economy during the Covid pandemic – as he took aim at the Chancellor’s love of social media. The Labour leader goaded Mr Sunak after he presented his plan to restore the nation’s finances, … Read more