Labour warns election candidates to avoid talking about Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid pandemic

Labour warns election candidates to avoid talking about Boris Johnson’s handling of Covid pandemic – because it has been too popular with voters May’s local election candidates are recommended to avoid talking about Covid This is because Boris Johnson’s approach has been so popular with UK voters  Labour is under strain as the Tories have … Read more

Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election over tweet

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

Twitter user, 66, is cleared of harassing local Labour MP Julie Elliott

Twitter user, 66, is cleared of harassing local Labour MP Julie Elliott by repeatedly posting term ‘hang the old hag’ after judge said remarks were ‘not menacing’ in the context used Series of allegations made against Len Lowther, of Marine Walk, Sunderland Police found messages in which he asked people to repeat ‘hang the old … Read more

Fury as Labour accuses Tories of ‘effectively decriminalising rape’

Fury as Labour accuses Tories of ‘effectively decriminalising rape’ in ‘incredibly irresponsible’ tweet Tory chair Amanda Milling branded it ‘incredibly irresponsible’ misinformation  Tweet highlighted low percentage of rape reports that result in a charge  Post was published as the Government’s controversial Policing Bill was voted on By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 21:54 GMT, 16 … Read more

Councillor is suspended for dressing up as a woman on Facebook in protest at idea of curfew for men

Married Tory councillor is suspended for dressing up as a woman in protest at proposals for a 6pm curfew for all men after Sarah Everard’s murder Mark Deacon, Conservative councillor for Plymouth, posted image on Facebook Said he would wear a floral pink dress and long black wig if curfew was imposed  He has been … Read more

Keir Starmer faces backlash from Labour MPs for ‘misjudging’ the public’s mood over Meghan claims

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

Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace

As outsourcer is accused of bagging £37bn from controversial scheme to tackle Covid, Serco slams false Labour claims over Test & Trace Jeremy Corbyn and leading Labour MPs wrongly suggested it had bagged £37billion from the scheme  The outsourcing group has faced criticism over the controversial programme   The firm said it had been awarded contracts … Read more

Keir Starmer battles to get Labour leadership back on track with assault on 1% NHS pay plan

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

Labour slams No10’s ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out

Labour has slammed Downing Street for spending taxpayers’ money for a ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out.  No10 shared a dramatic trailer for the official documentary on Britain’s race for a Covid-19 jab, titled A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story.  Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Labour leader Keir Starmer in fight mode at PMQs 

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