Politics

TOWER HAMLETS Labour Women are working hard to ensure that the General Election is not just a battle between senior politicians. It’s an event which will affect women’s lives for at least the next five years – and nowhere more so ...

THERESA MAY’S “cut and run” election has been exposed as a desperate gamble based on self-preservation rather than a move which can strengthen the UK’s hand in Brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister had claimed she had decided to hold a ...

BORIS JOHNSON MP was let loose on Thursday in what was widely seen as a tactical move to prove that he was not being silenced. Unfortunately for the Tory Party, Boris immediately opened his mouth and put his foot in ...

THE SNAP GENERAL ELECTION has not been welcome news for UKIP – the far right political party with no MPs but plenty of little Engand/anti-immigration views. There was a time when all was going relatively well for UKIP. •They had ...

JIM FITZPATRICK, Labour MP for the Poplar & Limehouse seat in Tower Hamlets, has at last rebelled against his own party Whip. The MP known in Tory circles as “Dim Jim” voted against having a General Election on 8th June ...

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS has voted by 522 votes to 13 to dissolve Parliament on the basis that a General Election will be held on Thursday, 8th June. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, argued that the Election was necessary because ...

THE GENERAL ELECTION was a surprise – and it’s bound to lead to a few more surprising utterances and events. Straight out of the stalls is John Woodcock, Labour MP for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria – who seems to ...

THERESA MAY has announced that she will ask Parliament to hold an unscheduled General Election on 8th June. The Prime Minister made the announcement outside 10 Downing Street just after 11am on Tuesday, 18th April. Any snap General Election must be ...

CRITICISM HAS RAINED down on Tory Transport Secretary Chris Grayling MP, who has announced the route of a new Lower Thames crossing. The Government will be going ahead with “Option C”: a new tunnel going under Green Belt land and crossing ...

THE UK UNEMPLOYMENT rate has remained virtually unchanged over the last quarter for which figures are available. The official figure stood at 1.56 million at the end of February – down just 45,000 over the previous three months. To have ...