LABOUR’S official candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow, Rushanara Ali, seems to be suffering from “May’s disease” – a distaste for appearing on TV alongside her main rival. This is Ms Ali’s third General Election as a candidate, but knowing ...
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Facing prison to protect privacy – what others say
Mohammed Rabbani, International Director of CAGE, said: (charged under Section 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000): “This should be a moment of pride and celebration for Muslims. There are some members of our community that are not just going to complain, ...
Read More »UK inflation rockets up to 2.7%
IT’S OFFICIAL: UK prices are rising by 2.7% per year – smashing the Bank of England’s attempts to keep the rate below 2%. That’s off target by a whopping 33% and a staggering 0.4% up on last month’s annual figure. ...
Read More »Employers predict bad news on pay
EMPLOYERS ARE predicting that pay rises this year will come in at around 1%. With inflation at 2.3% and rising, most of us are in for a pay cut in real terms. The employers’ predicted level of increase has fallen ...
Read More »NHS: Labour promises extra funds
LABOUR HAS promised to spend an extra £37 billion on the NHS if it forms a government on 9th June. The Tories have promised no extra funding and are relying on their record: oh dear. Labour says that £10 billion ...
Read More »Clueless: May tackles workers’ rights
FIRST IT WAS “tough on immigration”. Now it’s “workers’ rights”. Tory boss Theresa May is angling for working class votes across the Midlands and the North of England as she attempts to win a mandate for five more years of ...
Read More »Rushanara named as Brexit rebel
THE LABOUR candidate who recently called her Independent challenger “confused” is now confusing voters herself by appearing to support a Labour rebel pamphlet on “Brexit” policy. Two days ago, Labour candidate Chuka Umunna launched a pamphlet entitled Stop Hard Brexit: ...
Read More »Election expenses: Tory double standards
THERESA MAY has responded to the news that no Tory candidates will be charged with a criminal offence as a result of the “battle bus” incident by declaring “We did nothing wrong.” She is wrong to do so: the Election ...
Read More »Rushanara tells Ajmal “get off my turf”
LABOUR’S RUSHANARA ALI has dismissed Ajmal Masroor’s challenge to her as “confusing” and told him to go and stand for election somewhere else. Rushanara Ali, the outgoing Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, is Labour’s official candidate in the ...
Read More »House price news shakes May’s economy
IT WAS BAD NEWS for Theresa May this morning as figures from two sources hinted that all is not well with house prices – which could be an early sign that the economy is far from healthy. House prices are ...
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