British Politics

The Labour Party in Tower Hamlets was in two minds last Thursday (28th July) as the two Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) nominated different candidates in the Labour Party leadership contest. Poplar and Limehouse CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn by a narrow ...

Jim Fitzpatrick may be out of step with his Party’s choice of Leader, but he is remarkably in tune with other MPs on the question of physiotherapy provision for people with muscular dystrophy. Muscular Dystrophy UK, a charity which provides ...

Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, voted for Britain to update its Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in the Trident debate on Monday night. Rushanara, who had previously voted against using conventional explosives to bomb Syria, seems ...

As Angela Eagle and Owen “Owen Who?” Smith start the week by squaring up in a battle for support from fellow rebels, we might find out whether Angela Eagle is a genuine candidate or just a stalking horse to let ...

While the mainstream media is busy telling us Theresa May is as kittenlike as her heels, the new Prime Minister is busy appointing ministers who will carry on Cameron’s Tory programme of cutting work, pay and benefits; clamping down on ...

Labour faces annual leadership contests until the fractious Parliamentary Party is replaced by new MPs who are prepared to respect the members’ vote warned one Labour Party insider after the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which decided the arrangements for ...

Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) is being urged to reject Angela Eagle’s request to “fix” the ballot by excluding Jeremy Corbyn from the leadership election. Anglea Eagle appeared on the influential Radio 4 Today news programme this morning in a ...

Margaret Hodge revealed the strategy of the Corbyn coup plotters on Radio 4 this morning (Sunday, 10th July): to win by keeping Jeremy Corbyn off the ballot paper for Labour Leader. Her revelation helps explain the tactics of the Coup ...

Labour Party members are rushing to express dismay at Angela Eagle’s announcement that she is trying to push Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP onto the back benches and bring back the policies that have lost Labour two General Elections in ...

The last time Labour MPs tried to find a way to squash the views of Labour Party members, they had to eat humble pie. It was at the turn of the century, as the Labour Party selected its candidate to ...