IMAGINE THE scenario. An unelected leader visits a country’s parliament – and sits in a chamber of unelected members of parliament and summons the elected representatives of the people to hear what the elected leader has sanctioned as the legislative ...

THE UK INFLATION rate in the month of May rose up to 2.9% – perilously close to the psychological barrier of 3%. This is a big increase on the April rate of 2.7% – both way above the Bank of ...

Mike Gapes, newly re-elected Labour MP for Ilford South, has set jaws dropping across his constituency and beyond – as he denies that the “Jeremy Corbyn effect” was a factor in his re-election. A number of constituents and ordinary voters ...

THE GENERAL ELECTION results are nearly all in – but the verdict is that there are no winners. The Tories have lost around twelve seats. Theresa May called the “cut and run” election to strengthen her position and increase her ...

JEREMY CORBYN has announced that he will be appearing in person on the TV General Election debate to be held this evening. Corbyn had initially indicated that he would not appear on the TV debates, as Theresa May had refused ...

Sebastian Pender Leaning casually against a squat rack, professional fighter Pablo Benn shakes his head before telling me that the “Conservatives had their chance and they messed up. They’ve been messing up for years now. It’s lies, it’s all based ...

MOHAMMAD JAMEL, a senior economist at the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), has said that the housing market seems to be “moving sideways”. He was speaking after the CML released figures showing that mortgages worth £18.4 billion had been advanced ...

THERESA MAY has finally responded to her top colleagues’ Mayday call – and U-turned on her flagship social care policy just days after she invented it. The Prime Minister – who called a “cut and run” General Election to avoid ...

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 ...

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. ...