A councillor has accidentally set his notepad on fire when trying to light a candle during a Zoom meeting with 30 other colleagues. City of London councillor Tom Sleigh was on a video call with the Resource Allocation Sub-Committee when the mishap happened. The Labour Party member shared the footage on Twitter yesterday (December 10), […]
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Keir Starmer elected new leader of UK's Labour Party
Britain’s main opposition party picks lawyer and Labour’s Brexit spokesman to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. Glasgow, United Kingdom – Jeremy Corbyn’s chequered leadership of the British Labour Party has officially come to an end after Keir Starmer was elected to replace him following a protracted four-month contest. Corbyn, a staunch socialist who presided over Labour for […]
‘Downing Street strategy has finally turned from individual to collective needs’
The lights are going out all over the Palace of Westminster. Restaurants, bars, banqueting suites and offices went dark even before the lockdown as MPs packed bags and files for isolation in their constituencies. It is, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a sparsely attended and carefully well-spaced Commons, “unprecedented in peacetime”. Not a war. […]
Jeremy Corbyn could self-isolate for months under coronavirus plan for over-70s
Jeremy Corbyn could self-isolate for months under a plan to protect those aged 70 and over from coronavirus, his top ally has indicated. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said "we should follow medical advice" when asked what Labour's leader, who turned 70 last May, would do. Mr Corbyn is due to step down as Labour leader […]
Starmer won’t rule out campaigning to rejoin EU at Mirror leadership hustings
Keir Starmer has failed to rule out campaigning to rejoin the EU in the future at a Mirror hustings for the Labour leadership candidates. Last month the frontrunner to succeed Jeremy Corbyn said there was no question that could happen after Brexit. Since then his position seems to have softened. Today he admitted: "I don't […]