A Jewish activist organisation has duped Jeremy Corbyn fans into calling him unfit for office by making them believe comments said by the Labour leader about Jews were actually made by Boris Johnson. The video made by the Israel Advocacy Movement shows Labour supporters being presented with the Labour leader’s controversial comments about Jewish people – but … Read more
Seventy serving and former Labour officials have condemned Jeremy Corbyn‘s handling of the party’s anti-Semitism crisis in a bombshell submission to the UK’s equalities watchdog. The Labour Party is under formal investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over its handling of allegations of anti-Semitism. The 70 current and ex-staff have given sworn statements … Read more
The row over whether or not Jeremy Corbyn watches the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day rumbled on today after Angela Rayner repeatedly insisted he could have ‘watched it on catch up’. The shadow education secretary defended Mr Corbyn by bizarrely repeating his suggestion that he watched the annual message in ‘the morning’, despite it first airing … Read more
On the face of it, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Jeremy Corbyn would seem to have very little in common. Mr Macron is a brainy, sleek technocrat who believes in the capitalist system. Having read philosophy at university, he obtained a master’s degree in public affairs before training for a civil service career at … Read more
She’s the aristocratic eco-warrior who has campaigned for decades against factory farming. But now, I can disclose, Tracy Worcester, ex-wife of the Duke of Beaufort, has ditched the Green Party in favour of Jeremy Corbyn and Labour. Tracy, who in her youth starred in Eighties detective series Cats Eyes, tells me she will be voting … Read more
We know politicians come up with some dodgy numbers. But even by the standards of modern politics, it’s impossible to exaggerate how shoddy the numbers trotted out by John McDonnell yesterday are. The dossier produced to support Labour’s plan to ‘put a stop to rip-off Britain’ claims that since 2010, bills for the average household … Read more
Labour grandee Lord Falconer yesterday warned that Jeremy Corbyn should not try to cling on as leader if the party loses the election. He challenged union chief Len McCluskey’s claim that he should stay on to allow Labour a ‘period of reflection’. The former lord chancellor said Mr Corbyn should resign quickly and be replaced … Read more
Steve Coogan, Mark Rylance and Labour anti-Semitism denier Ken Loach back Jeremy Corbyn and praise his hard-left manifesto for putting ‘needs of people and the planet over private profit’ A slew of left-wing luvvies praised his ‘transformative’ plans for the country Some 40 backed a letter to the Guardian that also criticised Boris Johnson Many … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn has been caught out claiming he watches the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day in the morning – when in fact the annual address is always broadcast in the afternoon. The Labour leader has a cringe-worthy exchange with ITV’s Julie Etchingham in an interview set to air tomorrow night, when the presenter asks if … Read more
The FTSE 100 closed up 5.02 points at 7451.89 and the pound was at $1.31 against the dollar. Oil prices hit their highest level so far this year, fuelled by violent clashes in oil-rich Libya. The instability poses a threat to the supply of oil from Libya. A barrel of Brent crude was trading 0.97 … Read more