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The storming of the US Capitol by a hate mob, some carrying Confederate flags, at the instigation of the country’s President is unprecedented. All the words that have been used – shame, disgrace, carnage, nadir – are appropriate. The battle between forces of impunity and those of accountability, brewing over the last decade around the … Read more
Ed Miliband today told Sir Philip Green he ‘owes a moral responsibility’ to Arcadia Group workers to cover a shortfall in the company’s pension scheme after the firm collapsed into administration. Some 13,000 staff working across Arcadia brands which include Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Burton, now face an anxious wait, with Deloitte brought in to handle … Read more
Boris Johnson had barely begun speaking when the Opposition benches began bobbing up and down, shrieking and squawking like an aviary of demented cockatoos. ‘Will he give way? Will he give way? Will he give way?’ The Prime Minister was presenting his Internal Market Bill and for a moment it was as though we were … Read more
David Miliband reignites Labour civil war by accusing Jeremy Corbyn of trying to ‘wreck’ Keir Starmer’s leadership with his claim that the 2017 election campaign was sabotaged from within the party The former foreign secretary tore into the ex-opposition leader on Times Radio Corbyn claims he was victim of internal sabotage from disloyal party staff … Read more
Ed Miliband denies new Labour leader Keir Starmer is ‘purging’ Corbynistas saying he was right to sack senior left-winger Rebecca Long-Bailey for a ‘significant error of judgement’ in anti-Semitism row Mr Miliband said ‘decent’ Ms Long-Bailey made a ‘significant error of judgement’ She shared article online containing an allegedly anti-Semitic conspiracy theory In it actress … Read more
The Covid-19 crisis is an emergency like no other. Every British citizen depends on the Government mobilising every conceivable resource to save lives, protect the economy and plan for the future. But the response in countries such as the UK is not just important for those reasons. It will also shape the global debate about … Read more
Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition Angela Rayner, deputy Leader and chairwoman of the Labour Party Anneliese Dodds, shadow chancellor of the exchequer Lisa Nandy, shadow foreign secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, shadow home secretary Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lammy, shadow justice secretary John Healey, shadow defence secretary Ed Miliband, shadow … Read more