Jeremy Corbyn divides Labour again as he returns without Whip

Labour was facing a new civil war last night as Left-wing MPs and the party’s biggest union backer attacked Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to deny Jeremy Corbyn the whip. Sir Keir said his predecessor had ‘undermined’ work to restore trust in Labour’s ability to tackle anti-Semitism. Mr Corbyn was suspended as a Labour member last month … Read more

Sir Keir Starmer says he will NOT restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn

Sir Keir Starmer today announced he will not restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn as he claimed his predecessor as Labour leader had ‘undermined and set back’ the party’s work on tackling anti-Semitism.  Mr Corbyn was suspended from Labour last month over his response to a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) … Read more

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn compares Trump’s claims of voter fraud to ‘Hitler in Germany’

House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn compared the current attempts by the Republican party to contest the election results to ‘what Hitler did in Germany’. The South Carolina congressman was speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday night when he claimed that he’s beginning to see similarities between 1930s Germany and Trump’s America.  The 80-year-old … Read more

Ann Summers cracks whip over shop rents

Ann Summers cracks whip over shop rents: Lingerie chain threatens its landlords with store closures By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:16 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 22:41 BST, 1 September 2020 Ann Summers’s boss has threatened its landlords with store closures in a bid to force them to slash rents. The lingerie … Read more

Labour MP Rosie Duffield stands down as whip after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules

Labour MP Rosie Duffield broke lockdown rules by allowing her married TV director lover to visit her home while he was still living with his wife Rosie Duffield admitted breaching coronavirus restrictions by meeting TV director James Routh She saw him on a five-hour walk in April and then allowed him to visit her constituency … Read more

Political drama as sharp as a whip: Patrick Marmion reviews This House 

This House (NT at Home, YouTube)  Rating: Verdict: Still rocks the house  Unprecedented (BBC iPlayer) Rating:  Verdict: Unexciting This House is the Westminster political drama that keeps on giving.  It’s the third time I’ve seen James Graham’s brilliant play and, if anything, it’s grown in stature thanks to the hung parliament shenanigans of last year. … Read more

Teachers whip round to buy schoolboy, 14, new bike after previous one was stolen

Teachers whip round to buy schoolboy, 14, new bike after the one he spent months saving for was stolen the first time he rode it to school Sam Grant had his bike stolen on his first journey to school without his grandad A thief pinched the bike six months after Sam had been saving up … Read more