Paul Knaggs

Sir Keir Starmer has warned against blaming Labour's historic election defeat on its 2019 campaign alone. NEWSFLASH STARMER, WE BLAME YOU. The leadership candidate claimed the party had been losing votes in its Heartlands for a "long time" and had lost four general elections in a row. People wanted "fundamental change" but did not trust Labour to deliver it, he told...

The contenders for the Labour Leadership contest have adopted the 'Ten pledges' from the Muslim council of Britain. Back in November 2019, the Muslim Council of Britain launched its election policy platform, in which it called on all political parties to commit to a series of 10 key pledges, with Islamophobia being the key priority. The report, along with identifying a...

The Government has struck a deal with the airline's shareholders after crisis talks over the future of Flybe amid fears 2,000 jobs could be lost if the company collapsed Ministers agreed to work with Flybe to figure out a repayment plan for a significant tax debt that is thought to top £100m. Meanwhile, the firm's owners have agreed to pump more...

A police chief has apologised to the children abused by grooming gang his officers failed to bring to justice and said he is "personally disgusted" the children were not cared for. This is not ancient history or an isolated case, more than 18,700 suspected victims of child sexual exploitation were identified by local authorities in 2018-19, up from 3,300 five...

Varadkar "I have to acknowledge that circumstances have changed. We have a deal on Brexit and in many ways that was the big job of this government." Varadkar says now is the best time for a vote as February 8th polling date set. Ireland will hold a snap general election next month, the country's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told his cabinet...

The UK government has formally rejected a call from Scotland's first minister for a second independence referendum. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a referendum would "continue the political stagnation Scotland has seen for the past decade". Johnson also referred to the fact that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had previously pledged that the 2014 referendum would be a "once in a generation"...

All five of the Labour leader candidates have signed up to the Board of Deputies’ undemocratic, divisive and damaging list of pledges. Once we all flocked to the Labour Party inspired by Corbyn’s pledges to renationalise public services, end austerity and build council homes. Now the right-wing Board of Deputies which has absolutely nothing to do with the Labour movement...

It's now a five-horse race for the Leadership position The leadership hopefuls passed the first hurdle after gaining the nominations of 22 MP and MEP colleagues. Sir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry are the remaining candidates. Emily Thornberry will join four other candidates on the ballot to become the next Labour leader, after winning the support...

Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips or Emily Thornberry are still in the race. Clive Lewis has pulled out of the Labour leadership race, saying he was “standing aside in the spirit of pluralism, diversity and generosity”. Abandoning his leadership bid on Monday, Mr Lewis said: “At this stage, it’s clear that I won’t get on the...

Crowds in Tehran call on leadership to resign after Tehran admits it mistakenly downed airliner with 176 people aboard. In a second day of protests the Iranian people turn up heat on their leaders. Protesters in Iran's capital gathered on mass chanting: "They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here," the demonstrators chanted as they...