EU: Corbyn’s Brexit plan was right all along
Comment In February this year, Jeremy Corbyn gave a major speech on Labour’s Brexit stance in which he announced that Labour, in government, would look to agree ‘a customs union’ […]
Tag Archives: UKIP
Sandwell leader’s remarkable response to questions re confidential leaks: “Don’t waste my time”
Edit: this article originally described Julian Saunders as a ‘UKIP-supporting blogger’. He has been in touch to advise that he is not a UKIP supporter. Sandwell council leader – and […]
Murdoch press covers poll showing Labour fall. Ignores poll showing Labour ahead
The Times features a YouGov poll showing the Labour Party dropping three points in Westminster voting intention and the Tories rising by a single point: The poll found that 39 […]
Tories falling apart as MEP wants to execute ‘extreme’ remainers. Which is extreme…
A Tory MEP wants to ‘update’ the Treason Act to include execution for ‘extreme EU loyalty’. David Bannerman tweeted this morning that those exhibiting too much loyalty to the European […]
Latest polling shows Corbyn still playing Brexit hand just right
A small flood of polls released over the past few days show Labour opening a significant lead over the Tories as the Conservatives’ vote share crashes: The polling suggests the […]
Expelled ‘centrist’: “renaming Labour moderates” to UKIP would be the way to go
Labour ‘moderate’ Andy Bigham was recently expelled from the Labour Party for supporting the Tories, both in comments on Facebook and even in running a Tory Facebook group. Bigham came […]
‘Shock’ result in Curborough by-election as Labour wins big in Tory heartland
Labour took a seat in the epitome of a Tory heartland on Thursday evening, in a council by-election win that was treated as a ‘shock’ by election pundits – but […]
Guest post pt 2: understanding Labour heartlands, winning back UKIP vote
In a follow-up to his first hard-hitting guest post, South Yorkshire teacher, Labour voter and trade union activist Andy Searson moves from analysis of the working-class Brexit vote and why […]
Farage, Banks ‘to join DUP’
Nigel Farage was speaking this evening at a DUP event in Ballymena, alongside DUP MPs Ian Paisley Jr, Sammy Wilson and Paul Girvan: While there, he may have been filling […]
Labour’s performance in leave areas shows wisdom of Corbyn approach – and centrist damage
From the early results in the local elections – which were primarily in leave-voting areas where the Tories expected to do relatively well – a pattern seems to be emerging […]