A North London Labour councillor has been selected to challenge former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan-Smith for his East London seat at the general election. Brent Councillor, Shama T… Read More
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The central contribution of women in the East End to the Suffrage Movement is not always recogn… Read More
Rishi Sunak has suggested that Britain could face a hung parliament in the upcoming general election, urging Conservative MPs to unify in the face of Labour’s challenge.
In his first c… Read More
Prime minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday promised to work “as hard as ever” after a disastrous set of election results saw his Conservative Party being unseated across several local… Read More
Labour has claimed victory in the West Midlands mayoral race in a huge blow to Rishi Sunak. Conservative incumbent Andy Street was vying for a third term against Labour rival Richard Parker… Read More
Pakistani-origin Sadiq Khan Saturday won a third term as London‘s mayor, capping a round of local elections across England that confirmed the political supremacy of the Labour Party… Read More
Election news dominated British headlines on Friday, May 3, 2024 and will continue to do so over the weekend.
In Scotland, news concerned an SNP leadership contest following Humza Yousaf&rsq… Read More
LABOUR remain the largest party on Bolton Council despite being two councillors down today. They gained a seat in Bradshaw from the Tories and dramatically lost a councillor in Astley Bridge… Read More
THE local elections were bound to make this a febrile week for political leadership. Mayors and councillors across England will discover their fate at the hands of the voters on Friday (3)… Read More
Augustus Carp gives his latest bulletin on councillors who have changed party. Individually, these moves may be insignificant, but the overall totals do show which way the tide is running.It… Read More
By Sunder Katwala
Director, British Future
THE local elections were bound to make this a febrile week for political leadership. Mayors and councillors across England will discover their fate… Read More
By Sunder Katwala
Director, British Future
THE local elections were bound to make this a febrile week for political leadership. Mayors and councillors across England will discover their fate… Read More
TOKYO: At the invitation of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee of the World Federation, the founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Professor (Dr.) C Raj Kumar add… Read More
ANTI-ISLAMIC tweets which appear to have been posted by a Tory local election candidate in Trafford have been taken down along with her profile on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The posts and… Read More
Motorists who park in Bushey and Radlett have told senior councillors they should not introduce new parking charges.
More than 1,500 people have signed a petition urging Hertsmere Borough Co… Read More
More biting satire: I find it hard to see Ed Davey holding on to the leadership after this. It's a good thing this entry marks the end of this visit to Bonkers Hall.How strange it is that Lo… Read More
Our prime minister always seems to come off second best when encountering children and games. His visit to the Bonkers' Home for Well-Behaved Orphans was no exception.I suspect the little in… Read More
There are those who claim that Lord Bonkers has built up large stocks of Stilton to enable him to withstand a strike by the miners, but I'm sure that's not true. Lord B. does indeed like his… Read More
I once asked the old boy about Agatha Mousetrap. His verdict: "An ingenious woman. She often wrote novels without a butler in them, so it was simply impossible to know who the murderer was."… Read More
I'm no great fan of the way the cricket season is currently organised either. Out of fairness, however, I should say that I'm planning to a trip to Grace Road on Friday, to thwart the Englan… Read More
Question the Liberal Democrats' targeting strategy or the leadership's reluctance to mention Brexit outside party conferences and you risk being accused of wanting to "turn the party into a… Read More
Polls are the last chance for voters to make their choices before the general election
UK politics – latest updates
Voters in England will go to the polls on 2 May to elect more than 2… Read More
Writing in the Local Government Chronicle, Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher forecast a bad night for the Conservatives in May's local elections:"If the Conservatives repeat their po… Read More
Passengers should be able to travel by train between Rickmansworth and Watford, a councillor has suggested. Just three passenger trains per day connect the two Hertfordshire towns which are… Read More
The climate sceptic party Reform UK accepted £10,000 from a former Conservative Party donor who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct, DeSmog can reveal.&nb… Read More
One of Britain’s most well-known individuals in recent times is Rishi Sunak, a name that is connected with political astuteness and financial savvy. Sunak was born in Southamp… Read More
Plans for almost 100 homes on Hertfordshire farmland have been thrown out.
M Scott Properties asked St Albans City and District Council for permission to build 95 homes west of A5183 Watling… Read More
Helen Morgan's chances of holding North Shropshire, the seat she won in the 2021 by-election, have been boosted by the recruitment of three local Green councillors, reports the Border Counti… Read More
Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi uploading a few visuals of his whistlestop trip to Lakshadweep on social media push the troubled India-Maldives relations further into the deep?
By Col R… Read More
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Since we last spoke on Monday, are there any other things on your real estate mind? Any new developments?
It’s only been a few days but already, I feel as… Read More
Augustus Carp with an end-of-year update on the number of councillors who have left the party under whose flag they were elected.The end of the year is probably as good a time as any to cons… Read More
Councillors say they are ‘vehemently opposed’ to plans to increase passenger numbers at Luton Airport – and that NO conditions could make it acceptable.
Luton Rising &ndash… Read More
The success of the county’s mental health services in treating in-patients within Hertfordshire has been acknowledged at a meeting of the health scrutiny committee.
In the past He… Read More
The japanese gov’t to push right back 31% target for ladies during the leadership ranks of the doing 10 yearsTOKYO — Japan government is determined so you can reduce the aim of e… Read More
For some time now, I've tried to put together an electorate voting guide for those with a libertarian bent. Whether you vote ACT, National or any other party you think will advance more free… Read More
Read Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey’s speech to Autumn Conference.
Thank you friends.
I’m afraid I have to start this afternoon with an apology.
You might remember –
Af… Read More
The saga of the Conservatives' proposed North West relief road for Shrewsbury has taken a farcical turn:From BBC News:Councillors voted to back £95m of extra borrowing, after the figur… Read More
The former senior Leicester Labour Rita Patel has announced the formation of a new political party: One Leicester.Patel was one of the Labour elected mayor Sir Peter Soulsby's assistant mayo… Read More
If you are searching for Labour Party corporate office address or phone number, you have come to the right place because here we have provided all information about Labour Party head office… Read More
Yesterday’s post was about last Thursday’s three by-elections in England in Conservative-held seats.
Conservatives and Labour are both drawing conclusions about each party winnin… Read More
Author: Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center
One of the key highlights of Japan’s three national security documents released on 16 December 2022 — the National Security Strategy, the Nat… Read More
Zanu PF Land Barons In Vote-Buying Gimmick
Suspected Zanu PF-linked land barons have invaded large tracts of land in Harare and Chitungwiza, where they are doling out residential st… Read More
Last night the annual meeting of Rutland County Council elected the Liberal Democrat Gale Waller as its leader. It also elected a cabinet of six, all of whom are Lib Dem councillors.Gale Wal… Read More
How far do defections by councillors predict election results? Augustus Carp brings us up to date with his findings.Churchill spoke of his various changes of political allegiance as ratting… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesSup up your beer and collect your fags,There's a poll going on down near Slough.i News is getting excited about one ward in particular:The Eton and Castle ward in Wind… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesParmjit Singh Gill, who won the Leicester South by-election for the Liberal Democrats in 2004, is our candidate in next month's mayoral election in Leicester.He overtu… Read More
If you want to know which parties are up and which are down, look at the changes of allegiance in council chambers, says Augustus Carp. It looks like an important political event took p… Read More
On Saturday, February 11, 2023, GB News aired Charlie Peters’s incredible 45-minute documentary, Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame.
This is not easy viewing, but it is important to… Read More