“I believe, with different leadership, we would have kept much of our vote in traditional Labour areas,” Tony Blair said. “He (Corbyn) personified politically a brand of quasi-revolutionary socialism, mixing far-left economic policy with deep hostility to Western foreign policy which never has appealed to traditional Labour voters and never will appeal to them.”Continue reading
Pollsters believe that Boris Johnson needs to be more than six points clear of Labour on Thursday to secure a majority.Continue reading
“This is the cold, hard evidence that categorically shows the impact Johnson’s damaging Brexit deal will have on large parts of our country,” Jeremy Corbyn said in a speech in London.Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn: “I very gently, and quite simply but extremely firmly, say this, in any trade deal with the United States with a Labour government, public services will not be put on the table. Our NHS (National Health Service) will not be put up for sale to anybody.”Continue reading
“It depends on the circumstances, it depends on the sentence, but crucially it depends on what they’ve done in the prison,” UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said.Continue reading
After a tumultuous week for both leading parties, the poll of polls compiled by PA Media, puts the Tories on 42 per cent having dropped by one point from last week.Continue reading
Boris Johnson has ruled out another Scottish referendum but says that if Labour wins next month’s election without a parliamentary majority, it would agree to a vote on independence next year in return for the support of the Scottish National Party.Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn told the audience: ‘Labour will never use the NHS as a bargaining chip in trade talks with anybody’.Continue reading
Tony Blair: “The unifying sentiment is a desire, bordering on the febrile, to end the mess, to wake from the nightmare. This desire, though completely understandable, is in danger of leading us into a big mistake; and frankly we cannot afford another of those.”Continue reading
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Jeremy Corbyn: “I will adopt as prime minister, if I am, at the time, a neutral stance so that I can credibly carry out the results of that (referendum) to bring our communities and country together, rather than continuing an endless debate about the EU, and Brexit.”Continue reading
“Yes, it is a radical manifesto,” Jeremy Corbyn said. “But when you travel around this country and you talk to people, radical answers are what’s necessary.”Continue reading
The stakes are high for both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn as they try to win over a Brexit-weary electorate. Both are trying to overcome a mountain of mistrust.Continue reading
Ian Austin: “I wouldn’t say that Boris Johnson is unfit to be our prime minister in a way that I say that about Jeremy Corbyn. I think the country has a big choice to make, and I think that Jeremy Corbyn is completely unfit to lead it.”Continue reading
Boris Johnson says millions of people were executed under Josef Stalin and many more perished from abuse and disease in a vast network of prison camps, known as the Gulags. Relatively affluent farmers, known as kulaks, were among the groups targeted.Continue reading
The Conservatives want to leave the EU. Labour want to negotiate their own exit deal and put it to a referendum alongside. Liberal Democrats want to cancel Brexit. Brexit Party are pushing for a ‘Clean Break Brexit’.Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn responded to Trump’s comments with a tweet that read: “Trump is trying to interfere in UK election to get his friend Boris Johnson elected.”Continue reading
“This election is a once-in-a-generation chance to transform our country, take on the vested interests holding people back and ensure that no community is left behind,” Jeremy Corbyn said in remarks released by his party.Continue reading