Bristol council votes in favour of a plan described as “atonement and reparation” for city’s role in the slave trade
Advertisements Councillors in Bristol have voted in favour of a plan, described as, “atonement and reparation” for Bristol’s role in the slave trade. UNN’s Oliver Down has learnt that Bristol City Council passed a motion at an extraordinary full council meeting. The...
Newslinks for Friday 5th March 2021
‘Tax-raiding’ budget gives Conservatives 13-point poll lead over Labour “The Conservatives have enjoyed a significant bounce in the polls since Wednesday’s budget despite announcing the biggest tax rises in 30 years. A survey by YouGov found that the...
Sturgeon May Cling On to Power if Found to Have Broken Ministerial Code
Sturgeon May Cling On to Power if Found to Have Broken Ministerial Code [embedded content] At First Minister’s Questions yesterday afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon refused to pledge to resign if she was found to have breached the ministerial code. Asked by new Scottish...
Our post-Budget Cabinet League Table. Sunak is still second – though his score is his lowest as Chancellor since Covid.
Here is a list of Rishi Sunak’s previous monthly ratings in the table as Chancellor: 93 per cent, 92 per cent, 92 per cent, 85 per cent, 83 per cent, 82 per cent, 82 per cent, 75 per cent, 80 per cent, 82 per cent, 95 per cent and 65 per cent. So his post-Budget...
Iain Dale: The EU has no interest in Northern Ireland’s future prosperity. It just sees it as a mechanism to exert its power.
Iain Dale presents the evening show on LBC Radio and the For the Many podcast with Jacqui Smith. Most budgets are curate’s eggs. Good in parts. This one was no different. Politically, it was a triumph for Brand Rishi. It was well delivered. His post-Budget press...
How to advise Lord North, or Heath, or Thatcher, or Johnson
Political Advice: Past, Present and Future edited by Colin Kidd and Jacqueline Rose The press is excited by stories about Boris Johnson’s advisers. Who is in, who out? Who is briefing against whom? Carrie Symonds is running the country from her sofa! The news...
Adam Holloway: Vaccine queue jumping is happening – and costs lives
Adam Holloway is MP for Gravesham. Some of the oldest and most medically vulnerable people in our country have yet to get the new coronavirus vaccine because others have jumped the queue – often with permission of their local employers. At a time when vaccines...
Labour’s claim that the Towns Fund is skewed for partisan advantage lacks credibility
The 2019 Conservative Manifesto promised to set up a Towns Fund. It pledged “a new deal for towns” adding: “Our new Towns Fund will help communities make sure their towns are safe to walk in and a pleasure to be in. We want there to be things to do,...
Freedom of Information request reveals Government PAUSED counting Covid exclusive deaths in June 2020
Advertisements One of our readers asked the following question of Public Health Wales: I am writing to request the number of People that died in Welsh hospitals in 2020 from Covid-19 alone? To clarify, I am aware of the figures that are published online but I know...
Tories Announce Darlington Treasury Campus… with a Photo of York
Tories Announce Darlington Treasury Campus… with a Photo of York The budget may have been a net-win for North East yesterday, with two freeports and Darlington announced as a new Treasury northern campus. London-based CCHQ has managed to slightly undermine the Tories’...
