Eddie Izzard has announced he is aiming to stand as the Labour candidate in Brighton at the next general election. The 61-year-old said: ‘Labour needs a candidate that can inspire many thousands to become our friends and allies in the fight for a fairer-greener-cleaner planet’. Izzard, originally from nearby Bexhill-on-sea, said of Brighton: ‘Support this …
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Robin Harper has resigned his life membership of the Scottish Green party as he believes it has ‘lost the plot’. Mr Harper, who was the UK’s first Green parliamentarian, quit in a letter to co-leader Patrick Harvie. The 82-year-old served as a Lothians MSP between 1999 and 2011 and was co-convener of the party from …
Humza Yousaf has been a disaster wherever he has gone. From the nursery in Broughty Ferry via the Health Minster position to the scooter tumble in the hallway and finally to the job as First Minister. It’s been one train wreck after another for Humza, while his party implodes due to serious fraud investigations surrounding …
Remember Theresa May? If you are very lucky, you’ll say “no, never heard of her”. If you aren’t so lucky, you’ll remember that god awful robot dance thing she did while she was our PM in front of the cameras, on purpose. I’m still recovering from the initial cringe of this spectacle myself. Well, after …
Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Woman and Equalities Committee, has stated that she has experienced inappropriate behaviour about 50 times in her 13-year career. The Tory MP went on to say that what some women go through in and around the halls of Westminster is horrific and has urged party whips to draw up tougher …
Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has been accused of “racist and bullying behaviour” after a row on social media with high-profile headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh. Ms Birbalsingh, once dubbed “Britain’s strictest headteacher”, accused the Birmingham Yardley MP of seeking to “whip up a social media mob” against her on Twitter. It came after Ms Birbalsingh, head of …
The leader of Ashfield District Council, Councillor Jason Zadrozny, will appear in court next month, charged with offences including drug possession, money laundering and fraudulent income tax evasion. Fellow councillor Tom Hollis will also appear in court to face two charges under the Localism Act. Of Councillor Zadrozny’s charges, the 12 counts of fraud by …
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A video showing Conservative Party workers at a Christmas party during lockdown in 2020 is “terrible” and “completely out of order”, Michael Gove has said. The Levelling Up Secretary was reacting to a video which showed people dancing and drinking at a gathering – ignoring strict social distancing rules imposed by the government at the height …
MP Neil Coyle has been reinstated to the Parliamentary Labour Party following his suspension for racially abusing a journalist and harassing an assistant. The MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark has been sitting in the Commons as an independent MP since his suspension from Labour last year. Mr Coyle had admitted to a drink problem …
Police Scotland are launching an investigation into Jordan Linden, the ex-SNP leader of North Lanarkshire Council, after five men, two of whom have given statements to detectives, made claims against him of sex attacks, child grooming and sexual harassment, some recent and others that date back eight years. Mr Linden told the media that he did not accept …
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