Month: September 2024

Keir Starmer’s interventionist state.H

The Prime Minister’s embrace of bigger government is a challenge to both left and right. Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech had two main tasks: to dispel the air of gloom around the party and to signal a clearer sense of…

Home Office forced to release critical report on origins of Windrush scandal.H

Government had objected to report’s publication as it may ‘damage trust of affected communities’ The Home Office has been forced to release a suppressed report on the origins of the Windrush scandal by a tribunal judge who quoted George Orwell in a…

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The iconic UK seaside town with ‘no-go zones’ and locals too scared to go out after dark_l

EXCLUSIVE: Locals warn Bournemouth beach and the seaside resort’s Lower Gardens are ‘no-go’ areas at night. A celebrated seaside town which attracts millions of visitors a year has a sinister side with “no-go areas” where locals won’t visit at night….

We’re sick to death of Angela Rayner’s gobby, female working-class schtick_l

Angela Rayner has hired a photographer for about £68,000 of your money to capture her in her role as the Deputy Prime Minister in order to boost her image. This follows reports that in the one and only sensible move…

Sorry, Labour: it’s not one rule for you, and another for the rest of us! B

Sue Gray and Dominic Cummings must both be held to the same standards Starmer has defended Gray’s pay Oli Scarff/AFP Remember Dominic Cummings? The man who was the bête noir of the British Left after he led the victorious campaign to leave the European…

‘I’m picking up bad vibes’: voters unimpressed by Labour after three months in power_P

Widespread opposition to winter fuel payments cut but some are perplexed by furore over freebies for ministers Labour’s party conference, or indeed any sense of what the new government was going to do to make their lives better, had barely…

‘He doesn’t engage’: Why Labour’s backbenchers are turning on Starmer! B

While the Prime Minister may have spent years preparing for power, the result now he’s there is The Rookie Errors Show You can tell how important people are by how fast they whizz past you. There goes Yvette Cooper, changing…

Labour may give reason for every new peerage! B

While honours system provides a small summary explaining an award, no such citation is published when someone enters the House of Lords Baroness Charlotte Owen was 29 when she became the youngest ever life peer KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AFP New peerages will have…

Seltene Fotografien von Hamburg, Deutschland in den 1920er Jahren.H

Die 1920er Jahre waren eine pulsierende Zeit für Hamburg. Es war eine Zeit des Wirtschaftswachstums, kultureller Innovationen und sozialer Veränderungen. Die Stadt war ein geschäftiger Handelsknotenpunkt und ihr Hafen war einer der geschäftigsten in Europa. Hamburg hatte auch ein florierendes…

Keir Starmer claims keeping winter fuel payments could have sparked Liz Truss-style meltdown on markets and warns UK faces taking more asylum seekers – as he begs Brits to be ‘patient’ with his ‘painful choices’ in Labour conference speech.H

Keir Starmer suggested keeping winter fuel payments in place could have sparked a Liz Truss-style meltdown on markets as he launched a bid to reboot his fledgling premiership today. The PM acknowledged fury at the decision to strip the benefit from…