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Tag: Labour Party (UK)

  • Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:13 UTC

    Falklands lawmakers meet Labour MPs and shadow ministers at Brighton conference

    Shadow Secretary of State for Defense Maria Eagle at the Falklands stand next to Sukey Cameron, MLA Jan Cheek and MLA Roger Edwards

    Busy days for Falklands lawmakers and the representative of the Islands' government office in London, FIGO, as they attend the round of British parties conference in England for political contacts and to commercially promote the Falklands.

  • Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:26 UTC

    Labour ‘absolutely’ committed to Gibraltar’s self-determination

    “We absolutely as the Labour Party uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination” shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn told guests.

    The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Britain’s Labour Party this week gave an ‘absolute’ commitment to uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination. Speaking at a reception organized by the Gibraltar Government on the fringe of the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Hilary Benn, the shadow Foreign Secretary, was unequivocal with his words.

  • Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

    A repeat of the Corbyn surprise in United States?

    Senator Sanders was also seen as a complete no-hoper when he threw his hat into the ring: no money and far too left-wing to win the Democratic nomination

    By Gwynne Dyer - Jeremy “Jez” Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are very much alike - and so are their ambitions. Corbyn wants to lead Britain's Labour Party into the next election and become prime minister; Sanders wants to win the Democratic Party nomination and become the next President of the United States. And then each man plans to turn his country sharply to the left.

  • Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 06:19 UTC

    Corbyn's Falklands 'negotiable' approach causes dissent among Labour

    At a reception, Hilary Benn said: “I am the shadow foreign secretary… as far as I’m concerned, we believe in self determination for the Falkland Islands”. (Pic AP)

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn statement that the Falkland Islands are 'negotiable', a position he has maintained since he was first elected to Parliament, not only triggered immediate reaction from veterans and Falkland Islanders when he was chosen earlier this month: in effect, senior members from the party, even those within his shadow cabinet openly express their disapproval of his views, according to UK media reports.

  • Friday, September 18th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

    Falklands' government congratulates new Labor leader, Jeremy Corbyn

    “Falkland Islanders and representatives of the Falkland Government will be attending Labour Party’s 2015 Annual Conference in Brighton, and we hope Mr Corbyn will have time to meet with us”

    The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn MP on his election success. Mr Corbyn’s campaign to take up leadership after Ed Miliband resigned in May, touched a raw nerve with some Islanders after media picked up on a BBC interview from two years ago in which he said a “degree of joint administration,” could be used as a solution to the dispute over the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

    Corbyn criticized for not singing the national anthem during service to mark Battle of Britain anniversary

    A spokesman said Corbyn had “stood in respectful silence; Jeremy attended today's event to show respect for those who fought in conflicts for Britain”.

    UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn opted to stand in silence during the singing of the national anthem at a service to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain on Tuesday. The new Labour leader, who believes in the abolition of the monarchy, has faced criticism for not joining in.

  • Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 04:51 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn and the Falkland Islands

    Patrick Watts was broadcasting at the time of the Argentine Invasion in April 1982.

    'Following the controversial election of Jeremy Corbyn as the new leader of the British Labour Party, the Daily Mail published, on Monday 15th September, the following letter which was written by Patrick Watts who was Head of Falklands Radio 1977-1999 and who was broadcasting at the time of the Argentine Invasion in April 1982.'

  • Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

    Falklands' MLAs confident they can 'educate' UK politicians who have swallowed the Argentine story

    MLA Short said that if Corbyn is successful in the Labor leadership election he is going to do that party an awful disservice...”

    Falkland Islands elected lawmakers believe that the election of MP Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Labor would be harmful for that party, but anyhow they are confident that as happened before, they can 'educate' detractors who argue that Britain and Argentina should negotiate over the Falklands.

  • Friday, August 14th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

    Blair warns Labor faces 'annihilation' if it chooses Jeremy Corbyn as leader

    “Labour party is in more mortal danger today than at any point in the over 100 years of its existence” argued former PM Tony Blair in The Guardian

    Former British prime minister Tony Blair made a dramatic intervention into the debate over the future leadership of the Labor Party this week, warning Labour voters that the party faces “annihilation” if it chooses Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

  • Friday, May 8th 2015 - 06:59 UTC

    Conservatives on course to a major victory, as SNP wipes out Labor in Scotland

    The exit poll suggested the Tories will get 316 MPs and Labor will get 239 MPs, despite initial incredulity from Labor and the Lib Dems (Pic: BBC/Sky News/ITV)

    The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party with David Cameron hopeful of gaining a majority in the UK general election. Labor faces being wiped out by the SNP in Scotland and is failing to make the gains it needs in England to stand a chance of forming a government.