Tag: Labour Party (UK)

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:12 UTC

  More than half a million sign petition to have Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”

  

  More than half a million people have signed a petition to have former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”. Sir Tony was appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Falklands at Labour conference, climate change and “Looking forward at 40”, the main issues

  

  The Falkland Islands have a stand at the Labour conference in Brighton which took off on Saturday and will extend until Wednesday 29 September. Official hosts of the stand are MLA Stacey Bragger and the Falklands Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop...plus Rex the Rockie penguin.

• Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 10:24 UTC

  Labour's candidate Sadiq Khan re-elected as mayor of London, some say with an eye on Downing St.

  

  Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver and the first Muslim mayor of London since being elected in 2016, has been chosen for yet another term in office by defeating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, it was announced Saturday after vote counting was complete.

• Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

  Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC

  Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

  

  British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson's lead over Labour has narrowed sharply to six points

  

  The lead for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives over the Labour Party has narrowed sharply to six points from 13 a week ago, according to a poll by BMG for the Independent newspaper conducted before the London Bridge attack.

• Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Protection of Falklands' people democratic rights ensured in Conservative manifesto

  

  The Conservative and Unionist party manifesto for the coming 12 December election, “Get Brexit Done Unleash Britain’s Potential”, in one of its chapters includes a special mention to the democratic rights and the protection of the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Boris Johnson launches election campaign in Labour stronghold of Birmingham

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday launched the Conservatives' election campaign in a traditional stronghold of the Labour opposition he hopes to win over by vowing to “get Brexit done”.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Ten Falklands' Governors take Sukey Cameron to lunch

  

  Ten Falkland Islands former Governors took Sukey Cameron MBE to lunch to mark her retirement as Falkland Islands Government Representative in London. Ms. Cameron told Penguin News she believed it was the first occasion that they have all been together.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Falkland’s delegates successful round of contacts at Labour Party conference

  

  A delegation of Falkland Islands' lawmakers and staff are attending the annual round of UK political parties’ conferences. This week was the turn of the Labour Party which met at Brighton