Boris Johnson revealed yesterday (09/12/19) that the BBC licence fee could be called into question by a future Conservative government. In response to a question on the campaign trail in the North East, Johnson said that the current funding model “bears reflection”. Addressing a crowd of workers in a factory, he asked: “How long can you […]
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Politicians are targeting the ‘undecideds’ in the final three days of campaigning before Thursday’s general election and despite the Tory poll lead everything is still to play for. Political parties will be blitzing voters in a frantic final push to win their support with polling firm YouGov stating that 13% of the population have yet […]
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Jeremy Corbyn failed to land a knock-out blow on Boris Johnson in the final head-to-head leaders debate of the general election campaign. Conservatives will be delighted their leader emerged unscathed from the debate while Labour supporters may be left lamenting a lost opportunity to decisively swing the campaign in their favour. Voters will make their […]
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Boris Johnson blamed political “cowardice” for keeping the NHS free for all but the “genuinely sick” and “elderly” and argued that “if people have to pay” for NHS services, “they will value them more.” In a column for the Spectator magazine in 1995, unearthed by Business Insider, Johnson wrote that charging patients would prevent the […]
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Donald Trump arrives in London tonight (Monday) and senior Tories are alarmed the visit could turn into “a train wreck” for Boris Johnson with just ten days left before the general election. The US president will be attending the NATO Conference but Conservatives are concerned Trump could become “the most dangerous weapon in the armoury” […]
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Boris Johnson’s own words make him “a racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobic, liar” who is “unfit to hold the office of Prime Minister”, according to opponents who have seized on newly unearthed comments made by the PM when he wrote for The Spectator magazine. Johnson has also been slammed as a “bottler” given increasing speculation that […]
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Boris Johnson’s key election pledge to introduce 50,000 new nurses to tackle the NHS staffing crisis has been slammed by opponents as “frankly deceitful”. The Prime Minister announced the policy at the launch of the Conservative party’s general election manifesto in Telford where he promised to “release the lion from its cage” and “forge a […]
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The director general of the CBI has said political extremists on the right and left of British politics are causing “great harm to the economy” Dame Carolyn Fairbairn told the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference that extremism from no-deal Tory Brexiters and pro-nationalisation Corbynites meant “we are facing a danger that could get in […]
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The NHS is “imploding” and facing a “catastrophe” that experts says risks becoming a “national emergency” following a raft of figures released this week which could end up costing Boris Johnson the general election. NHS England’s figures show the health service is performing at its worst levels in history while another report highlights worsening staff […]
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The Liberal Democrats are taking ITV to court over their decision to host a head-to-head debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on 19 November. Although Jo Swinson and other party leaders were not invited to participate in the debate, there is to be a ‘live interview-based programme’ after the event which would include representatives […]
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