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thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
The Tory shadow chancellor has vowed to “never again” repeat the “mistakes” of Liz Truss in a further humiliating blow to the former prime minister. Sir Mel Stride took a jab at Truss yesterday in a bid to distance Kemi Badenoch’s leadership away from their party’s record in government, accusing her of “putting at risk the very stability which Conservatives had always said must be carefully protected”.
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4 days ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Sadiq Khan has savagely responded to Robert Jenrick’s viral video where he filmed fare dodgers on the London Underground. While accepting fare evasion is an issue, the mayor of London reminded the shadow justice secretary of the “consequences of the cuts in policing and TfL made by his government”. He also mocked Jenrick, suggesting he was an attention seeker for publishing the video, which has gained nearly 15 million views on X. Talking to Times Radio, Khan said: “Fare evasion is an issue.
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5 days ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Robert Jenrick has admitted that previous Tory governments “should have done more” to support the armed forces, increase police numbers, and reduce prison overcrowding. The shadow justice secretary was confronted about his record in government in a “painful” LBC interview after he released a viral video confronting fare dodgers on the London Underground.
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msn.com | Bill Curtis
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msn.com | Bill Curtis
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metro.co.uk | Bill Curtis
Robert Jenrick wants you to think he's an action man. A no nonsense, law and order type so fed up with fare dodging and civic disintegration that he's taken justice into his own hands on the London Underground. In a demonstration of righteousness recorded by a friend with a camera, he stopped at least three young men at Stratford station, questioned them about not paying their fare, and asked one to clarify if they were carrying a knife. It was theatre.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Boris Johnson’s former wife has urged Keir Starmer to “put right what went wrong” with Brexit by going even further than his ‘reset’ with the European Union. Human rights lawyer Marina Wheeler KC is writing a book arguing that Britain should embrace Brussels and develop a closer relationship with the bloc. The book, unveiled on Wednesday, calls for a “more radical” strategy than the government’s current plans, saying “Europe is once again central to Britain’s future,” according to the Telegraph.
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thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Senior Labour MP Stella Creasy has called to make abortion a human right after Nigel Farage said it is “utterly ludicrous” that Britain allows the practice up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, The London Economic can reveal. The Reform leader has said the UK’s current laws on abortion are “irrational” as critics argue his stance lacks understanding since the majority of terminations occur within the initial ten weeks, with later cases usually involving exceptional circumstances.
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1 week ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
Keir Starmer is reportedly set to ask Kosovo to take failed asylum seekers from Britain under the government’s new plans to establish “return hubs” to tackle illegal migration. Kosovo is on a shortlist alongside Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and several non-European countries that are seen as possible locations for return hubs. Despite scrapping the Rwanda scheme on his first day as PM, critics have accused Keir Starmer of reintroducing the initiative.
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2 weeks ago | 
thelondoneconomic.com | Bill Curtis
John Bercow has said he feels “embarrassed for Kemi Badenoch” as the Tory leader is “completely out of her depth”. The former Commons speaker and Tory MP told Badenoch in an interview with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya English that it “would be better if she didn’t speak at all,” sometimes calling her party a “bunch of jokers”. He also ruled out a pact with Reform UK at the next general election, arguing that Nigel Farage hopes to “destroy” the Conservatives.
