Tories and Labour

Published: 11:36am, 8 Nov, 2021 Updated: 7:12pm, 8 Nov, 2021 Read More

Government approval ratings have plummeted in the wake of the sleaze scandal involving Owen Paterson, new polling suggests. A poll conducted following the former minister’s resignation as an MP shows that Labour are almost neck and neck with the Conservatives. And the opposition are now calling for Boris Johnson to…

6.00pm GMT 18:00 Afternoon summary 6.00pm GMT 18:00 From the Sun’s Kate Ferguson Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) So by my reckoning there were 50 Tory rebels tonight (as 60 Conservative MPs given permission to skip the vote) November 3, 2021 5.40pm GMT 17:40 Starmer claims Tories will pay electoral price for…

Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation ****************************************************      Leung Kai Engineering Company Limited was fined $80,000 at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (October 11) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation. The…

No Labour conference bounce for Keir Starmer as Tories EXTEND lead in poll… despite Boris Johnson being engulfed in fuel chaosKeir Starmer has not had a bounce from Labour conference in Brighton last weekTories extended their advantage in poll despite both main parties losing supportBoris Johnson kicking off Conservatives' annual…

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LCQ16: Attracting talents to come to Hong Kong **********************************************      Following is a question by the Hon Starry Lee and a written reply by the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, in the Legislative Council today (September 8):        According to Hong Kong Labour Force Projections for…

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Toward the end of Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel, Normal People, the character Connell attends a reading by a visiting author. Shortly after settling into his seat, though, he regrets it. As he looks around the room at his well-off Trinity College classmates, he senses an incongruity between his lofty expectations…