Unite leadership contender Howard Beckett who was suspended by Labour for saying Priti Patel should be deported and said the UK’s defence budget should pay for traveller sites pulls out of race Beckett was in election to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite But he has now withdrawn and said he will … Read more
Unite union leadership contender Howard Beckett calls for UK’s multi-billion defence budget to pay for gypsy and traveller sites Howard Beckett running to succeed Len McCluskey as Unite general secretary He welcomed endorsement from Labour Black Socialists on Twitter Groups said he wanted defence cash spent on making traveller sites ‘available’ By John Stevens, Deputy Political … Read more
Union leadership contender who called for Priti Patel to be deported once claimed that patriotism – including flying the British flag – leads to racism Howard Beckett was accused of racism for calling for Priti Patel to be deported Labour suspended the union leadership contender amid criticism of the remarks It has emerged he claimed … Read more
Union leadership contender who called for Priti Patel to be deported once claimed that patriotism – including flying the British flag – leads to racism Howard Beckett was accused of racism for calling for Priti Patel to be deported Labour suspended the union leadership contender amid criticism of the remarks It has emerged he claimed … Read more
A leadership candidate for one of Britain’s biggest trade unions was accused of racism last night after he called for Priti Patel to be deported. Howard Beckett is running to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite. In a message posted on Twitter yesterday, he called for the Home Secretary, Britain’s most senior ethnic minority … Read more
A leadership candidate for one of Britain’s biggest trade unions was accused of racism last night after he called for Priti Patel to be deported. Howard Beckett is running to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite. In a message posted on Twitter yesterday, he called for the Home Secretary, Britain’s most senior ethnic minority … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn today blasted ‘weak’ Keir Starmer for blaming him for Labour’s election meltdown, and demanded the party returns to his ‘popular’ hard-Left policies. The former leader tore into Sir Keir for ‘dumping’ on him in the wake of the dire Super Thursday results – which moderates blamed on ‘Long Corbyn’ in a grim reference … Read more
Angela Rayner could oust Sir Keir Starmer from the Labour leadership, he has reportedly been warned, as she last night urged the party to ‘stop talking down’ to voters. Amid the fiery fallout of last week’s humiliating election results, allies of Ms Rayner are said to have tactfully raised the prospect of a leadership challenge, … Read more
Angela Rayner could oust Sir Keir Starmer from the Labour leadership, he has reportedly been warned, as she last night urged the party to ‘stop talking down’ to voters. Amid the fiery fallout of last week’s humiliating election results, allies of Ms Rayner are said to have tactfully raised the prospect of a leadership challenge, … Read more
DUP faces first EVER leadership contest after ex-Enoch Powell aide Jeffrey Donaldson throws hat in the ring against hardline ‘creationist’ Edwin Poots – as ousted Arlene Foster refuses to say whom she backs Arlene Foster was brutally deposed as leader of the DUP in a coup last week Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has already thrown … Read more