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Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Lord Frost

Conservative conference: Frost confesses Northern Ireland protocol in falling apart

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 October, 2021

Setting the scene for the imminent triggering of Article 16, Lord Frost’s conference speech has triggered a hostile response, derided as ‘inflaming tension while solving nothing.’

’10,000 daily Covid deaths’: Campaigners urge government to end ‘vaccine apartheid’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 October, 2021

People’s Vaccine campaigners host protest in Manchester calling for Boris Johnson to end vaccine monopolies that are costing lives.

Starmer

“We’re clearly not there yet”: Mixed reaction to Keir Starmer’s conference speech

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 September, 2021

Interrupted by chants of “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn”, Starmer attempted to present Labour as a serious alternative to the Tory government.

Nick Thomas-Symonds: ‘No Labour home secretary will ever defund the police’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 September, 2021

Shadow home secretary pitched Labour as the party of law and order at the conference.

Keir Starmer under fire for welcoming the Sun to Labour conference

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 September, 2021

Rumour has it that Starmer had a private meeting with the Sun newspaper during the Labour party conference in Brighton.

Labour conference passes motion to back sanctions against Israel

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 September, 2021

An historic motion on Palestine has been passed at the Labour Party conference, which acknowledges that Israel is practicing apartheid and calls for strong sanctions.

#Lab21: Rachel Reeves sets out ambitious proposals in first conference speech as shadow chancellor

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 September, 2021

Reeves outlined some bold promises for sweeping change, including becoming Britain’s ‘first green chancellor.’

Germany’s centre-left secures narrow win over Merkel’s party: What happens next?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 September, 2021

As Germany enters a period of post-Merkel uncertainty, LFF caught up with Dr. Josefin Graef, co-convener the UK Political Studies Association’s German Politics Specialist Group, to ask her thoughts on the elections and what lies ahead for Germany.

Government plans to lower student loan repayment threshold met with contempt

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 September, 2021

“The injustice is simply outstanding” says the National Union of Students on government proposal to slash the amount graduates must earn before repaying student loans.

Union Jack and European flag

Campaigners take government back to court over redacted post-Brexit trade deal papers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
20 September, 2021

Social justice campaigners have taken legal action against the DIT in a dispute involving government allegedly signing trade negotiation rights in secret.

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