The Conservative donor, whose recent book about the deputy leader has led to questions about her former living arrangements, hit back after Sir Keir's jibe.
LORD ASHCROFT: In a survey just under a year ago, I found that defence and national security was the one area in which the Conservatives were still trusted more than Labour.
Before New Labor's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, I learned from reliable City sources that the party's future chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his economic adviser Ed Balls were planning a tax seizure of Britain's pension funds.Working secretly with the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, they worked on a law that would repeal the tax breaks that British companies enjoyed on dividend payments into company pension schemes.The estimated £5 billion a year the government...
The Foreign Secretary dismissed the idea floated by his allies that he could stay on under a Labour government.
Prior to the New Labour general election landslide of 1997, I learned through reliable City sources that the party's Chancellor-in-waiting, Gordon Brown, were planning a tax grab on Britain's pension funds.
Coventry had a late goal disallowed on Sunday after a marginal offside call. Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for the offside law to be changed. VAR got Coventry’s chalked off winner right – those who wanted technology have got what they want! Listen to the
Japan is seeing if artificial intelligence can tackle its increasing shortfall of workers.
Memories of 2004 still sting and in Sunday’s derby Tottenham have the chance to take a wrecking ball to Arsenal’s title hopesIt would not scan like the original Arsenal terrace chant. “We took a big step towards winning the league at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.” The prospect, though, is real. And before Sunday’s derby – the 195th edition of the fixture that determines the mood in north London – it is utterly sickening for Spurs supporters.Spurs could not stop the Arsenal Invincibles in April...
It was a difficult day for the batters all told as the Dukes ball worked its magic in soggy conditionsMy son, doing Georgraphy revision, tells me there was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake in Derbyshire last night. Perhaps that rattled the slip cauldron, as reported BTL. Leicestershire 22-0Durham have won the toss and will bat. Looks brisk. Continue reading
The did everything they could Tuesday. They pulled off another heart-pumping, buzzer-beating comeback 5-4 win against the in their final game of the season. It just wasn’t enough. By the time skated back to the Red Wings’ bench after scoring the shootout winner, Detroit’s fate was already sealed, in perhaps the most painful way possible. Advertisement Late in a 1-1 game between the and , Philadelphia, clinging to slim playoff hopes had pulled its goaltender while desperately chasing a...
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Lord Dannatt said Sir Keir Starmer had 'no option' but to follow the Prime Minister's pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade.