CAA pans Labour’s disciplinary procedures as High Court decides that Chris Williamson’s suspension breached Party rules, but he remains suspended
The High Court has today ruled that the second suspension of disgraced MP Chris Williamson in June 2019 was a breach of the Labour Party’s disciplinary procedures, but that the disciplinary case in respect of his third suspension should be allowed to run its course. The Labour Party originally suspended Mr Williamson in February 2019 […]
Rory Stewart ignores Ken Livingstone’s record on antisemitism and says he was London’s best Mayor
Rory Stewart, the Conservative MP turned independent, told ITV’s Peston that he believed that Ken Livingstone was London’s best mayor. Mr Stewart recently announced a bid for the mayoralty and appeared on the programme to promote his candidacy. Asked who he thought was the capital’s best mayor, Mr Stewart replied: “To be honest the best […]
Nick Robinson says BBC questioned if he should speak at Holocaust dinner
The BBC’s Nick Robinson has revealed that a decade ago a boss at the corporation asked, in respect of a Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) dinner to which Mr Robinson had been invited to speak, whether it was “wise” for him to accept. Mr Robinson said: “I replied that I hadn’t got my BBC guidelines in […]