The Sunderland branch of the Conservative Party has denied making any deals with UKIP ahead of next week’s local elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday April 24, the Sunderland and Houghton branch of the eurosceptic party said it was not fielding candidates in the ballot “so that we could best help with unseating as many Labour Councillors as possible”. It also said it would stand aside in wards “where the Conservative Party stood a reasonable chance of winning”, but any suggestion of a formal pact has been ruled out by both sides. Coun Robert Oliver, leader of Sunderland Conservatives, said: “Sunderland Conservatives have not had any discussions with Ukip and we have not done any deals with that party in the local elections. “Unlike Ukip and Wearside Liberal Democrats we have put up a candidate in every ward in the city and have no interest in the Ukip agenda.” Sunderland is due to go to the polls for the latest round of elections … [Read more...] about Conservative Party deny having local election pact with Ukip in Sunderland
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Ex-Tory minister: ‘Weekly Islamophobic incidents and rhetoric’ in Conservative Party
Former Tory minister Baroness Warsi, the first female Muslim to attend cabinet, has revealed that “there are almost now weekly occurrences of Islamophobic incidents and rhetoric,” in the Conservative Party. Speaking on ITV’s Peston on Sunday show, the former Conservative Party co-chair was being interviewed about the Windrush scandal that has plagued Theresa May’s Tory government over the last few days with accusations that their “hostile environment” immigration policy, formulated under the Tory-Lib Dem coalition, was an inhumane strategy used in the futile pursuit to cut immigration numbers. In light of the recent anti-Semitism row that has engulfed UK Labour, with wall-to-wall MSM broadcast, print, and social media coverage that has painted the issue as a “crisis” for the main opposition party, one may have thought this would have grabbed the attention of the media establishment. The reality? Cue the tumbleweed. Indeed, not even the … [Read more...] about Ex-Tory minister: ‘Weekly Islamophobic incidents and rhetoric’ in Conservative Party
A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
A prominent supporter of Britain’s Conservative Party and backer of the country’s European Union withdrawal resigned as a director of Cambridge Analytica’s parent company the day after whistleblower Christopher Wylie told British lawmakers that an affiliated company had broken the law in its pro-Brexit campaign, BuzzFeed News has learned.Roger Gabb resigned from SCL Group and two affiliated British companies, according to a filing April 3 with the British government’s corporate registry, Companies House. Gabb’s resignations were effective March 28, the day after Wylie testified that a Canadian company had violated campaign spending laws in swaying the 2016 Brexit vote and had “undermined democratic institutions in all kinds of countries.”Wylie was referring to AggregateIQ, a Canadian company that he called a “franchise” of SCL. The company received millions of dollars to encourage voters to approve the 2016 referendum that requires … [Read more...] about A Conservative Party Donor And Brexit Supporter Resigns From Cambridge Analytica Parent
After Allegations Of Impropriety In The Brexit Campaign, A Conservative Party Donor Resigns
A prominent supporter of Britain’s Conservative Party and backer of the country’s European Union withdrawal resigned as a director of Cambridge Analytica’s parent company the day after whistleblower Christopher Wylie told British lawmakers that an affiliated company had broken the law in its pro-Brexit campaign, BuzzFeed News has learned.Roger Gabb resigned from SCL Group and two affiliated British companies, according to a filing April 3 with the British government’s corporate registry, Companies House. Gabb’s resignations were effective March 28, the day after Wylie testified that a Canadian company had violated campaign-spending laws in swaying the 2016 Brexit vote and had “undermined democratic institutions in all kinds of countries.”Wylie was referring to AggregateIQ, a Canadian company that he called a “franchise” of SCL. The company received millions of dollars to encourage voters to approve the 2016 referendum that requires … [Read more...] about After Allegations Of Impropriety In The Brexit Campaign, A Conservative Party Donor Resigns
U.K.’s Ruling Conservative Party Says It Pays Women More
The party of Britain’s only ever female prime ministers has revealed that on average it pays its female employees more than its men.Lawmaker Rehman Chishti, who serves as vice chair of the ruling Conservative Party, told BBC Radio that it has a median pay gap of 12.9 percent in favor of women. That is the opposite of most firms and organizations in the U.K., where the national difference is 18.4 percent higher for men.By midnight Wednesday, employers with 250 or more staff in the U.K. are required to publish data on their pay gap. So far more than 9,000 have reported the mean and median difference in average hourly wages, bonuses and what percentage of each pay quartile is female.Why Women (Appear to) Earn Less Than Men in the U.K.: QuickTakeWhile the Conservatives are not legally required to take part due to having too few employees, the party has said it will voluntarily put out full details on Thursday. The main opposition Labour party, which put out its figures in February, … [Read more...] about U.K.’s Ruling Conservative Party Says It Pays Women More