Black Lives Matter protesters 'completely wrong' to topple Edward Colston statue, Keir Starmer says

Keir Starmer has fired Rebecca Long-Bailey as shadow education secretary over an alleged antisemitic article she reposted online.In a shock move, the Labour leader’s office issued a statement calling on Starmer’s left-wing rival for the leadership of the party only three months to stand down with immediate effect.A spokesman for Starmer said: "This afternoon Keir Starmer asked Rebecca Long-Bailey to step down from the Shadow Cabinet.

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MP Rebecca Long-Bailey has been sacked as shadow education secretary.A spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer said in a statement the Labour leader has asked the Salford and Eccles MP to step down from the shadow cabinet.He said an article she shared on social media today, a newspaper interview with Salford actress Maxine Peake, 'contained an anti-semitic conspiracy theory'.Ms Long-Bailey, writing on Twitter after the news was confirmed, said her re-tweet was 'in no way' an intention to endorse every

Starmer for coming to the Commons with figures that do not tally with his own government’s record. The two party leaders accused each other of using misleading statistics as they clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Prince William and Harry, as well as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and more than a dozen of his predecessors. When asked by the BBC about Onyeama, Henderson told the broadcaster that “significant strides” have been made at Eton since Onyeama’s time but more needed to be done.

solidarity with Black Lives Matter and said the salute was taken from the "Game of Thrones" fantasy TV series.

hereThe demonstrator, who had been protesting about Turkish action against Kurdish rebels, ran into the road outside the gates to Parliament.This forced the lead vehicles in the convoy – a police motorbike and the Prime Minister’s Jaguar – to stop, with a support vehicle running into the back of the luxury saloon carrying Mr Johnson.The vehicles drove off shortly afterwards in the direction of Downing Street, with a large dent visible on the rear of the Jaguar.Downing Street said there were no

Kurdish rebels, ran into the road outside the gates to Parliament in front of the convoy. This forced the lead vehicles in the convoy - a police motorbike and the Prime Minister's Jaguar - to stop, with a support vehicle running into the back of the luxury saloon carrying the Prime Minister.

1 - Go for goal The Labour leader started off by congratulating the PM on his U-turn over free school meals after pressure from Marcus Rashford. Starmer didn’t go in studs first though, preferring detailed questions on poverty rates and warnings from local councils, including Tory ones, that they are about to go bankrupt.

Manori Ravindran International EditorPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken out on the U.K.’s demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in police custody, warning that protesters who attack public property or the police will face “the full force of the law.”Johnson’s speech on Monday came a day after anti-racism protesters in Bristol tore down a controversial bronze statue of 17th-Century slave trader Edward Colston, rolled it through the streets and tossed it into the River Avon — an

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said anti-racism demonstrations that took place over the weekend have been 'subverted by thuggery' after some activists clashed with police. Mr Johnson said people have a right to protest peacefully, however those that turned violent are a 'betrayal of the cause they serve'.