Obama campaigns for Harris while candidates hit swing states – CBS News Watch CBS News Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail Thursday in Pittsburgh for Vice President Kamala Harris. He made an impassioned plea, focusing his attention on Black men voters, a group Harris has struggled to gain support from. Meanwhile, Trump campaigned…
The UK government has said it is “appalled” by reports that Israel deliberately fired on United Nations bases in southern Lebanon. On Thursday, two UN peacekeepers from Indonesia were wounded falling from an observation tower in Naqoura after an Israeli tank fired towards it. Two other peacekeepers were injured in a separate explosion which the…
Once again, the government’s narrative on the economy is shifting. After a summer warning of tax rises and cuts to deal with the “dire” inheritance allegedly left by the Tories, Rachel Reeves made a conscious “pivot” in her conference speech last month to something more optimistic. For the first time in Liverpool, there was a…
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth accused Labour of not knowing the difference between right and wrong There is a “real opportunity” for change in Wales at the next election after 25 years of Labour rule, Plaid Cymru’s leader has said. Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party must seize that opportunity and “build trust” in the…
Britain was on fire over the summer as race riots raged so hot they threatened to burn free speech as collateral damage. In the recent past, social media has been a bulwark against censorship and anti-free speech policies, but if Keir Starmer gets his way, they, too, will be lost to the blaze. Riots broke…
A top British tax expert has warned Rachel Reeves that reported plans to hike Capital Gains Tax up to 39% could be a “disaster”. Reports emerged yesterday [FR] that the Chancellor is considering increasing Capital Gains Tax by nearly double as she scrambles to find extra cash ahead of the budget to fund Labour’s manifesto…
Taylor Swift’s brass-necked Mother, Andrea, apparently threatened to cancel her daughter’s London gigs if police didn’t give her a blue light escort from her hotel to Wembley stadium. And Scotland Yard’s response to that threat should have been: “Do exactly as you like, madam. The Met Police are not guns for hire.” And they’re not,…
Reuters Sir Keir Starmer and John Swinney met at the talks in Edinburgh Sir Keir Starmer has chaired the first-ever meeting of a new Council of the Nations and Regions in Edinburgh. It brought the prime minister together with the leaders of the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as England’s…
A Labour MP has launched a campaign to cut the price of Freddo chocolate bars to 5p. Patrick Hurley, who represents Southport, has said he set up a petition after speaking to students at a school in his constituency. Announcing the move on social media, he said: “20 pence for a Freddo is too much,…
It is “for the public to judge” whether Labour’s first 100 days of government has gone well, Downing Street said amid Sir Keir Starmer’s sinking poll ratings. The prime minister’s official spokesperson declined to say if his first three months in office have been a success, ahead of the milestone being hit tomorrow. Politics latest:PM’s…
