General Election

  • The Next General Election Announced For July 4th

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    May 26, 2024 14:34
    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election. On the 4th of July this year the polls will open, and the country will decide on whom it wishes to govern them going forward....

  • Nottingham’s General Election Candidates

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    December 12, 2019 11:16
    News reporter Simeon Lee reports on the candidates standing in seats that Nottingham students reside in.  If you are registered to vote in Nottingham but are unsure of which constituency you live in, simply visit this website and enter your Nottingham postcode: https://members.parliament.uk/constituencies/. Broxtowe Anna Soubry, The Independent Group...

  • General Election Candidates for Broxtowe

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    December 6, 2019 17:21
    The ballot paper in Broxtowe will be unlike most others around the country. It will come without a Liberal Democrat, with a candidate for The Independent Group for Change and will also star “Militant Elvis”. News reporter Simeon Lee investigates more on the candidates. The 2017 general election race...

  • Chief Rabbi Condemns Labour Antisemitism

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    December 3, 2019 19:23
    Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of antisemitism allegations has made him “unfit for high office”, the Chief Rabbi has stated, with further warnings that the soul of the nation is at stake in next month’s general election. In an open comment to The Times, the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis noted that...

  • Corbyn’s NHS Dossier

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    December 2, 2019 13:36
    On Wednesday 27th October, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn brandished a 451-page dossier at a press conference, which he declared as proof for the Conservatives ‘breaking open our NHS for US corporations’ in US-UK trade talks back in 2017 and 2018. Such a dossier is an advance from earlier in...

  • The Next Election will be Fought on Facebook

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    November 22, 2019 22:08
    Since its emergence in the late 1980s when entertainment platforms like radio, television talk shows, and tabloid newspapers, took on prominent political roles and gave rise to the infotainment genre, new media has changed the face of politics beyond recognition. News Editor, Olivia Stock, explores the role of social...

  • Labour’s Plans for a Four Day Working Week

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    November 21, 2019 15:19
    On the 23rd September 2019, at the Labour Party conference, John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared that, “the next Labour government will put in place the changes needed to reduce average full-time hours to 32 a week within the next decade.” This will be done as means...