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Posts Tagged: Yvette Cooper MP

The threat to the rule of law from left and right

It’s best thought of as a contagion that spreads across the divide between parties and factions.

By Paul Goodman | 16 May 2022

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: This potential Labour leader suffers from a shortage of brio

Cooper is on top of her brief, yet somehow failed to press home her advantage as she pointed out to Patel that many criminals are getting off scot free.

By Andrew Gimson | 11 May 2022

Slowly but surely, Labour is moving towards a position on trans that isn’t open to ridicule

Whilst he may have struggled over the specifics of women and their genitalia, Starmer is conscious that Labour must square the voters on this issue.

By William Atkinson | 13 April 2022

WATCH: Labour refuses to say if it would scrap non-dom tax status

Yvette Cooper says her party did tighten the rules when it was in power, and has called for action on non-dom tax avoidance.

10 April 2022

WATCH: Cooper attacks Patel over ‘shameful’ delays in granting visas to Ukranian refugees

Shadow home secretary says she does not “understand why Priti Patel is so failing to get a grip on this”.

10 April 2022

Profile: J.K. Rowling, striving to stop Starmer nailing his colours to the fence on trans

Harry Potter’s creator is a natural rebel who likes nothing better than a good fight.

By Andrew Gimson | 16 March 2022

WATCH: Cooper – Labour supports the Government’s refusal to deploy British troops to Ukraine

The Shadow Home Secretary says Russia should be in “no doubt” that it would face a united international response to an invasion.

13 February 2022

WATCH: Cooper – ‘I don’t think that this possible to be lifting the restrictions’

The Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee says relaxing travel rules, “at a time when we’ve got so many new variants”, would be unwise.

16 May 2021

Iain Dale: Perhaps one day I’ll get involved in an election again. In the meantime, here are my predictions for Super Thursday…

Plus: Starmer needs to bring Cooper and Benn into his top team. But will they even want the jobs?

By Iain Dale | 7 May 2021

Iain Dale: Ofcom was right to revoke the license of CGTN. It shouldn’t stop there, though.

Plus: It’s been a bad week for Starmer. And: is it time to bring back the big beasts of the Labour jungle?

By Iain Dale | 5 February 2021 | 57 comments

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The Prime Minister did not stoop and could not conquer

He would not conciliate the Liaison Committee by promising to meet it three times a year, let alone by holding an inquiry into Cummings.

By Andrew Gimson | 28 May 2020 | 220 comments

Iain Dale: Which Starmer will we get as Labour’s new leader this weekend? Radical Starmer? Or Safety First Starmer?

For his Shadow Cabinet, I would choose media friendly spokespeople, and back them up with deputies more on the policy wonkish side of things.

By Iain Dale | 3 April 2020 | 96 comments

The prospect seems remote. But is National Government on its way?

One can conceive of Ministers seeking an all-party public front, and Labour objecting to responsibility with no power.

By Paul Goodman | 19 March 2020 | 264 comments

Will Starmer prove to be the new Kinnock?

After the 1983 defeat, Labour’s electoral progress was slow. This time around the Party will face further decline without a bold change in direction.

By Harry Phibbs | 2 January 2020 | 70 comments

Unfit for office. But worse even than Corbyn are Labour’s moderates – who are willing to put his anti-Jewish racism into power.

Most voters will have what to them are more pressing reasons to reject Corbyn than anti-semitism. But none expose more fully why he must be stopped.

By Paul Goodman | 11 December 2019 | 178 comments

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