Deputy chairman of the European research group and Conservative candidate Mark Francois visited Sunderland recently to support Houghton and Sunderland South candidate Christopher Howarth. Francois said: “as a Eurosceptic I am proud to visit Sunderland as the city lead the way in the 2016 Brexit referendum, the Brexit result in […]
Geoff Thompson, chairman of South Shields Football Club, wants to emulate the club’s success, off the football pitch by putting himself forward as an independent candidate for MP of South Shields and Whitburn. Since taking over SSFC, Mr Thompson has been instrumental in the club’s recent success and he wants […]
The first December general election since 1923 has been called called following a vote in the House of Commons in October. Voters from across the UK will elect a new Government on Thursday, December 12. So who is representing you? We’ve put together our guide of MP candidates for the Sunderland […]
The Liberal Democrats have released their manifesto ahead of the General Election on December 12. Party leader Jo Swinson unveiled her policies on Wednesday with the main pledge to stop Brexit. The manifesto titled Stop Brexit Build a Brighter Future was revealed to supporters in Camden promising to “stop Brexit […]
Pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong since March came to Haymarket over the weekend as part of Stand With Hong Kong’s UK-wide demonstrations in Newcastle, Durham, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London. Pro-democracy group Newcastle Stands With Hong Kong organised a team of over 30 people dressed in protester gear […]
Sara Belo, 26, tells her story about going through the settled status process, which allows EU residents who have continuously lived in the UK for five years or more to work in the UK and use the NHS, among other things. At the same time, she is studying to progress […]
On Thursday 12th December, the public will (hopefully) flood to the polling stations in order to exercise their democratic right to vote. However, only around half of those votes will equate directly to the seats filled in parliament. What happens to the other half of the votes? Well, they might […]
A snap general election has been called for December 12th 2019, the first general election to take place in December since 1923. Now, people are being called on to register to vote in their constituencies for their local MPs and, ultimately, who they think the next Prime Minister should be. […]
South Shields MP Emma Lewell-Buck has lashed out at the Government for high levels of food insecurity, in both her own constituency of South Shields and in the rest of the United Kingdom. The MP, who has been representing her constituency in Parliament since 2013, said: “We have a lack […]
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of London on the 19th of October to march towards Parliament to demand a referendum on the Brexit deal that was being presented to Parliament by Boris Johnson that day. More than £500,000 was donated in support of the protesters who arrived […]