3 Feb 2021
Labour is reportedly desperate to shake off its image as a party of the Europhile liberal metropolitan elite, considering instead embracing patriotism to win back the large swathes of working-class voters who flocked to the Brexit-backing Conservative Party.
December 2019’s General Election saw the Labour Party, then under the leadership of socialist Jeremy Corbyn, suffer massive losses in areas known as the ‘Red Wall’ parliamentary seats comprised of working-class, but traditionally Labour voting, Britons with some going Labour Red to Conservative Blue for the first time in the constituencies’ histories.
A 2020 report revealed that the Tories had become the party of the working class due to its promise to deliver Brexit and to redistribute resources away from London to other parts of the country, the latter which Prime Minister Boris Johnson termed his pledge to “level up” the country.
BBC News
By Ione Wells
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image captionIn Wales, independence is still a minority view, but a campaign aimed at making it a reality has gained momentum in the past year
In the past few years, debate has raged about whether the United Kingdom faces a future without Scotland.
Polls have suggested for months that support for Scottish independence has been higher than for Scotland staying in the UK.
In Wales, independence is still a minority view, but a campaign aimed at making it a reality has gained momentum in the past year.
Now, a former adviser to David Cameron on devolution says there is no room for complacency about support for the union in Wales.
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The president of the European Union announced this morning the members of the euro currency zone are prepared to take co-ordinated measures to deal with the Greek debt crisis, but markets are awaiting details. Herman Van Rompuy, speaking at an economic summit of EU leaders in Brussels, gave no details of firm assistance, telling reporters only that euro area members will take determined and co-ordinated action if needed to safeguard stability in the euro zone as a whole. The euro, which is shared by 16 European countries, was initially buoyed by word of a deal, but then dipped back, and traders were waiting to hear more after the meeting.