Politics

There are no resounding winners in yesterday’s German election, but there were some clear losers.

Before the news of Andy McDonald’s resignation from the shadow cabinet, we spoke to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and began by asking how much she believed Brexit was to blame for the HGV driver shortage.

We spoke to Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray and Andy McDonald’s resignation.

We talk to former Labour deputy chief whip, John Spellar, and former Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey.

We spoke to Andy McDonald and asked him why he made the decision to resign.

Sir Keir Starmer’s attempt to unite the Labour Party behind his leadership suffered a blow this afternoon as a member of his shadow cabinet resigned, right in the middle of Labour’s party conference.  

Well earlier I spoke to Ed Miliband, the Shadow Business Secretary and started by asking him about Labour’s proposal to pay industries to go green.

Welcome to Brighton, where against the backdrop of the pandemic, chaos at the petrol pumps, and fears of supermarket shortages, Labour really should be riding high in the polls. 

The Labour Party like everyone else will be watching the results in Germany very closely. 

Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her centre-right party’s candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her, as Germans head to the polls tomorrow.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Brighton for the party’s annual conference, saying he wanted to “set out our vision for the future”. 

Oktoberfest has been downsized thanks to Covid, but German politics has gone into full and final gear before Sunday’s election. 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his prime time at the podium at the UN General Assembly to warn the world, and I quote, that “the adolescence of humanity must come to an end”.

We were joined from West Sussex by Hannah Essex, co-executive director of the British Chambers of Commerce.

Now the Bank of England has predicted that rising domestic energy bills will push inflation above 4 per cent.