The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Controversial politician George Galloway locked horns with Khalid Mahmood in Birmingham at a General Election hustings on Saturday, in an exchange that ended with Galloway leaving the room and Mahmood demanding he stay to finish the discussion. MP candidates Galloway (Independent – West Brom West) and Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham Perry Barr) got into the…
Over 100 people turned up to hear George Galloway speak at Dudley Town Hall, as part of his campaign to oust Deputy Leader of the Labour party Tom Watson, MP for West Bromwich. As expected, the veteran left-wing politician entertained the crowd, telling the audience: “Tom Watson has done more for Israel than he has done for…
A three-day festival of political ideas is set to take place in Birmingham this weekend, organised and being attended by national Labour members and supporters. The World Transformed – promoted as TWT – is being held across several venues around Digbeth in the city and will host public figures including Aaron Bastani, Shelly Asquith, Sasha…
As results from the European elections trickle through from across the country and from Europe, it’s evident that the new Brexit Party appears to be making huge gains, becoming the largest single group representing Britain in the EU, while the Conservatives are suffering the most nationally. Voting results are reflecting early polls, suggesting voters have…
Preet Kaur Gill, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, has spoke of the values of community, harvest and coming together in a special Vasakhi message shared to coincide with the Sikh festival. Highlighting why its celebrated and the principles behind it, the Member of Parliament also touched on how the Offensive Weapons Bill has been amended so Sikhs will not…
Member of Parliament Owen Smith has said he is considering quitting the Labour Party, over Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of Brexit. However, in 2016, he told I Am Birmingham he was “Labour to my boots” and “there’s no alternative… outside the Labour Party that can deliver for working people”; agreeing that resigning was “a drastic reaction”.
Last weekend saw a striking new billboard pasted up in Digbeth by Birmingham based artist Void One, featuring Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. The guerilla art went up during the Tory conference in the city However, within a couple of days of going up, the billboard – depicting Corbyn pouring red wine into a glass with the…
Guerilla artist Void One has hijacked another Birmingham billboard, and this time plastered it with the face of Jeremy Corbyn, as the Conservative Party conference began in the city. As Prime Minister Theresa May led the Tory gathering at the International Convention Centre in Broad Street, a new work of protest art went up in Digbeth, emblazoned with an image of Labour Party leader…
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Walsall Beeches Club this week, addressing a cheering and over-capacity crowd of Walsall residents. The Labour leader was kicking off Labour’s programme of community organising in Walsall North – which will be led by Labour’s parliamentary candidate in the constituency, Gill Ogilvie – but unsurprisingly, so many people had turned up to see…
At a rally at Walsall Beeches Club on Monday afternoon, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addressed a cheering crowd of Walsall residents. The Labour leader was kicking off Labour’s programme of community organising in Walsall North, which will be led by Labour’s parliamentary candidate in the constituency, Gill Ogilvie.