Tom Watson
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Rich's Monday Morning View
In response to the news that Emily Thornberry described the Lib Dems as “like the Taliban” over their new revoke Article 50 Brexit policy, the former Lib Dem leader responded: “Come on Emily, if we really were like a Middle East terrorist group, don’t you think Jeremy would’ve invited us to a conference fringe meeting before now?” → Read More
As Amazon turns 25, let's call time on the tech oligarchy and their dystopian ‘disruptions’ to our lives
Twenty-five years ago today, a man called Jeff founded an online marketplace for books. Since then, Amazon’s scale and influence has grown faster than anyone could have expected at the time. When we think about Amazon today, most of us think of the convenient online shopping, the quick deliveries, maybe the streaming service too. → Read More
Tom Watson: It’s time for the state to restrict the rise of the robots
We are living in an age of surveillance capitalism where technology is used to turn our daily lives into data sources to line the pockets of CEOs in Silicon Valley. Whereas once the big money makers were industrialists and manufacturers, now the big winners are the data giants who harvest our every click, like and share and sell the information to advertisers. → Read More
Labour can’t defeat Nigel Farage by sitting on the fence
The EU elections are vital. The party should show leadership by promising a referendum → Read More
Leave.EU’s latest scandal shows digital propaganda is out of control
Elections can be energising, they can be bruising, and over the past few years the public have been to the ballot box far more often than expected. Two years ago today, Theresa May stood at the lectern outside of Number 10 and announced a snap election. It had been less than year since a divisive referendum, and there wasn’t much appetite from the public or from parliament for → Read More
Labour’s plan for a people’s vote on the final Brexit deal can heal the country
Labour’s plan for a people’s vote on the final Brexit deal can heal the country | Tom Watson | Opinion | The Guardian Skip to main content → Read More
Labour's Tom Watson: Tories to blame for loss of free TV licences for over-75s
The Labour Deputy Leader hits out that the Conservative party is going back on its word and betraying millions → Read More
If England team truly represented health of the nation three of the 11 players would be clinically obese
Shadow Health and Culture secretaries Jon Ashworth and Tom Watson lay bare state of the nation - where half of our children could be obese by 2020 → Read More
Tom Watson: Nuclear test veterans' long battle for nation's thanks is cruel shame
A medal from the nation would go a long way to healing some of their wounds. → Read More
Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson backs change to assisted death law
He says everyone deserves a dignified death after listening to two constituents share their experiences → Read More
The 'traitor' accusations against Jeremy Corbyn are nothing but baseless right-wing propaganda
Over the past week some Tory-supporting publications have published a string of completely false and ridiculous smears calling Labour politicians traitors and linking them with Soviet Bloc Spies. Let’s call these stories out for what they are – propaganda, not journalism. They are not worth the paper they are written on. → Read More
Now Theresa May can stand up to Rupert Murdoch. But will she?
If the Sky bid is blocked it will be the first example of May doing what she promised to do – take on the rich and powerful, says the deputy leader of the Labour party, Tom Watson → Read More
Ken Clarke’s revelations show Murdoch’s influence still needs investigating
Clarke’s comments, along with the latest phone-hacking payouts and sex scandals at Fox, demonstrate the clear need for a Leveson 2, writes deputy Labour leader Tom Watson → Read More
Bookies Are The Only Winners Of The Government's Gambling Review
If you're wondering why shares in Britain's biggest gambling firms are up this morning you should take a look at the Government's consultation paper on gambling. It has let the industry off the hook.... → Read More
Why I’m going on hunger strike
Ahmed Rabbani and Khalid Qasim have gone 26 days without food. President Trump has to take notice, and give them a fair trial, writes deputy Labour leader Tom Watson → Read More
‘A country that works for everyone’? Theresa May has already failed
Theresa May will arrive in Manchester to try to revive a series of tired promises. But they are completely meaningless, writes deputy leader of the Labour party Tom Watson → Read More
The hidden epidemic of gambling addiction in Britain costs us all dearly
Most people bet for fun but there are 430,000 addicts in the UK, according to the Gambling Commission → Read More
More must be done to ease the burden on the Premier League's travelling fans
For the first time since the creation of the Premier League 25 years ago, the opening game will be played live on a Friday night. Some fans have lamented the slow death of the 3pm kick-off time – but televised matches are here to stay and have arguably spread the game to a wide, diverse and global fan base and the clubs have benefitted financially. → Read More
The Tories must rein in Rupert Murdoch and block the Sky deal
The culture secretary’s inclination to call in the takeover bid is no surprise. Labour would review media ownership rules and stop backroom deals• Tom Watson is deputy leader of the Labour party → Read More
Bring on the election – whenever Theresa May calls it, Labour is ready
A Tory-DUP alliance will be so fragile that it could collapse under the weight of disapproval from the prime minister’s MPs alone. This coalition cannot last → Read More