Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner has been branded a “thug” after he called SNP MP Stewart McDonald a “piece of shit” in the House of Commons. The so-called “beast of Bolsover” later defended his ...

Born in the mining town of Clay Cross in Derbyshire, Dennis Skinner was one of nine children from a proud working class family. His father, Edward, was sacked from his job as a coal miner following ...

Dennis Skinner has lost his Bolsover seat with Labour after 49 years of being elected. The ‘beast of Bolsover’ lost the seat to Conservative MP Mark Fletcher after a surge of Tory votes. The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran Labour lawmaker Dennis Skinner lost the seat he had held since 1970 on Friday, as another brick in the "Red Wall" of traditional Labour support fell to British Prime ...

Left-wing firebrand Dennis Skinner launched a passionate attack on the media today as he blasted vain and conceited journalists. Fresh from a well-received speech to delegates at Labour’s conference ...

No figure in my 40-plus years in Parliament encapsulated the poison and nastiness of the Conservative Party more than Margaret Thatcher. The record of what she did to Britain – deliberately breaking ...

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Dennis Skinner was at his mischievous best as he waited for the Queen's Speech this morning. The Beast of Bolsover was in his usual seat as Black Rod walked in ahead of the Monarch's traditional ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Labour MP Dennis Skinner was ordered to leave the House of Commons after refusing to withdraw comments he made about the Prime Minister. Mr Skinner referred to Mr ...