Boris Johnson says leaked document ‘wrong’ about Irish Sea customs checks December 8, 2019 Boris Johnson has rejected claims that his Brexit deal would cause new customs checks on goods travelling between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but conceded they would apply to products bound for the Republic of Ireland. The PM’s Brexit deal would see Northern Ireland remain in the UK’s customs territory but abide by EU rules [...]
General Election: New polling shows anything from huge Conservative majority to a hung parliament December 8, 2019 Four different polls released this weekend all show Boris Johnson’s Conservative party leading Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party – but the chance of a hung parliament remains on a knife-edge. The polls give the Tories leads between eight and 15 points, just days out from the 12 December General Election. Even if the Conservatives lead Labour [...]
General Election 2019: Sadiq Khan’s Christmas wishlist December 8, 2019 Election season can be a fruitful time for local councils to stick their hands out and plead with prospective governments to turn on the taps for their part of the country. With Labour and the Conservatives both keen to spend big, and prove to voters austerity is over, this may be the best opportunity in [...]
Corbyn defends leaked NHS documents amid ‘links to Russia’ December 7, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has defended his party’s decision to release leaked documents detailing UK-US trade talks despite apparent links to Russia. Reddit revealed on Friday that the documents were posted on its platform by an account linked to a campaign “originating from Russia”. The site said it had suspended 61 accounts that were part of a [...]
General election 2019: Conservatives pledge £550m for grassroots football December 7, 2019 The Conservative Party has pledged to invest £550m in grassroots football as part of a plan to back a joint bid with Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup. Boris Johnson said the boost to existing funding plans for amateur football would “transform lives with a legacy to match the 2012 Olympics”. The Tories are [...]
General election 2019: Johnson and Corbyn clash on Brexit in debate December 7, 2019 Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn once again clashed on Brexit during a head-to-head debate on BBC last night. Labour leader Corbyn said his party would bring “an end” to Brexit by renegotiating a deal and holding a second referendum. While, Johnson said he already had “a wonderful deal” that he would use to take the [...]
General election 2019: Labour pledges to electrify England’s 35,000 buses by 2030 December 6, 2019 Labour will on Saturday unveil a plan to electrify the country’s entire bus fleet by 2030 and bring “bus services into the future”. The initiative would be funded by the party’s green transformation fund, should Labour get into power following next week’s general election. Read more: Labour and Tories are sweeping immigration under the rug [...]
Michael Gove gives out No 10 phone number when quizzed on Andrew Neil interview December 6, 2019 Michael Gove has given out the direct phone number to No 10 Downing Street after being pressed on when the Prime Minister would be doing an interview with Andrew Neil. The Duchy of Lancaster was asked to put a figure on the chances that Boris Johnson would accept the invitation to be interviewed on BBC [...]
Cut the pessimism, free trade is a huge opportunity for the UK December 6, 2019 The irony of the Brexit debate has always been that, while the value of continued trade with the EU is (quite rightly) regarded as of great importance, the potential of Britain being able to make our own trade deals around the world has been virtually ignored — or worse, demonised. Let’s start with the US. [...]
Brexit has become a project of protectionist nationalism December 6, 2019 As the Conservative party’s vision for post-Brexit Britain becomes clearer, are there any liberal Brexiteers left who can’t see just how far this project has run away from them? I too once believed that Brexit could be a liberal project, but that vision now looks like nothing more than a useful idiot’s delusion. Do you [...]