Police chief criticises Boris Johnson for using ‘officers as a backdrop’ to political speech September 6, 2019 Boris Johnson has come in for criticism for using the West Yorkshire police force as a backdrop to a political speech on Thursday. Chief constable John Robins said he had been misled by Downing Street and told that his police force’s involvement would be “solely about police officer recruitment”. Read more: Opposition parties to block [...]
Opposition parties to block Boris Johnson’s snap General Election bid September 6, 2019 Labour and other British opposition parties have agreed not to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s calls for a General Election before the end of October, when the UK is due to leave the European Union. Jeremy Corbyn’s party, the Lib Dems, the SNP and Plaid Cymru have said they will vote against or abstain in [...]
Gina Miller to appeal as High Court rejects legal case against proroguing of Parliament September 6, 2019 Gina Miller has said she “will not give up the fight for democracy” after the High Court rejected her legal challenge arguing that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully by proroguing Parliament for five weeks ahead of the Brexit deadline. The case -which had the backing of former Prime Minister John Major – had challenged [...]
Labour confirms it will not back an early election in Monday’s vote September 6, 2019 Labour will refuse to back an early election if Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes ahead with a planned second vote on one on Monday night, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has said. Asked in an interview on the Today Programme if it would be a “no” from Labour, Thornberry said: “yes”. Read more: Prime Minister [...]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses China of using ‘arbitrary detention’ for political gain September 6, 2019 Justin Trudeau has hit out at China for using “pressure tactics” in trying to secure the release of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The Canadian Prime Minister has said that Beijing is “using arbitrary detention as a tool to achieve political goals” after they detained Canadian nationals Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Read more: [...]
Neither tragic nor hero, Boris is simply in thrall to the Brexit fates September 6, 2019 When a Prime Minister who has spent his career leaning heavily on his classical education – peppering speeches with references to Pericles, the sword of Damocles, and how the EU subjecting Britain is like the Romans trampling over Carthage – loses his first four votes, his majority, and 23 MPs in the space of four [...]
Britain cannot afford to ignore Labour’s interventionist agenda September 6, 2019 For the past three years in Westminster, it’s been difficult to think more long-term than the next few hours. Nearly every day has dragged us further into uncharted political territory. Meaningful votes, Brexit extensions, and leadership contests have been making and shaping history – though it would be fair to say that for all the [...]
Mike Pence: The minute the UK is out of the EU, the US is in September 5, 2019 The US Vice President has tonight pledged a free trade deal with the UK “immediately upon the completion of Brexit”, saying Donald Trump stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the new Prime Minister. Speaking at a black-tie dinner at Guildhall in the City of London this evening, Mike Pence told business chiefs the country was like a phoenix [...]
Shaun Bailey confirms he will increase Tube fares – but says a price hike is already coming September 5, 2019 Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has confirmed he would put up Tube fares after saying the current mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, would do the same. Bailey, who is looking to replace Khan as London mayor in next year’s election, said a Transport for London (TfL) fare hike was a “done deal”. Read more: Shaun [...]
No time left to appoint new firm for Southeastern franchise, says Go-Ahead September 5, 2019 The government does not have the time to run a full competition for the Southeastern rail franchise before it expires next April, the chief executive of incumbent operator Go-Ahead has warned. David Brown said it would be “slightly wrong” and “counter-intuitive” for the Department for Transport (DfT) to bring in a new operator for the [...]