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US markets sink as transcript shows Trump asked Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden September 25, 2019 President Donald Trump urged his Ukraine counterpart to contact the US attorney general about investigating unsubstantiated corruption claims concerning political rival Joe Biden, according to a transcript the White House released today. Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he should contact attorney general William Barr and Trump’s own lawyer Rudolph Giuliani. Read more: Donald [...]
Boris Johnson lands in UK as MPs prepare to grill him in parliament September 25, 2019 Boris Johnson’s RAF Voyager plane has touched down in London just over an hour before MPs are set to return to the House of Commons after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. Read more: Prime Minister flies into Brexit storm as Supreme Court rules prorogation unlawful The Prime Minister cut short his New York trip to face [...]
Boris Johnson flies into Brexit storm after Supreme Court rules prorogation ‘unlawful’ September 25, 2019 Boris Johnson cut his New York trip short, flying back to the UK overnight amid an unprecedented constitutional crisis following yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. The Prime Minister insisted he “strongly disagrees” with the judgement that prorogation was “unlawful, void and of no effect”, and reiterated his commitment to leave the EU by 31 October. But [...]
Trump turns Twitter fire on Democrats as impeachment inquiry opens September 25, 2019 US President Donald Trump launched a frenzied Twitter attack on Democrats overnight as the party launched an official impeachment inquiry over allegations that he pressurised a foreign power to hurt rival Joe Biden. “The actions taken to date by the President have seriously violated the Constitution,” Democrat speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said last [...]
We should celebrate the glory of Britain’s unwritten constitution September 25, 2019 For most of the Cold War, there sat in a safe in Whitehall a 16-chapter document. It was a game plan for when the bombs started falling. In four minutes, as the warning sirens wailed, the United Kingdom would be turned from a constitutional monarchy to 12 regional mini-kingdoms. Each would be overseen by a [...]
Watch out for the unintended ripples of the Supreme Court verdict September 25, 2019 There are times in the life of a nation when a single decision made by an authority can have ramifications well beyond the narrowness of the issue at hand. When the US Supreme Court decided in Roe versus Wade in 1973 that a pregnant woman should have the freedom to choose to have an abortion [...]
DEBATE: With Labour’s plans to scrap private schools, should the state have a monopoly on providing education? September 25, 2019 With Labour’s plans to scrap private schools, should the state have a monopoly on providing education? Maya Goodfellow, a freelance writer and author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats, says YES. Private schools are designed to give some children a leg up – if they weren’t, what would be the point of paying for [...]
Corbyn rails against ‘unfit’ PM – but rules out pre-Halloween election September 24, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has attacked Boris Johnson for being unfit to be Prime Minister – but ruled out holding a General Election while no deal Brexit remains a threat. Speaking just hours after a Supreme Court ruled Johnson’s prorogation “unlawful”, the Labour leader said his rival should resign, and said government “will be held to account [...]
Donald Trump says US-UK trade deal will be ‘magnificent’ September 24, 2019 US President Donald Trump told the United Nations today that the UK-US trade deal he has been working on with Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be “magnificent”. “As the United Kingdom makes preparations to exit the European Union, I have made clear that we stand ready to complete an exceptional, new trade agreement with the [...]
Should Boris Johnson resign? Reaction to Supreme Court ruling September 24, 2019 Today the Supreme Court found that Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully in suspending parliament for five weeks ahead of the Brexit deadline. Saying the suspension took place in “unusual circumstances” , court president Lady Hale declared that “parliament has not been prorogued”, prompting speaker John Bercow to recall MPs to parliament for 11.30am tomorrow. Read [...]