Britain cannot keep delaying Brexit, says EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker April 20, 2019 The European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, has called on the UK to "stop wasting time" and insisted Brexit cannot continue to be delayed indefinitely. Britain's departure from the bloc has already been delayed twice, with it first pushed back to April 12, before a decision to extend the delay until October 31 was agreed. Read more: Poll: [...]
Journalist shot dead in Derry during riots April 19, 2019 A journalist died after she was shot during rioting in Londonderry that police are treating as a “terrorist incident”. Police in Northern Ireland said the New IRA are “likely to be the ones behind this” and launched a murder inquiry after 29-year-old Lyra McKee was killed last night, the BBC reported. Prime minister Theresa May [...]
Remain would win a second Brexit referendum, poll finds, as Leave voters more likely to have doubts April 18, 2019 A second referendum would see the population resoundingly vote for the UK to remain in the EU, a new poll has found. The latest Comres poll revealed that Remain would now win by 58 per cent to 42 per cent of the vote. Read more: Tusk says he still dreams of UK U-turn on Brexit [...]
No Brexit is now more likely than no-deal Brexit, economists predict April 18, 2019 Britain remaining in the EU is now more likely than a disorderly Brexit, according to a Reuters survey of economists. The poll found that Britain leaving with a free trade deal of some description was still the most likely outcome but Brexit being cancelled jumped above a no-deal scenario into third place in the latest [...]
Campaigning against climate change doesn’t make you above the law April 18, 2019 UNTIL this week, the anti-climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion had hardly been a household name. Its various activities, like pouring fake blood onto Downing Street and stripping semi-naked during a session of the House of Commons, had been received with the sort of good humour that the British people always reserve for righteous causes [...]
Antisemitism just doesn’t matter that much to Labour – what a surprise April 18, 2019 Spare a thought for poor Richard Burgon, the Labour front-bencher under attack after having his own words heartlessly quoted back to him. The shadow justice secretary’s woes began when he was pressed in a 2018 BBC interview on his alleged quote that “zionism is the enemy of peace”. Burgon repeatedly claimed “I didn’t say that” [...]
DEBATE: Is it right for Shamima Begum to receive legal aid for her citizenship appeal? April 18, 2019 Is it right for Shamima Begum to receive legal aid for her citizenship appeal? John Oxley, a barrister at Vardags, says YES. When William Joyce was captured after six years of aiding the Nazis, he was hanged for treason. He was, however, first provided with lawyers and allowed to exhaust all avenues of appeal. At Nuremberg, [...]
From housing to recycling, fuzzy tokenism is no substitute for action April 18, 2019 The brakes are temporarily on the Brexit saga for Easter, giving the government an opportunity to address some of the major public policy issues that have been all but sucked up by the EU vacuum. Putting aside this administration’s inability to actually pass any legislation (Brexit or otherwise), one at least hopes for the promise [...]
Radical climate protestors are beginning to resemble a cult April 17, 2019 Climate change is not a fringe issue, nor is it suffering as a topic from a lack of attention. It is taught in schools and debated extensively in the media. It occupies a central position in policy-making and increasingly commands the attention of businesses and the investment community. The governor of the Bank of England, [...]
Government in email gaffe amid plans for new pornography age checks April 17, 2019 The government was embroiled in a data breach blunder today hours after setting out its own privacy laws over pornography age verification checks. Culture minister Margot James insisted privacy around porn checks will be secure despite a press release regarding the new laws exposing hundreds of email addresses when it was sent out to journalists [...]