Former Metropolitan Police chiefs blame Theresa May for ’emasculating’ forces and leaving Britain in fear July 6, 2019 Five former heads of Scotland Yard have penned a letter to Theresa May blaming her for the “emasculation of British policing”. The former police commissioners said May was responsible for leaving the public in fear, that resources had been “drained to dangerously low levels” and victims had “perilously low expectations”. Read more: Police evacuate Lloyd’s [...]
Tory members ‘issued two ballots’ by mistake ahead of leadership vote July 6, 2019 A number of Conservative members have received two ballot papers to vote for the next party leader and Prime Minister. There are more than 1,000 members affected, the BBC has been told by a party insider. Read more: Hunt is right to take a firm line on China The Tory party warned voters that voting [...]
Boris Johnson denies being shut out of top secret meetings as foreign secretary July 5, 2019 Boris Johnson has denied claims he was frozen out of sensitive security meetings when he was foreign secretary, saying: “It’s not true.” Read more: Boris Johnson backs Hong Kong protestors ‘every inch of the way’ The Tory leadership frontrunner told a hustings in Darlington that he was “extremely dubious about the provenance of this story”. [...]
Hammond vows to block no-deal Brexit July 5, 2019 Chancellor Philip Hammond will “find a way” to block a no-deal Brexit come 31 October, he said today. Read more: Leaving the EU without a deal would cost the UK £90bn, says Hammond The Treasury boss warned Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor not to “sideline” MPs to deliver Brexit. Hammond branded such a move “shocking” [...]
Legalising cannabis would be the ultimate Conservative policy July 5, 2019 What if you were in the running to be the next leader of the Conservatives, and I told you that with a single popular policy, you could return your party to its traditional pro-liberty roots, put the UK at the forefront of a new cutting-edge global industry, and inspire the millennial generation to vote Tory [...]
DEBATE: Now the Brexit Party has joined the campaign, is it time to switch to proportional representation? July 5, 2019 Now the Brexit Party has joined the campaign, is it time to switch to proportional representation? Professor Tim Bale, co-author of Footsoldiers, a forthcoming book on Britain’s party members, says YES. It may come as a surprise to some that Nigel Farage is a fan of electoral system reform. After all, he’s not normally keen [...]
Boris is right to question the nanny-state impulse to tax our milkshakes July 5, 2019 The milkshake, once defined as tasting of watered-down ice cream, can now be defined as the taste of freedom. Targeted as the next treat to have an arbitrary sin tax slapped on it, the milkshake and its consumers have just found a new ally. This week, Conservative leadership hopeful Boris Johnson reiterated in a press [...]
Poll: Labour Party support hits record low July 4, 2019 The Labour Party has dropped to fourth place in a new opinion poll, recording its lowest level of support in polling history. Labour are in fourth place for the first time, with only 18 per cent of respondents saying they would vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s party if an election were held today, according to a [...]
Hunt warns China of ‘serious consequences’ over Hong Kong July 4, 2019 Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt toughened his stance on China today over the Hong Kong protests, warning the superpower there would be “serious consequences” for breaking an agreement guarding citizens’ rights and freedoms. Hunt warned he would not simply “gulp and move on” if China breached a joint declaration dating back to 1984. “It’s very important [...]
DEBATE: Is Christine Lagarde a smart pick to take over from Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank? July 4, 2019 Is Christine Lagarde a smart pick to take over from Mario Draghi at the European Central Bank? Yes, says Pierre Ortlieb, an economist at OMFIF Christine Lagarde’s tentative appointment reflects the challenges that the ECB will face in its third decade. Post-crisis unconventional monetary policy and the Bank’s prominence in the continent’s capital markets have [...]