Tory leadership rivals Rory Stewart and Sam Gyimah caught in Westminster war of words June 5, 2019 Tory leadership tensions spilled over into parliament today when two contenders were seen having a passionate row in the corridors of power. Sam Gyimah and Rory Stewart were seen having a robust exchange of words at just after lunchtime on Wednesday, the day after the party made it more difficult for leadership hopefuls to get [...]
Stick with HS2 or scrap it? Where every Tory leadership contender stands on the £56bn railway June 5, 2019 Theresa May has just days left as Tory leader, and it’s not just Brexit where the future is unclear – HS2 is also at a crossroads. Much of the talk around May’s potential successors has been centred on their stance on a no-deal Brexit. But in the transport world, all minds are focused on whether [...]
Kit Malthouse pulls out of Tory leadership race June 4, 2019 Kit Malthouse has become the second Tory MP to pull out of the contest to replace Theresa May, after James Cleverly announced he was also pulling out. Malthouse was considered an outsider in the race, in which 11 Tory MPs are now running. Malthouse served as a deputy mayor to the frontrunner in the race, [...]
All Change UK: Tory and Labour MPs disband after election failure June 4, 2019 Change UK, the fledging party formed by ex-Tory and Labour MPs, has split after just four months. Eleven MPs came together in February to form what was originally known as The Independent Group, before adopting the name Change UK for the European elections. Read more: Change UK has no hope among voters The party, which [...]
Five extraordinary remarks from Trump’s Whitehall press conference June 4, 2019 As tens of thousands of people took to the streets today in central London to protest President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, the object of their ire gave a joint press conference with Theresa May in Whitehall. Trump’s press conferences are seldom dull affairs, and his arrival in the UK was marked by [...]
HS2 chair to carry out project review to ensure ‘it is deliverable’, says Chris Grayling June 4, 2019 The chair of under-fire HS2 is undertaking a review of the project to “make sure the costs and budget are right and that it is deliverable,” transport secretary Chris Grayling has said. HS2 has become a battleground among the Tories vying to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister, with some pledging to continue with the [...]
Michael Gove to meet President Trump in private June 4, 2019 Donald Trump is set for a one-to-one meeting with environment secretary Michael Gove after the US president requested a get-together. A source close to Gove confirmed Trump’s team asked for the meeting last night, and details are currently being ironed out. Gove met Trump in January 2017, when he interview him for the Times in [...]
Donald Trump: UK can strike ‘very substantial’ trade deal with US after Brexit June 4, 2019 Donald Trump has told the UK it would be able to strike a “very substantial” trade deal with the US once it leaves the EU. The US president is in the UK for a three-day state visit, which began yesterday. Trump has already attended a state banquet with the royal family. This morning he met [...]
Trump meets FTSE business leaders over breakfast June 4, 2019 Business leaders will sit down for breakfast with US President Donald Trump this morning as part of a bid to strengthen transatlantic relations, as fears over an impending global trade war continue to mount. Representatives from 10 leading companies – five from the UK and five from the US – will break bread at St [...]
Our politicians should rise above Trump’s taunts June 4, 2019 Today marks 30 years since China used brutal force against pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Read more: Trump receives royal welcome at Buckingham Palace It is an appropriate time to reflect on our continued good fortune to live in a country where protest movements grow and march without impediment. In this spirit, the anti-Trump demonstrations in the [...]