Billions of pounds available by backing Theresa May’s deal, says Philip Hammond March 9, 2019 Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond has said getting behind Theresa May's Brexit deal would free up billions of pounds in extra public spending or tax cuts. Hammond also dismissed the importance being placed on the Irish backstop, which could force the UK into an EU customs union in order to avoid a hard Irish border, claiming they are "not [...]
EU negotiator Michel Barnier offers UK unilateral customs union exit March 8, 2019 The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said the UK will have the option to withdraw unilaterally from the customs union element of the backstop agreement. Barnier today briefed EU ambassadors on the ongoing talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and outlined the proposals it will offer. Read more: Barnier rules out time limit on Irish [...]
Tories would win snap election if called tomorrow, according to latest polling data March 8, 2019 The Conservative party would win a snap general election if it were called tomorrow, according to the latest Yougov poll. Yougov’s latest voter intention survey found 40 per cent of people would vote for the Conservatives, while just 31 per cent would vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party. Read more: May presses EU to commit [...]
May calls on EU for ‘one last push’ to get a Brexit deal through parliament March 8, 2019 Theresa May today called on the EU to make “one more push” to reach agreement on a Brexit deal before time runs out. Read more: Theresa May is a home secretary dressed up as Prime Minister Addressing workers at a Grimsby energy company, the Prime Minister repeatedly said “Let’s get it done” in an appeal [...]
May presses EU to commit to Brexit backstop changes as parliament vote approaches March 8, 2019 The Prime Minister is set to urge the EU to commit to legally binding changes to the so-called Irish backstop today, as she seeks to get her Brexit deal through parliament. Read more: Theresa May is a home secretary dressed up as Prime Minister Theresa May will say the EU’s decisions can “have a big [...]
Former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort jailed for financial crimes March 8, 2019 US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months behind bars for fraud. Manafort was last year convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts. Read more: Manafort to plead guilty to Mueller investigation charges The [...]
Theresa May is a home secretary dressed up as Prime Minister March 8, 2019 The UK is facing a violent crime crisis. Fatal stabbings are at their highest since 1946, with 27 knife deaths so far in 2019. Police numbers in England and Wales are down more than 20,000 since 2010. Other crime-reducing initiatives, from youth outreach to social services, have also seen drastic funding cuts in that time. [...]
The Democrats have embraced the Trump trend of childish insults and illiterate ideas March 8, 2019 My worse fear has been realised: the 2020 presidential race is upon us. Like many readers, I’m not ready to re-board the political and emotional rollercoaster of 2016. But I cannot deny reality anymore: 2020 is in full-swing. Donald Trump has altered the tone and standards of debate in US politics. Many of his supporters [...]
Snap to be hauled in front of MPs for grilling over Breck Bednar murder taunt March 7, 2019 A parliamentary committee has said the parent firm of Snapchat will face questions regarding the reported use of the app by a killer to taunt the family of a child he murdered. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee today invited Snapchat to provide evidence as part of its inquiry into immersive and addictive [...]
UK told to come up with ‘acceptable’ backstop solutions as Brexit deadline looms March 7, 2019 The government is under pressure from the EU to urgently find solutions to break the Brexit impasse by tomorrow. EU leaders have asked the UK to submit "acceptable" proposals by Friday to break the deadlock over the Irish backstop, which remains the main obstacle to the two sides coming to mutual agreement. Read more: Bank [...]