Boris Johnson urges Democratic Unionist Party to continue to support Conservative government November 24, 2018 Boris Johnson has urged the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which props up Theresa May’s government, to continue to support the Conservatives. Speaking as a guest at the Northern Irish party’s conference today the former British foreign minister warned that terminating their support could result in a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn. “To our allies [...]
European Council president Donald Tusk recommends EU27 pass Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement tomorrow evening November 24, 2018 European Council president Donald Tusk has recommended that the 27 EU member states approve the Brexit withdrawal agreement at a summit in Brussels tomorrow. He said the objectives of the negotiations – to minimise uncertainty and disruption, settle the status of EU citizens in the UK, avoid a hard border in Ireland, ensure the UK [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond says Brexit deal better than staying in the European Union ahead of May’s summit with EU leaders November 24, 2018 Chancellor Philip Hammond has said Theresa May's Brexit deal is better than staying in the EU, as the Prime Minister heads to Brussels for a summit with European leaders. Hammond said he disagreed with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster who said the deal was a worse outcome for Britain than a Jeremy Corbyn [...]
May: UK will not get better offer if MPs vote down draft Brexit withdrawal agreement November 23, 2018 Theresa May has said the European Union will not “give us a better deal” if MPs vote down the draft withdrawal agreement she has negotiated. Asked what happens if MPs reject the agreement, she said “I think we end up back a square one” with “more uncertainty and more division”. “If we were to go [...]
Parliament will vote down May’s Brexit deal, says Dominic Raab November 23, 2018 Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab believes parliament will vote down the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal next month. However, MPs could agree stopgap measures to prevent the alternative of the UK crashing out the EU without a deal, he told the BBC’s Today programme this morning. "We will I think inevitably see parliament vote this deal [...]
DEBATE: Should Theresa May try to renegotiate her Brexit deal at the EU Summit this weekend? November 23, 2018 Should Theresa May try to renegotiate her Brexit deal at the EU Summit this weekend? Ruth Lea, economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, says YES. There is little doubt that the withdrawal agreement, including the egregious backstop and the backstop-based draft future relationship, would leave this country in the worst of all possible worlds if the [...]
Brexiters have racked up the victories but no one wants to admit it November 22, 2018 “Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan,” an Italian diplomat noted in the 1940s. Yet, as with so much Brexit has touched, that wisdom has been turned on its head. The draft political declaration of the UK and EU’s future trading relationship should have been a cause for celebration for Conservative Brexiters. [...]
GoldenTree Asset Management paid Boris Johnson more than £94,000 for a two-hour speech November 22, 2018 Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson received more than £94,000 from a New-York based hedge fund to give a two-hour speech earlier this month. Johnson, who resigned during the summer over Theresa May's so-called Chequers deal, was paid £94,507.85 by GoldenTree Asset Management to speak at its offices on Park Avenue. He was also provided with travel [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit trading plan fails to win over key Tories November 22, 2018 Theresa May's hopes of winning over rebel Tories were dashed on Thursday as a string of MPs spoke out against the latest part of her Brexit plan. A 26-page declaration on the UK and EU’s future trading arrangement was released following late Wednesday night talks between negotiators in Brussels, committing both sides to an “ambitious, [...]
MPs and businesses urged to boycott Google and Facebook over alleged failure to tackle UK terror November 22, 2018 Tech firms such as Google and Facebook have come under fire from the UK's parliamentary security committee, as a report published today urged businesses to boycott the social media platforms until they do more to tackle extremism. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said continuous appeals to social media firms to stop their systems from being [...]