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Gove says government can win Brexit vote in parliament December 2, 2018 Environment secretary Michael Gove, a key ally of the Prime Minister, said he believes Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement will get through parliament despite signs of a growing revolt. By some estimates, over a hundred Conservative MPs are preparing to vote against May’s withdrawal agreement in parliament next week, paving the way for a crisis over how [...]
May faces contempt of parliament threat from Labour as Brexit legal advice leaks December 2, 2018 Theresa May is facing one of the greatest clashes of her premiership as MPs from across parliament contemplate accusing her of contempt of parliament over her refusal to publish legal advice she has received on Brexit. MPs may move against the Prime Minister tomorrow, with figures from the DUP, Labour, Liberal Democrats and SNP planning [...]
Shadow cabinet minister Kate Osamor resigns after alleged journalist threat December 1, 2018 Kate Osamor resigned today as secretary of state for international development, she announced on Twitter. Last night Osamor allegedly threatened a journalist who doorstepped her in relation to questions about how much she knew about her son's drugs conviction. In her statement Osamor said she had resigned "to concentrate on supporting my family through the difficult time we have [...]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urges Theresa May to avoid no-deal Brexit December 1, 2018 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has today asked Prime Minister Theresa May to do what she can to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Speaking at a bi-lateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina, Abe praised May for striking a deal with the EU. “I would like to once again ask for your [...]
Shadow Labour minister Kate Osamor allegedly threatens journalist with bat December 1, 2018 Labour frontbencher Kate Osamor allegedly threatened a journalist with a bat last night after she was doorstepped in relation to her son’s drug case. Osamor, 50, the MP for Edmonton and shadow secretary of state for international development, allegedly told the journalist to f*ck off, threatened him with a bat and threw a bucket of [...]
Political leaders pay tribute to former US President George HW Bush after his death at 94 December 1, 2018 The political world has paid tribute to former US President George HW Bush who died late last night at the age of 94. Bush Senior, who was father of fellow US President George W Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, served one term as President from 1988 to 1992. His wife, former first lady [...]
Sam Gyimah resigns in protest at Theresa May’s “naive” Brexit deal December 1, 2018 Science and universities minister, Sam Gyimah, became the sixth minister to resign in protest at Theresa May's Brexit deal when he quit the government on Friday evening. It came after May announced that the UK was pulling out of the EU's Galileo satellite-navigation project, which Gyimah believes exposes the deal as "naive". The decision to pull out of the project came [...]
Former US President George HW Bush dead at 94 December 1, 2018 Former US President George Bush died late last night at the age of 94. Bush, the 41st US President, died at 10.10pm Central time at his home in Houston, according to a spokesperson. He was the father of George W Bush, the 43rd US President who served two terms during the 2000s, and Jeb Bush, [...]
US, Mexico and Canada sign new trade deal November 30, 2018 The US, Mexico and Canada today signed a new deal governing the more than one trillion dollars (£780bn) worth of trade between the three countries. US President Donald Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto signed the deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement today in Argentina at the start [...]
Donald Tusk’s message to MPs: UK cannot renegotiate Brexit deal November 30, 2018 European Council president Donald Tusk ruled out renegotiating Theresa May’s Brexit deal today, saying if parliament rejects the agreement then Britain must either crash out of the EU with no deal or abandon Brexit altogether. “A few days before the vote in the House of Commons, it is becoming more and more clear that this [...]