The comeback Clegg? Ex-Lib Dem leader is confident of party’s return December 4, 2016 Riding high on his party winning the Richmond Park by-election, former Liberal Democrat leader and deputy PM Nick Clegg has expressed his confidence that it is recovering from nearly being wiped out at last year's disastrous General Election. "It's in many different parts of the country where the Liberal Democrat fortunes appear – appear – to [...]
Boris Johnson has set up a clash with Theresa May over students and migration numbers December 4, 2016 Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has publicly rejected the government's policies on migration numbers, specifically the inclusion of student numbers. Only in October, Downing Street stressed that there is no review of the current plan – which sees students included in net migration sums. That was a reaction to comments from chancellor Philip Hammond, who had [...]
Top Tory MPs warn hard Brexit could cost party the next election December 4, 2016 A group of senior Conservative MPs have warned that the party risks losing the next election if it goes for a hard Brexit, urging the Prime Minister Theresa May to publish the government's plans for negotiations. The warning comes after the surprise result in the Richmond by-election where the Lib Dem's overturned a Tory majority "with [...]
Nigel Farage has said he’ll do whatever he can “formally or informally” to improve UK-US relations December 3, 2016 Nigel Farage may have been thwarted in becoming UK's ambassador to the US, but he's still ready and waiting to help out Donald Trump. Ministers quite quickly poured cold water on Donald Trump's unconventional call on Twitter for the former Ukip leader to be appointed UK ambassador to the US last month, saying there was no vacancy and [...]
Labour will put forward an official amendment to the Article 50 bill on market access, says Jeremy Corbyn December 3, 2016 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that his party will put down an official amendment to the Article 50 bill. If the Supreme Court allows a debate in parliament, Labour will go forward with a proposed amendment that will aim to ensure Britain maintains access to Europe's markets, workers' rights and environmental protection measures. Read [...]
Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg: Second referendum needed for British people to bookend Brexit process December 3, 2016 Nick Clegg has made no secret of his pro-Europe views. And he might rankle some Brexit supporters with his latest comments on the whole process of leaving the European Union. Speaking on LBC radio, the former Deputy Prime Minister said he still felt there needed to be a second referendum. Read more: UK facing food prices [...]
Attorney General: High Court judges relegated Brexit vote “almost to a footnote” December 3, 2016 The Attorney General is gearing up for a Brexit battle next week, as he argues the government's case that the referendum outcome should not be relegated "almost to a footnote". Jeremy Wright, the government's top legal officer, is heading to the Supreme Court where the hearing will decide whether the Prime Minister is entitled to trigger formal [...]
Chris Grayling set to strip Network Rail of its dominance over rail maintenance December 3, 2016 Chris Grayling is set to to hand over power of Britain's train tracks to operators in a speech next week. The transport secretary wants take away the state-owned Network Rail's sole control of the nation's rail infrastructure and share it with private firms in what would mark a huge change in how Britain's rail network [...]
President-elect Donald Trump is on the defensive over call with Taiwan December 3, 2016 Donald Trump has started as he means to go on. The President-elect did what he always does after raising eyebrows (this time over a phone call with Taiwan): he took to Twitter to defend himself. The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump [...]
Don’t blame it on the politicians, blame it on social media: Brits think Twitter and Facebook led to Trump victory December 2, 2016 We've heard about the evils of social media and all the supposed wasted hours we spend online, but this might be a bit much. Apparently, nearly half of Brits think that Donald Trump would not be President-elect right now had the US election taken place before the existence of social media. A YouGov poll of 1,658 [...]