Rishi Sunak’s approval rating sinks, says new polling November 10, 2021 Rishi Sunak’s approval rating has dropped by 26 points since March as almost half the country think his latest Budget will be bad for them personally, according to new polling. A poll out today from Ipsos MORI showed Sunak has an approval rating of +6, down from +32 in March, while 44 per cent of [...]
Watch as Israeli ambassador in UK is forced to flee London School of Economics, Liz Truss calls incident ‘unacceptable’ November 10, 2021 Protests outside a London university event where Israel’s ambassador to the UK spoke have been condemned by ministers as “deeply disturbing” and “appalling”. Tzipi Hotovely was invited to the London School of Economics (LSE) campus for an event hosted by the student debating society. Footage emerged on social media after the debate on Tuesday evening [...]
Treasury Committee chief leads the crusade against fraudsters and financial crime November 10, 2021 Conservative MP Mel Stride has been a busy man recently. As chair of the Treasury Committee, a group of MPs that probe the government on their spending plans, he has been preoccupied with finding out whether Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to swell the tax burden to its highest level in decades is a good idea. [...]
Mel Stride MP: It’s hard to see an ‘easy glide path’ to tax cuts November 10, 2021 The chief of an influential parliamentary committee that scrutinises the government’s spending plans has expressed his distaste at the tax burden swelling to its highest level since the 1950s. Speaking to City A.M., Tory MP Mel Stride, who chairs the Treasury Committee, expressed concerns over Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to finance a ramping up of [...]
Ireland begins reactivating no-deal contingency plans as potential unravelling of Brexit accord looms November 10, 2021 The Irish Government has begun reactivating no-deal contingency planning in preparation for a potential unravelling of the Brexit deal. Talks between London and Brussels over the contentious protocol remain deadlocked and there is growing speculation that the UK is poised to trigger Article 16 in the coming days. Lord Hain, a former secretary of state [...]
If EU starts post-Brexit trade war it is a political strategy to weaken Northern Ireland’s place in UK, says Stormont minister November 10, 2021 A Stormont minister said this morning that if the EU triggers a trade war in the Irish Sea border dispute, it would be a political bid to weaken Northern Ireland’s place in the UK,. DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots was responding to suggestions that the EU could axe the Brexit trade deal if the UK [...]
Tory MP Geoffrey Cox accused of breaking parliament rules while working for Caribbean tax haven November 10, 2021 Senior Tory MP Geoffrey Cox has been put under more pressure this morning, after being referred to Westminster’s rules watchdog for appearing to use his parliamentary office for his work as a legal adviser to a foreign government. Cox has said this morning he will cooperate with any probe into him, while home secretary Sajid [...]
He saw it coming: Prince Harry claims he warned Twitter CEO ahead of US Capitol riots November 10, 2021 Prince Harry claimed last night that he warned Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter that the micro-messaging platform was allowing a coup to be staged against the US a day before the January 6 riots. Asked if he has spoken to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Twitter CEO Dorsey, Harry said he warned the latter [...]
Vaccines to be compulsory for frontline NHS staff November 9, 2021 Frontline NHS staff in England will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid to protect patients, the health secretary has announced today.
PUP’s decision to withdraw support for Good Friday Agreement sends shockwaves through entire island November 8, 2021 Irish premier Micheal Martin has called on the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) to reconsider its decision to withdraw support for the Good Friday Agreement. The PUP said unionists should not support the peace deal because the consent principle, which is central to the 1998 accord, has been undermined by Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. Martin said: “I [...]