Jeremy Corbyn snubs state banquet invite during Donald Trump’s UK visit April 26, 2019 Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has turned down an invitation to a state dinner during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the UK in June. Corbyn joins Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable and House of Commons speaker John Bercow in snubbing the event. Read more: Labour MPs table bid to thwart Donald Trump's UK state [...]
Biden his time: Obama’s vice president Joe Biden launches White House run April 25, 2019 Former Democratic US vice president Joe Biden will seek his party’s nomination for President, he confirmed this morning after months of speculation. Biden, who was number two to Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, embarks on his third run for the White House with a centrist campaign. Read more: Bernie ‘socialist’ Sanders is the Democrats’ [...]
DEBATE: Is the uproar over Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in June unwarranted? April 25, 2019 Is the uproar over Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in June unwarranted? Freddie Jordan, a freelance writer, says YES. President Trump’s visit has unleashed the same public mania as would Lord Voldemort’s. He may be unctuous, and some might prefer to watch his comedy of errors play out from afar, but to throw a childish [...]
Labour MPs table bid to thwart Trump state visit because of ‘misogynism and racism’ April 24, 2019 Labour MPs have demanded that Theresa May cancel Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK because of his "misogynism, racism and xenophobia". More than 50 MPs have signed a backbench motion to axe the US president's trip to three-day visit to the UK, which is scheduled for the 3 June, PoliticsHome reported. Trump's visit coincides with [...]
Labour MPs table bid to thwart Trump state visit because of ‘misogynism and racism’ April 24, 2019 Labour MPs have demanded that Theresa May cancel Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK because of his "misogynism, racism and xenophobia". More than 50 MPs have signed a backbench motion to axe the US president's trip to three-day visit to the UK, which is scheduled for the 3 June, PoliticsHome reported. Trump's visit coincides with [...]
Consumer confidence falls in both Eurozone and EU April 23, 2019 Consumer confidence in both the Eurozone and the European Union fell in April, in news that will cast further gloom on a region that has been struggling economically in 2019. Read more: Euro falls as weak Eurozone data triggers slowdown fears The European Commission’s monthly consumer confidence indicator dropped by 0.7 points in the euro [...]
Trump threatens trade war as motorcycle producer Harley-Davidson hit by EU tariffs April 23, 2019 US President Donald Trump has hit out at “unfair” EU tariffs against American motorbike producer Harley-Davidson amid trade tensions. Speaking on Twitter, the President cited figures showing that tariffs on the bikes will rise to 66 per cent in June 2021. Read more: The best way to see Tuscan… from the back of a classic motorcycle [...]
Protesters vow to stage ‘huge’ anti-Trump demonstration if state visit goes ahead April 23, 2019 Protesters have vowed to launch a “huge demonstration” against Donald Trump if his state visit to the UK goes ahead this summer. Read more: Trump plans to return to the UK this summer The Stop Trump coalition, the group which organised a march claiming to consist of 250,000 people when the US President came on [...]
US President Donald Trump set to visit UK in June April 23, 2019 US president Donald Trump is set to make a state visit to the UK in early June, according to reports. Read more: Trump thought Mueller investigation would 'end my presidency' Trump was first promised an official state visit by Prime Minister Theresa May shortly after his election in 2016 but no official date was set. [...]
Oil prices reach fresh 2019 high as US tightens sanctions on Iran April 22, 2019 The price of crude oil climbed over three per cent today following the announcement by the US government that it will end exemptions from Iranian oil sanctions that it granted to countries such as China, India and Japan. Read more: Oil prices reach new 2019 high as tensions rise in Libya Secretary of state Mike Pompeo [...]