Westminster report praises Brexit deal for maintaining Northern Ireland cross-border security April 28, 2021 A new Westminster report has praised the government’s Brexit trade deal for “putting to rest” concerns about cross-border safety in Northern Ireland. The report, from parliament’s Northern Ireland Affairs Committee said the deal “mitigated concerns about extradition processes and intelligence blind spots”. The UK-EU trade deal ensured “the need for strong cooperation between national police [...]
Mayor of London election: Minor candidates create a race within a race April 27, 2021 This year’s mayor of London election has set a record for the most ever candidates – a 20-strong field of career politicians, chancers, grifters, oddballs, cranks, culture warriors and earnest small party hopefuls. The race itself has provided little interest for the public at large, with a Sadiq Khan victory a foregone conclusion at a [...]
Arlene Foster on verge of facing DUP leadership challenge April 27, 2021 Arlene Foster is on the verge of being removed as the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland’s First Minister in a move that could jeopardise the Good Friday Agreement and the Brexit treaty’s Northern Ireland Protocol. An estimated 75 per cent of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) have [...]
Pressure builds on Boris Johnson over £58,000 flat refurbishment costs April 27, 2021 Boris Johnson is facing growing pressure about the source of a £58,000 loan given to him to pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, with Labour today accusing the Prime Minister of lying. Johnson has now paid the cost of the refurbishment out of his own pocket, however multiple media outlets have reported [...]
France threatens to block City of London from EU if UK does not open up its fishing waters April 27, 2021 France has threatened to keep the City of London out of EU markets post-Brexit if the UK does not increase access to its waters for the country’s fishermen. France’s European affairs minister Clement Beaune today hit out at the UK’s post-Brexit fishing arrangements, saying there would be “retaliation measures” taken if the UK does not [...]
MI6 boss: UK warned Putin he would pay ‘huge price’ if he invaded Ukraine April 26, 2021 The UK and the US sent a warning to Vladimir Putin that he would pay a “huge price” if Russia invaded Ukraine, according to MI6 boss Richard Moore. Russia this week pulled back more than 100,000 soldiers that were positioned on the Ukraine border after concerns Putin was about to launch an invasion. In the [...]
Top UK civil servant: Leak inquiry will probably not find ‘chatty rat’ April 26, 2021 Downing Street’s so-called “chatty rat” who leaked the news of the second national Covid lockdown is unlikely to ever be identified by an ongoing leak inquiry, according to cabinet secretary Simon Case. Case told MPs today that the inquiry into the leak will likely be complete in “weeks rather than months”, but refused to answer [...]
Boris Johnson denies making ‘let the bodies pile high’ comment over Covid lockdown April 26, 2021 Boris Johnson has denied saying that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than implement a third national lockdown. The Prime Minister firmly denied the allegation in a broadcast interview this afternoon, after the explosive allegation was published by the Daily Mail yesterday. A source close to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove [...]
Exclusive: Ministers discuss plans to revamp Covid homeless scheme in London April 26, 2021 A new cross-Whitehall group has been set up to help coordinate policy on London-focussed issues, with a revamp of last year’s Covid homeless scheme among its early priorities. The ministers involved are looking at whether last year’s Everyone In scheme could be used as a platform to provide health and other services to homeless people [...]
Dominic Cummings to blame Boris Johnson for delaying winter lockdowns April 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings is reportedly set to blame Boris Johnson for delaying the imposition of new lockdowns in the autumn and winter, leading to a massive surge in deaths. The PM’s former chief adviser reportedly has an explosive dossier on the government’s Covid response that will name Johnson as the figure responsible for the UK’s high [...]
