The prime minister has been accused of “stoking fear and division” ahead of a weekend of anti-racist demonstrations and far-right counter-protests across a country still reeling from last weekend’s iconoclastic events in Bristol. That Boris Johnson’s highly contentious tweets – in which he called it “absurd” and “shameful” that the national monument to Winston Churchill […]
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The discussions to define the future relationship between the UK and the EU haven’t been going well. But despite a growing number of voices calling to extend the Brexit transition period, the UK government plans to tell the EU this Friday, that it won’t be seeking an extension. MP Penny Mordaunt told the House of […]
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The UK government turned sceptical about its plans to reopen schools as it admitted that not all primary pupils would be able to return to the classroom. With only six months left before classes end in summer, The Guardian reported on Tuesday that government sources were mulling over deferring in-person classes from the June 1 […]
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The owners of British Airways, IAG have been joined by Ryanair and easyJet to launch a legal challenge against the government’s “illogical and irrational” quarantine plans for people arriving in the UK. Critics of the quarantine measure claim the plans are rushed, unworkable and full of loopholes with BA’s parent company labelling them “disproportionate” in […]
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Tens of thousands of anti-racism protestors across the UK have defied the government and police chiefs to join demonstrations against racism. “No justice, no peace” echoed around the country with protesters chanting the name of George Floyd, whose death by police in the US has sparked demonstrations under the Black Lives Matter banner around the […]
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The United Kingdom is opening its doors to three million residents of Hong Kong by relaxing its visa restrictions amid the ongoing political turmoil in the former British territory. In an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK government will consider its […]
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Face masks will be compulsory for all passengers and front line staff on public transport from June 15 – two months after the mayor of London called for them to be made mandatory. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said people who do not wear a face mask could be fined or denied access to public transport […]
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In virtually all areas of life in Britain, white people enjoy an advantage over the BAME community, including education, employment, health, and law and order. Protests continue in America, and George Flyod’s horrific death has sparked a renewed debate on racial inequality in the UK. While the Brexit campaign aroused racial tensions, the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Keir Starmer has called on the prime minister to “get a grip” of the coronavirus crisis and accused the government of making “a difficult situation ten times worse”. The Labour leader’s stinging attack on Boris Johnson’s weak leadership and mismanagement of the pandemic comes in an “exclusive interview” published by the Guardian at 9.00pm on […]
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Jacob Rees Mogg has long been painted as an anachronistic, outdated parliamentary throwback from the 19th century which even his supporters have difficulty defending. However, now the Common’s very own pantomime villain is facing new charges of depriving and effectively “euthanising” vulnerable MPs by insisting they return to Westminster to vote in person – without […]
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