Nigel Farage has escalated his attack on the prime minister’s Brexit deal after Boris Johnson ruled out forming a ‘Leave Alliance’ to fight the general election. Johnson rejected Farage’s ultimatum to drop the deal with the EU or face a contest for every seat in the December 12 election between Conservative and Brexit Party candidates. […]
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The JCHR report on the detention of young people with disabilities &/or autism has been published and makes for shocking reading. The UK Parliament Human Rights Committee has urged the government to take action, highlighting grave human rights abuses. The report is available to download on Twitter with its chair, Harriet Harman tweeting this morning: […]
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Jeremy Corbyn has kicked off Labour’s general election bid promising the “most ambitious and radical campaign the country has ever seen.” “Real change is coming,” the Labour leader told party activists gathered at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, repeatedly asking them: “Whose side are you on?” Corbyn said this is “a once in a generation opportunity” […]
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Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire yesterday gave a mixed reaction to the findings of the newly published report. The Grenfell inquiry is ongoing and will continue for some time. The publication of the Phase 1 report highlights the failures of the fire services and re-identifies the flammable cladding as the main cause of the […]
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Boris Johnson has won his bid for an early general election to “get Brexit done” with MPs voting emphatically for a December poll. The prime minister’s victory comes less than 24 hours after MPs voted against having a general election on December 12 – the first Christmas vote since 1923 and first winter election since […]
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Boris Johnson’s proposed election on the 12 December failed yesterday to gain sufficient support from MPs. The motion attracted 299 votes in favour with 70 against, and thus did not secure the two-thirds majority of the house (434 votes) required under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act. While all Conservative MPs voted for the motion, it only […]
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The European Union has given the UK a three month Brexit “flextension” until January 31 in order to try and get a deal through parliament. The extension comes as MPs prepare to vote today on whether to back the prime minister’s plans for a general election before Christmas. Donald Tusk, president of the European Council […]
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Chinese state media said the “UK must bear responsibility” for the deaths of 39 people discovered in a lorry in England, according to the Guardian. An editorial in the China-based Global Times criticised the UK for not preventing a repeat of the Dover port tragedy when 58 Chinese were discovered suffocated to death in a […]
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At the end of another tumultuous week in Brexit politics, the EU has decided to delay its decision on a Brexit extension. The bloc wants clarity from Westminster before granting either a long extension favoured by those opposed to a hard Brexit or a short extension pleasing the Brexiteers. In a further roll of the […]
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The Regional airline Flybe cancelled dozens of flights from a number of UK airports today, blaming a shortage of pilots. It also confirmed that it was in consultations over job losses as it prepares to cut jet flights in favour of cheaper turboprop planes. The restructure includes ending jet flights from Exeter, Cardiff, Doncaster and […]
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