Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, yesterday gave a press conference beside an empty podium intended for Johnson. In one of the more dramatic spectacles of the ongoing political drama, Bettel took the opportunity to express his frustrations at Brexit while gesturing to the empty podium. The joint press conference between Bettel and Johnson […]
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The Cabinet Office has been warned to take an urgent risk assessment of its ability to conduct a snap election. The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) said: “Electoral reform is needed urgently as the current system is no longer fit for purpose. The electoral community cannot continue performing miracles.” The AEA issued a report calling […]
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Boris Johnson faces a day of destiny on Tuesday after a court ruled his advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament was unlawful “because it had the purpose of stymying Parliament.” ‘Johnson lied to the Queen’ “In effect, the court held that Boris Johnson lied to the Queen,” said legal expert David Allen Green, while […]
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Since last Monday night, the House of Commons is closed. But Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament may be overturned in the courts. On Wednesday, the highest Scottish court ruled that suspension of Parliament was unlawful. The government expressed its disappointment with this decision. On Tuesday of next week, it will be up to the […]
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London mayor Sadiq Khan has told organisers of the ‘world’s biggest arms fair’ to “get out of London”. Police made more than 116 arrests during protests leading up to the start of the three day event held at London’s ExCel in Custom House. London mayor Sadiq Khan sent a letter to the event organisers, Clarion […]
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Since Boris Johnson fulfilled his life-long dream of becoming prime minister, he’s suffered significant setbacks in parliament. Yet he insists that the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October 2019. Here’s a Brexit update. Brexit Update – Timeline After a landslide victory in the leadership contest among Tory voters in July, Boris Johnson […]
Continue ReadingLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn says his party would axe formal tests for English primary schools, known as Sats. He claimed they left many children in tears or made them vomit with stress and said scrapping the tests would be one of the first acts of any Labour government. The pledge was met with cheers from […]
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The former UKIP leader Nigel Farage called for a ‘democratic revolution’ in British politics as he launched his new Brexit Party. He told an audience in Coventry today that if the UK took part in May’s European elections, they would be his new party’s first challenge. But he said the party’s primary aim was to […]
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Chancellor Philip Hammond said today that Britain needs to focus on issues other than Brexit, with economic growth a top priority. Speaking in Washington, where he is attending IMF and World Bank meetings, Hammond said it was is time to ‘get Brexit off the table.’ He said crucial economic decisions needed to be taken and […]
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Theresa May said tonight that she will ask for a second extension to the UK’s Brexit deadline in an attempt to solve the deadlock in Parliament. She vowed to ‘break the logjam’ in the House of Commons and said she will seek a meeting with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to discuss a possible […]
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