Boris Johnson’s Tories have been gifted an early Christmas present by Nigel Farage as the Brexit Party leader announced hundreds of candidates won’t fight the December 12 general election. Farage’s decision to withdraw 317 Brexit Party candidates from Conservative held constituencies is a major climb down for the arch-Brexiteer and a huge boost for the […]
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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 bodies of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex was described as “an evil contempt for human life” at Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons today. MPs were united in paying tribute to the emergency workers dealing with the gruesome discovery but clashed again over Brexit and the timetable for debating the government’s […]
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Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has blocked MPs voting on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, ruling “it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so.” The government had sought a “yes” or “no” vote on Boris Johnson’s new deal but Bercow said doing so would break long standing parliamentary conventions given MPs […]
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through London on Saturday demanding a People’s Vote on Brexit while inside the House of Commons, MPs delayed their decision once again. The Commons did not say “no” to the Prime Minister’s deal on so-called Super Saturday, instead it was effectively “not yet”, as they voted instead to pass […]
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The Democratic Unionist Party have dealt a “shattering blow” to Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans, saying they “can’t support” the Prime Minister’s new deal to leave the EU. A DUP statement delivered at 7am this morning rejected the revised Brexit deal ahead of the crucial EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. It is believed most of the […]
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The Queen’s Speech has been pilloried as “farcical” and an abuse of the monarchy to deliver a Tory manifesto ahead of a looming general election. Among the 26 bills and policies announced were tougher jail sentences and a controversial plan to force people to show photographic ID in order to be able to vote – […]
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Ireland’s Taoiseach will meet the UK’s Prime Minister later today in a bid to try and salvage a Brexit deal before next week’s EU leaders’ summit. Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson will hold “detailed discussions” in Cheshire focusing on what is proving to be the main sticking point for an agreement: arrangements for the Irish […]
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The European Union have expressed “serious doubts” about Boris Johnson’s plan to secure a Brexit deal as a leaked memo tells Tory MPs to blame the EU if it fails. EU Council president Donald Tusk told the UK prime minister that Brussels is “still unconvinced” by his new proposals, while Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s […]
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Boris Johnson will deliver his “final offer” to the EU on Brexit today with a nine day ultimatum to Brussels to agree to his “two borders for four years” proposal. The new Brexit plan was leaked to the Daily Telegraph ahead of Johnson’s first speech as prime minister to the Conservative party conference, and is […]
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