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Britain Unleashed: Boris Johnson prepares to reject EU rules in these two key areas

Number 10 is understood to have rejected stipulations in the negotiation mandate submitted to EU leaders by the European Commission. Mr Johnson’s advisor David Frost has had talks with official to finalise the UK negotiating position. According to the Sunday Telegraph Brussels insist the UK must agree to a “level playing field” in order to guarantee […]

Justice Dept. drops probe of ex-FBI official McCabe, a top Trump target

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of a top target of President Donald Trump, former No. 2 FBI official Andrew McCabe, at the tail end of a week in which the U.S. law-enforcement agency has come under extraordinary pressure from the president. Since he was fired by former […]

Cabinet dutifully chant Boris Johnson’s dodgy election slogans at first meeting

Boris Johnson's new Cabinet dutifully chanted his dodgy election slogans today as ministers did little to dispel claims of a No10 power grab. The Prime Minister rattled off statistics on police, hospitals and nurses in a call and response after reshuffling his top team. Hailing his "people's government" in front of the cameras, Mr Johnson […]

Boris Johnson’s power grab: Prime Minister tightens grip as Sajid Javid forced out

Speaking outside his home soon after his exit, he insisted: “I was unable to accept those conditions and I do not believe any self-respecting minister would accept those conditions.” His explosive departure made him the first Chancellor to resign from the key role since Nigel Lawson in 1989 and the first in his office to fail […]

Cabinet reshuffle to cost £100k in golden goodbyes as Esther McVey gets £25,000

Boris Johnson's Cabinet reshuffle looks set to cost more than £100,000 in golden goodbyes – with Esther McVey in line to trouser £25,000 of payoffs in barely a year. The Prime Minister wielded the axe to eight ministers, including several round the Cabinet table, this morning as he reshaped his top team. But those who […]

What's next for Democratic presidential candidates after New Hampshire

(Reuters) – If there’s one thing Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary made clear, it’s that Democrats are no closer to agreeing on the right candidate to beat Republican President Donald Trump in November. The two leading candidates from Iowa’s caucus, Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, stayed at the top of […]

Biden heading to South Carolina firewall as New Hampshire votes

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden told reporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday he was headed to South Carolina later in the day – before the results of the nominating primary vote underway in the New England state are even released. His rivals continued to barnstorm schools, churches and doughnut shops in […]