WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wall Street bank lobbyists are seeking moderate Democratic allies in Congress to deprive Elizabeth Warren of votes and curb policies they consider hostile to their interests, according to more than a dozen lobbyists, consultants and campaign data. A leading Democratic 2020 presidential hopeful and fiery progressive, Warren has built her profile by […]
British waters are critical to the Irish fishing industry with the two top species – mackerel and prawns – 60 percent and 40 percent respectively dependent on UK seas. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed deliver Brexit by taking the UK out of the European Union on January 31, and giving the EU a tight […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives could vote as soon as Wednesday to formally charge President Donald Trump, a Republican, with “high crimes and misdemeanors,” making him only the third U.S. president in history to be impeached. That sets up a trial in January in the Republican-run Senate, where he is expected […]
Emily Thornberry has said she will launch legal action against Caroline Flint – accusing her of "making up s***" about her in a television interview. Ms Flint, who lost Don Valley by 3,630 votes on an almost 10% swing to the Tories, lashed out at the Shadow Foreign Secretary on Sunday for alleged comments during […]
Lisa Nandy could be the next Labour leader, as the MP announced she was “seriously considering” running for Jeremy Corbyn’s role. She joins a growing list of prospective candidates, as it looks increasingly likely a woman will lead the party in 2020. Who is Lisa Nandy? Lisa Nandy is a veteran Labour politician, having represented […]
Number 10 refused to put forward ministers for Friday morning’s broadcast and vowed to “withdraw engagement” from future editions while calling for an inquiry into allegations of political bias. The stand-off is the latest spat in an increasingly bitter row over the BBC’s impartiality in the run-up to the election. There has been a failure […]
WASHINGTON — Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, is considering switching parties and could make an announcement as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic votes on articles of impeachment. Mr. Van Drew has had […]
Boris Johnson is seeking to abolish the Fixed-term Parliaments Act and redraw constituency boundaries in a bid to stay in No10 for a decade. The Prime Minister is said to be already laying the groundwork for a second term after winning a majority government by a landslide in Thursday's General Election. Abolition of the coalition-era […]
Whitehall could could be revamped after the UK leaves the EU in January in a series of radical reforms. The Department for Exiting the European Union could be folded into Department for Trade and the Department for International Development could be turned into the Foreign Office. Mr Johnson is also expected to announce a new-look […]
Boris Johnson has secured a majority of 80 seats in this general election, a huge win for the Conservative Party and a major defeat for the Labour Party. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has centred much of his campaign on the NHS, and the idea Boris Johnson will ‘sell off’ it off to the US. But […]