Results are coming in from 650 seats across the country in the 2019 general election . From Labour's northern heartlands to southern Tory shires and everything in between in our diverse political landscape, we are covering all the results as they happen. An exit poll predicted the Tories would win 368 seats in Parliament – […]
The Westminster leader of the DUP is a long serving Member of Parliament who has been the deputy leader of the DUP since June 2008. John Bercow on Sky News described the result as the “biggest scalp of the night”. Mr Dodds has been seen as a huge figure in Brexit negotiations. Nuala McAllister of […]
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is on course to secure a stonking majority of 368 seats , according to the exit poll. Labour has been dealt a heavy blow by voters and is on track to win just 191 seats, which would be the party’s worst performance in a general election since 1935. It would put […]
Polls across the UK closed at 10pm on Thursday and voters are eagerly waiting for the results. An exit poll commission by the BBC, ITV and Sky News has predicted the Conservative Party will receive a majority of 86. That means the Tories would gain 50 seats from the 2017 election, to have 368 MPs […]
Boris Johnson was on course to return to Downing Street with an overall majority today. Having gambled his government and premiership, his decision looks to have been vindicated. But what does five more years of Tory government mean for the country? These are the questions the nation will be asking today… What will happen with […]
At times, the election felt more like a humourless farce than anything else. But, the day after voting, as we’re all saying, “It’s behind you”, our pantomime dame Kevin Maguire slaps his thigh and picks the campaign’s princes and princesses… Real-life Cinderella Angela Rayner’s is the fairytale story of a working class single mum, who […]
The Election 2019 exit poll results show the Conservative Party securing a massive majority of 368 seats – a significant way ahead of the Labour Party. The results would enable Mr Johnson to deliver on his promise to the British people to “get Brexit done” delivering a huge blow to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. […]
It's happening again. On Thursday we'll be heading to the polling booths to cast our vote in the 2019 general election . Social media has been boiling over with those giving their views and trying to persuade us to vote for one party or the other, from both politicians and the public. As many very […]
WASHINGTON — Arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants inside the United States dropped in the past year, according to government data released on Wednesday, a sharp contrast to the “millions” of deportations that President Trump promised this summer. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested about 143,000 immigrants in the country’s interior from October 2018 to […]
(Reuters) – If the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate would hold a trial to determine whether he should be found guilty of the charges and removed from office. Here are the main players in what would be only the third such trial in U.S. […]