Labour's campaign war chest swelled in the last week as trade unions backed Jeremy Corbyn's bid to become Prime Minister. Labour received the most in donations, raking in £3,488,000 in weekly regulated period. In the first week the party raised just £218,500, but have seen a reversal of fortunes as the trade unions funded the […]
Boris Johnson repeatedly refused to confirm that he will take part in a BBC interview with presenter Andrew Neil. The broadcaster has faced heavy criticism for failing to tie down the PM before going ahead with other interviews. Jeremy Corbyn faced heavy questioning from Mr Neil on Tuesday – which saw the Labour leader criticised […]
Embattled Fine Gael by-election candidate Verona Murphy told the Taoiseach he had left hauliers “in awe” and was doing “a great job, in a difficult time” in a gushing email to his private account. Ms Murphy, in her role as president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA), also told Leo Varadkar that Transport Minister […]
Mr Corbyn, who was also questioned about the long-running issue of anti-semitism in the Labour party declined to apologise and rejected claims that antisemitism had risen in the party under his leadership. Jeremy Corbyn’s interview with Andrew Neil aired on BBC1 at 7pm on Tuesday evening and has already been torn apart by British voters. […]
In a bold signal of his ambition to win over millions of former Labour voters in the general election, the Prime Minister claimed the drastic public spending cuts under David Cameron and George Osborne in the wake of the 2008 financial crash were “just not the right way forward” for the country. He also promised a […]
Labour has documents which show that the NHS will be “up for sale” in a post-Brexit US trade deal under Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed. The Labour leader said his party had obtained an unredacted version of a 451-page document which lays out the details of talks involving UK and US officials. Mr Corbyn […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended his move to investigate Joe Biden and his son, days after the former vice president said he was disappointed and angered by his old friend. “I love Joe Biden as a person but we are not going to give a pass to what is obviously a conflict of interest,” Graham tweeted Monday, claiming Hunter […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing, scheduled for Dec. 4, starting a new phase of the inquiry that could lead to formal charges against the president within weeks. Trump is not required to attend the hearing. But the move allows […]
The YouGov’s official MRP poll has been released this evening and is regarded as the most reliable poll in the UK. The poll predicted the 2017 election result despite every other poll suggesting the Conservative Party would secure a big win. What is the result from the MRP poll? Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday asked an appeals court to put on hold a ruling requiring former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify to lawmakers as part of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. The filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit […]