Boris Johnson's team was forced onto the back foot today after Donald Trump launched a surprise attack on the Tory leader's Brexit deal. A Cabinet minister backpedalled furiously after the lying US President declared the new pact means the US "can't make a trade deal with the UK". And Mr Johnson's allies were also forced […]
Today Patrick Tucker will deliver parcels from 7am to 2am. A 19-hour day. “I worked for three hours yesterday before I made a penny because of everything I’m paying out,” he says. “Often I’m working a really long day to make £30 or £40 profit.” The only things that stop Patrick working are when he’s […]
President Trump gets positive ratings for his handling of the military raid during which Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, but it’s done little to alter broader public perceptions of the president or his approach to foreign policy. Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest as U.S. special forces closed in […]
Migrant workers at an elite Mayfair club owned by a Tory donor are being balloted for strike action. Union reps today announced kitchen porters at 5 Hertford Street will vote on whether to walk out for the £10.55 London living wage and "proper sick pay." According to the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady as the House presses forward with an impeachment probe that could imperil his presidency, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. But there are warning signs in the survey for Trump. Though Trump remains overwhelmingly popular within […]
Jeremy Corbyn today unveiled Labour's slogan and vowed to "get Brexit sorted in six months" in his first major speech of the election campaign. Labour's leader spoke to jubilant members in a grand arts centre as he kick-started a frenetic 42-day countdown to polling day on December 12. He stood before a lectern declaring "it's […]
After four attempts, Boris Johnson managed to secure an early election which will be held on December 12 – the first time in 96 years the UK will see a vote in December. Over the next six weeks, MPs up and down the country will make their pitches to the people in an effort to […]
The Brexit Party leader emailed supporters yesterday to tell them the party would have “a big challenge on our hands to clear out the Remainer Parliament and win a majority for Brexit”. This suggests the party will not put up candidates against Conservative Eurosceptics. But this may still not be enough to give Prime Minister […]
President rallies supporters at Minneapolis rally insulting opponents and vowing to win in 2020. An angry, energised United States President Donald Trump whipped his supporters into a frenzy on Thursday at a rally in Minneapolis as he sought to use the Democrats’ two-week-old impeachment inquiry as a campaign weapon, and predicted a 2020 election “backlash” […]
Ahead of a whistle-stop tour to kick off his campaign for the snap poll on December 12, he highlighted his plans for improving public services after finally breaking the deadlock in Parliament. Mr Johnson will visit a hospital, a school and a police unit during a trip to East Anglia and the South-east on what should […]