Mr Corbyn, responding to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the Commons, claimed the new Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration were “even worse” than that negotiated by previous PM Theresa May. He said: “We are having a debate today on a text for which there is no economic impact assessment and no accompanying legal advice. This […]
THE European Research Group, the influential Eurosceptic caucus of Tory MPs, has handed Boris Johnson a massive boost by vowing to back his motion today. The group, chaired by Wycombe MP Steve Baker, met at Parliament this morning. Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s political editor, tweeted that Mr Baker had said the advice to all of […]
BOSTON (Reuters) – The former chief executive of specialty finance lender Hercules Capital Inc and a former food manufacturer executive have agreed to plead guilty to charges related to their role in the U.S. college admissions scandal, prosecutors said on Friday. Federal prosecutors in Boston allege that Hercules Capital founder Manuel Henriquez and Michelle Janavs […]
Boris Johnson faces a difficult vote ahead for his Withdrawal Agreement. Having agreed on a deal for Brexit with the European Union earlier this week, the issue now remains as to whether it will be passed by a vote in the House of Commons. Parliament remains as divided as ever, with the Conservative Party finding […]
TANAISTE Simon Coveney has said a no-deal Brexit is “very unlikely now” but that predicting how tomorrow’s crunch Westminster vote on the new UK-EU deal ia “a dangerous game”. He said he believes it will be “very close one way or another” and that the Irish government would strongly push for a extension to the […]
Leaders of the EU27 voted to accept the new Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration secured by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the EU Summit on Thursday. The day was dominated by Brexit talk, as EU leaders were anxious to hear if the deal will pass through the British Parliament. Mark Rutte of the Netherlands said […]
Dr Sheila Lawlor, who heads up Politeia, set out her ideas in a new paper, Now or Never: Countering the Coup Against Britain’s Democracy. And she suggested Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ongoing battle with Parliament, and its attempt to box him into requesting a further delay to Article 50 using the so-called Benn Act, was emblematic […]
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump defended his Syria pullout at a campaign rally on Thursday and lashed out at “crazy Nancy” Pelosi and other Democrats who are trying to remove him from office through impeachment. “The more America achieves, the more hateful and enraged these crazy Democrats become. They’re crazy. They’re crazy,” Trump […]
Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox. When Senator Bernie Sanders attacked Joe Biden in April, shortly after the former vice president announced his presidential bid, Mr. Biden responded by … not responding at all. “I’m not going to get in a debate with my colleagues here,” Mr. Biden told my colleague […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said on Thursday that the White House had never required Ukraine to investigate the 2016 U.S. election in exchange for military aid, reversing comments he made earlier that day. “Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military […]