WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A spokeswoman for Joe Biden, a leading candidate seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was “desperately clutching for conspiracy theories that have been debunked and dismissed by independent, credible news organizations.” Hours earlier Trump told reporters that he wanted Ukraine and China to investigate […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday said he planned to reintroduce legislation that would make it harder for companies to keep the public in the dark about products that allegedly pose health and safety risks. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York, said […]
Women have lost their High Court bid against state pension age rises from the government There was a shocked sigh from the public gallery as Lord Justice Irwin said the claims had been “dismissed”. Today's decision comes after years of battles by women born in the 1950s who are having their state pension age hiked […]
Fresh photos have emerged of Boris Johnson’s alleged mistress Jennifer Arcuri partying before she met the future Prime Minister. At a party in Trondheim, Norway, Ms Arcuri is shown knocking back “booby shots”, apparently licking salt off another partygoer’s breast, before downing a shot of alcohol and giving a thumbs up. Videos of the boozy […]
At a crucial time for our country, Boris Johnson’s conference speech was a moment for the Prime Minister to show some statesmanship. Instead he delivered his customary knock-about routine that was insulting in its hollowness and insincerity. We needed a grown-up and we got a kindergarten class fool. On the domestic agenda he had nothing […]
A Labour MP has received four death threats since she clashed with Boris Johnson over abuse, the Commons was told today. Paula Sheriff tackled the Prime Minister over his language during a dramatic parliamentary showdown last week, urging him to tone down his rhetoric. But the Conservative chief hit back by dismissing her fears as […]
Boris Johnson gave his first speech at the Conservative Party conference today where he revealed details about his “final offer” to the European Union on Brexit. The Prime Minister made several jokes about his rival Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as well as poking fun at presumed family divisions on Brexit in the Johnson household, stating […]
Boris Johnson is keen to keep this conference on message and on his domestic agenda: police, hospitals, national living wage, broadband and bus services. And when he’s asked a question on something he’d rather not discuss – whether he’s going to defy the new piece of law requiring him to delay Brexit in the event […]
All Boris Johnson had to do was hold a four day conference where his membership weren't in open revolt against him and his backdrop didn't fall apart. That would have made his first party conference as leader a success compared both to the opposition and to his predecessor Theresa May . Of course, he wasn't […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration fought on multiple fronts on Tuesday to resist the House’s growing impeachment inquiry, pushing back on demands for depositions of potential witnesses from a key committee as President Trump insisted he was entitled to interview the whistle-blower whose allegations touched off the investigation. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threw up […]