WASHINGTON — As Speaker Nancy Pelosi solemnly declared the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump last week, and the steady stream of Democrats supporting it became something of a stampede, a small group of Democrats remained unconvinced. The cluster of skeptics, mostly moderate first-term lawmakers in conservative-leaning districts had dwindled to just […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday questioned whether the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff, should be arrested for treason for his description of a phone call Mr. Trump had with the president of Ukraine during a recent congressional hearing. Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his attacks against the lawmaker leading the impeachment inquiry against him, suggesting that Representative Adam Schiff be arrested for “treason.” The comment is likely to inflame criticism of Trump’s handling of the scandal engulfing his presidency, stemming from a a telephone call in […]
LEFT-wing TD Paul Murphy has launched a new political group to be known as RISE in the wake of his split from the Socialist Party. The group’s name stands for Radical, Internationalist, Socialist and Environmentalist. One of its key priorities is to prepare and launch a ‘Green New Deal’ with socialist policies for Ireland. The […]
Thomas Cook staff have told their moving stories as they descended on the Tory conference to demand financial support from the Government. Dozens of former employees – some wearing their old uniforms – protested outside the venue in Manchester urging ministers to "pay us now" after they did not receive their wages on Monday. Around 9,000 staff […]
An MP has said he received a death threat hours after being named in a story about Remain MPs' supposed communication with foreign governments. Dominic Grieve was one of several MPs named as part of a No10 probe into whether Remain-backers had talked to EU politicians about how to delay Brexit. Mr Grieve, one of […]
Tories lined up to lambast Mr Corbyn as the Conservative Party conference in Manchester got off to an explosive start. Many taunted the Labour leader for running scared over a general election. Cabinet minister Michael Gove said that voting for any party other than the Tories risks letting Labour into power. He said: “Jeremy Corbyn […]
Thousands of children could be banned from school if they do not get vaccinated under a major shake-up being considered by the Tory Health Secretary. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today declared there is a “very strong argument” for making vaccinations compulsory to stop a “worrying” rise in measles cases. He revealed he has commissioned advice […]
A banner calling for the deaths of Tories to "level the playing field" for "130,000 deaths" under the Tories has been condemned. The sign, which was accompanied by effigies, was put up on a bridge in Salford as the Tory Party conference begins in Manchester. The image was also tweeted out by Manchester Momentum, the […]
A bus company has moved to disown a viral image that claimed to show its information board calling Boris Johnson a 'lying d***head'. Thousands of people saw the image over the last few days after it was attributed to a bus stop in Brighton. It showed a bus arrivals display in Portland Street, in the […]