Boris Johnson really is a record breaker. He lost a by-election faster than any other prime minister in modern history and now he has the worst voting record too. He is 4-0 down, four votes lost on the floor of the Commons, especially risible when you consider parliament has only sat for three days of […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centers for military families, as it diverts $3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Schools for the children of U.S. military members from Kentucky to Germany to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Greg Craig, who had served as former President Barack Obama’s top White House lawyer, was found not guilty on Wednesday of lying about work he performed for Ukraine in a case that grew out of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. A jury in federal court in Washington acquitted Craig of misleading […]
EU nationals will be able to apply for a three-year right to remain in Britain if there is a no-deal Brexit . The new system was announced as the Home Office revealed details of new immigration rules for when freedom of movement ends. The document confirmed freedom of movement will end "as it currently stands" […]
WASHINGTON — Gregory B. Craig, one of Washington’s most prominent Democratic lawyers, was acquitted on Wednesday of a felony charge that he lied about work he did seven years ago for the Ukrainian government. The jury returned the verdict after just hours of deliberation, in a blow to the Justice Department’s effort to more aggressively […]
Jeremy Corbyn was under pressure today from Labour MPs to delay backing a general election. The Labour leader wants a national poll as soon as possible after the anti no-deal bill gets through Parliament. He is prepared to support Boris Johnson ’s calls for an election on October 15th despite a backlash from MPs. Mr […]
Boris Johnson, 55, became the new Tory leader and Prime Minister after Theresa May stepped down in July 2019. The new Conservative leader beat Jeremy Hunt with 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656. Taking on one of the most important jobs in the country, he has a massive responsibility on his shoulders. Speaking at the […]
Tory Chancellor Sajid Javid was savaged for hijacking the spending round speech for “electioneering” in a day of high drama in the Commons. Mr Javid said he was “turning the page of austerity” in his first major speech after being made financial chief by Boris Johnson . But his speech was interrupted a number of […]
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on Tuesday labelling the National Rifle Association (NRA) a domestic terrorist organization and urged other cities and the federal government to do the same. The resolution proposed that in addition to declaring the NRA a terrorist organization, the city should take steps to limit the contractual […]
The Severn Bridge, officially known as the Prince of Wales Bridge, is closed in both directions. Gwent Police said: “Gwent Police is currently responding to a report of a lorry that has driven down the embankment and onto land alongside the M4 Westbound at the end of the Prince of Wales Bridge. Officers are currently […]