The small number of Mike Pence supporters who waited in the rain and cold yesterday in Doonbeg were not let down as the US vice president spent more than 10 minutes with them chatting about his Irish roots. While the crowds were significantly smaller than the turnout for Donald Trump’s visit in June, the 60-year-old […]
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been accused of disrespecting Parliament after slouching on the Government front bench during the emergency Brexit debate. The Commons leader was listening to speeches in the emergency session, in which opposition MPs are trying to seize control of the order paper to force Boris Johnson to delay Brexit. But his relaxed posture […]
An Edmonton man has filed a $50,000 lawsuit against the city over its use of calcium chloride. The civil claim is the latest development in the controversy surrounding the city’s use of the anti-icing agent on Edmonton roads and comes as a city committee is slated to decide Wednesday whether crews should continue using the […]
Boris Johnson's strategy guru Dominic Cummings shouted at Jeremy Corbyn in a Parliament corridor after the PM's humiliating Commons defeat, it has been claimed. The senior aide reportedly goaded the Labour leader into taking Johnson's bait and voting for an election on his terms. Johnson has repeatedly said he does not want a general election. […]
The Labour Party leader is speaking in the House of Commons during an emergency debate on Brexit as ministers prepare for tonight’s crunch vote that could block the UK leaving the European Union with a no deal Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn said: “I understand there are people from all sides of the house under a great […]
“We are losing the second biggest engine of Europe’s economy, which represents an indisputable impoverishment [for the bloc],” the former French president told a conference hosted by the MEDEF business organisation. The British have chosen to “isolate themselves,” the conservative heavyweight continued. “We cannot allow that to happen.” M Sarkozy also poked fun at the idea […]
Boris Johnson faces a showdown in Parliament showdown today after warning an election could be held if MPs support a bill blocking a no deal Brexit. As it currently stands, the Prime Minister is leading a majority of one in Parliament. Despite this, the PM has recently threatened to deselect MPs from the Conservative Party […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering holding another election – the UK’s third since 2015 – in a bid to break the Brexit impasse in Parliament. Mr Johnson is facing a showdown in Parliament on Tuesday after Downing Street warned he would call for a snap election on October 14 if MPs take control of […]
The £1.5m (€1.65m) donation left to Sinn Féin by a mechanic who lived in a mobile home has been raised with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). William E Hampton left an estate of almost £2.6m (€2.87m) in the UK when he died last year and Sinn Féin disclosed the share it has received to […]
Boris Johnson is a stranger to the truth so when this serial liar claims he doesn’t want a General Election we know he does. This Tory Prime Fibber is a reckless and dangerous charlatan. He’s the head of a ragtag government threatening to defy the law and sidelining Parliament because he’s terrified of its sovereignty. […]