A £100m public information campaign urging people to make sure they are prepared for Britain’s departure from the EU has been launched by the government. The government’s largest ever public information campaign will see “Get Ready for Brexit” adverts run on TV, radio, social media and billboards ahead of Brexit day on 31 October. It […]
Boris Johnson’s pledge to fund schools properly when he was running to become PM has fallen short by over a billion pounds. Hard-up schools where parents had to put their hands in their pockets for essentials like text books, stationery and even toilet paper were counting on him to deliver much-needed cash. Schools could get […]
The Brexit Party put forward candidates for nearly every seat in the country in the case of a general election. But leader Mr Farage has now said he has no interest in being a minister in a Tory government which doesn’t support the Prime Minister’s withdrawal plan. Mr Farage told The Telegraph’s Chopper’s Brexit podcast: […]
Political opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament crystallized Thursday amid protests, legal action and a petition to block the move which has gathered more than 1 million signatures. Johnson’s manoeuvre gives his political opponents even less time to prevent a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline. But the […]
The Prime Minister is said to be drawing up a series of extreme measures to run down the clock and help stop Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit wrecking plans. Boris Johnson sparked outrage on Wednesday when he asked the Queen to suspend parliament for over a month ahead of Brexit, a move that limits the time Remainers […]
The Prime Minister stunned MPs by announcing he will close down the Commons for up to five weeks. It means Remainers will have potentially just three days to launch their plans to block a no-deal exit. Mr Johnson said he wanted the temporary shutdown – known as prorogation – to allow him to introduce “exciting” […]
In her Telegraph column, Sherelle Jacobs turns attention to the Remainer MPs who are attempting to block a no deal Brexit. She talked of how they have been stopped in their tracks after Boris Johnson asked the Queen to suspend Parliament. She said: “Boris Johnson’s move to finally call the bluff of Remainer MPs by […]
This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The former Guantánamo Bay prison commander’s mishandling of classified information led to his firing in April, a war court prosecutor said on Wednesday. The disclosure was the first public explanation of the abrupt dismissal of the admiral who […]
The Queen will be asked by the government to suspend Parliament days after MPs return from recess – just weeks before the Brexit deadline. Make no mistake about it: what we’ve witnessed today is nothing short of the start of an anti-democratic coup worthy of a tin-pot dictator. The Government, spurred on by Nigel Farage’s […]
Boris Johnson could face a no confidence vote in his government after saying he'd Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit. The Prime Minister has enraged opposition MPs with his vow to leave the EU, deal or no deal, on October 31 regardless of the view of the Commons. If the government were to lose […]