In a letter to Sir Simon McDonald, the permanent under secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Kim said the current situation had made it “impossible” for him to carry out his job. He said he believed it was “responsible” for a new ambassador to take his place. He wrote: “Since the leak of […]
From his bullish opening statement, he was self-confident, eloquent and often humorous. At one stage, Jeremy Hunt accused him of “peddling optimism” but that was precisely why Boris won the encounter. Throughout his career, his greatest political gift has been his ability to cheer up people. He certainly did so last night, winning far more applause. […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking to discourage Robert S. Mueller III’s deputies from testifying before Congress, potentially jeopardizing an agreement for two of the former prosecutors to answer lawmakers’ questions in private next week, according to two government officials familiar with the matter. The department told the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees last […]
WASHINGTON — Inside a London office building in early June, three investigators for the Justice Department’s inspector general took a crucial step toward clearing the political fallout from the Russia investigation: They spent two days interviewing Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose now-infamous dossier of purported links between Trump associates and Russia ended up […]
Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers are spending Tuesday at the Big River First Nation, near Debden, Sask., to meet with Indigenous leaders. The meeting involves the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Native Women’s Association of Canada. The Metis National Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will not be in attendance. The […]
Jeremy Hunt is currently travelling the country making his bid to Conservative Party members as to why he should be chosen to replace current Prime Minister Theresa May. The Tory leadership race started with eleven contenders and now is pitting Uxbridge MP Boris Johnson against the current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The 52-year-old claimed his […]
A Police and Crime Commissioner candidate has committed an arresting gaffe by posing at a FAKE police station. Georgina Hill stood outside Alnwick Police's outpost in Bailiffgate, Northumberland, to show her credentials for the £85,000-a-year job. Writing on Facebook , the controversial independent candidate even moaned the station was "unmanned". So she was left red-faced […]
THE Taoiseach has apologised to victims of sex abuse in schools and pledged an early move on compensation. Leo Varadkar’s statement to the Dáil follows a ruling on Tuesday by Judge Iarflaith O’Neill. The Judge said the Government had misinterpreted a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in a case taken by Cork […]
A day after declaring the United States would “no longer deal with” the British ambassador who disparaged his administration, President Trump lobbed several personal insults at him on Twitter. “The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy,” Trump tweeted early Tuesday. “He […]
Sir David Attenborough today slapped down Donald Trump over climate change in damning testimony to MPs. The renowned naturalist and BBC presenter said he was "sorry" the US President has the views he has on nature. And he said: "One hopes that the electorate will actually respond." Sir David made the bombshell intervention at a […]