ALLIES of Boris Johnson have said they are gearing up for a general election in early 2019 if he wins the Tory leadership to take on Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn. The news comes as polls suggest that almost two-thirds of Conservatives would welcome a Tory-Brexit party coalition. Britain’s next general election isn’t scheduled until 2022 but sources say it […]
Mr Johnson’s allies are gearing up for a general election in late 2019 if he wins the Tory leadership contest. Tories close to the former Foreign Secretary declared an early vote is not his favourite option, but something that may need to happen to end the Brexit chaos. They said the country may be forced […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is attempting to find out how information about Maria Bailey’s compensation claim made its way into the public domain. An internal Fine Gael probe is looking for the source who Ms Bailey has claimed set out to cause “maximum damage”. The Dún Laoghaire TD dropped her lawsuit over a fall from a […]
Joseph R. Biden Jr. has sought to distance himself from two segregationist senators whose names he invoked on Tuesday as he recalled a time of “civility” in the Senate. Instead, Mr. Biden, the former vice president, emphasized his relationship with a prominent liberal, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, and highlighted his disagreement with the […]
A political group whose core policy planks feature a rejection of Canada’s multiculturalism framework, a belief that political correctness threatens Canada’s identity and culture, and whose website calls for the ban of “political-Islam.” are set to host a rally in Halifax on Saturday. The National Citizens Alliance (NCA) says they will host their rally in […]
An investigation is to be launched into messages sent to a female Conservative MP by a colleague branding her a “disgrace” and telling her to leave the party. Antoinette Sandbach, who backed Rory Stewart in the leadership campaign and opposes a no-deal Brexit, shared a screenshot of WhatsApp posts she said had been sent to […]
The Foreign Office minister is facing a police inquiry after he grabbed the Greenpeace activist, who was part of a demonstration interrupting Chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech at Mansion House. In footage of the incident, the MP for Cities of London and Westminster can be seen getting from his seat to grab the woman and roughly push […]
Mr Field was due to appear on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme at 7.10am this morning, but he pulled out at the last minute. Tory MP Johnny Mercer replaced him on the show, and did not comment on last night’s altercation involving his colleague. It is not yet know whether Mr Field dropped out of […]
Mr Carney, who will soon depart his role, joked “hold my port” before giving his last speech to bankers in the City of London this evening. He then gave a thumbs-up to Facebook’s new cryptocurrency and hailed a “new economy” built on digital payments. Mr Carney ended his speech with a quip that there may […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Thursday to block the Trump administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump’s steadfast alliance with the country amid rising tensions in the Middle East. The resolution passed, 53-45. Trump has promised to veto the legislation. The White House said stopping […]