Question Time host Fiona Bruce is back tonight with a brand new panel. Among the guests is Brexit campaigner and Brexit Party member Alexandra Phillips who will represent her party following their huge success in last week’s European elections. Who is Alexandra Phillips? Alexandra Phillips is a Brexit campaigner and Brexit Party MEP. She is […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday he knew nothing about White House efforts to hide a Navy destroyer named in part after the late Senator John McCain during Mr. Trump’s state visit to Japan earlier this week. But, he said, whoever made the request was “well meaning” because the person or people knew Mr. […]
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said Leave voters hoped the UK’s departure from the Brussels bloc would see the “return to a powerful global Britain” as he blamed “typically British” reasons for their decision. He also accused eurosceptics in the UK of “preferring to live in the past” and attacked City business leaders who “simply […]
A barrister appointed by Fine Gael to investigate Maria Bailey’s compensation claim will be permitted to quiz Culture Minister Josepha Madigan on what role, if any, she had in the case. For more than a week now, Ms Madigan has refused to say whether she provided legal advice to Ms Bailey in the lead-up to […]
Jeremy Corbyn has sought to address growing divisions within Labour by pledging his support for a second EU referendum on “any” Brexit deal – if he cannot secure a general election. The Labour leader is under growing pressure from both party members and senior MPs to give firmer backing for a fresh public vote on […]
(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that Facebook Inc’s refusal to remove a heavily edited video that attempted to make her look incoherent had convinced her the company wittingly enabled Russian election interference. “When something like Facebook says, ‘I know this is false … – it’s a lie – but we’re […]
Tom Watson today led a furious backlash against Labour's "spiteful" expulsion of Alastair Campbell. The deputy leader demanded an amnesty after Tony Blair's former spin doctor was excluded for five years for voting for the Lib Dems over Brexit. Mr Watson said "we should be listening to members rather than punishing them", adding: "The politics […]
Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell changed her Facebook photo mere moments after her friend and colleague Maria Bailey’s interview with Sean O’Rourke. The Dublin Bay South TD’s ‘cover photo’ was a picture of her with her sister Mary Newman-Julian, a Fine Gael election candidate for Tipperary, and her close friend Maria Bailey. It had been […]
WASHINGTON — A single House Republican again blocked final passage of a long-delayed emergency aid package, the second Republican in a week to use the power of an individual lawmaker to ensure the delay of relief for communities and farmers still recovering from natural disasters. House Democrats tried for a second time on Tuesday to […]
Sky News is organising a live head-to-head debate as part of the Conservative leadership election contest. The two final candidates in the battle for Number 10 will take part in a live debate with a studio audience made up of Conservative voters at Sky’s west London Studios. This will be a major cross-platform national event […]