The show, which was broadcast in Sheffield this week, primarily focused on who is to blame for the Brexit delay. The audience unanimously agreed Theresa May was at fault. Host Fiona Bruce asked Mr Varoufakis: “Who is to blame for where we are now? The fact that we’re not leaving tomorrow.” He said: “The answer […]
‘Toughness is the thing that they most fear.’ US President Donald Trump has argued that the death penalty is a fitting punishment for drug traffickers heightening the opioid epidemic. The scourge has torn through the rural and working-class communities that, in large numbers, voted for Trump. And the president, though he has come under criticism […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the op-ed column that may vault think tank analyst Stephen Moore to a spot on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, he argues the Fed could have skirted recent rate hikes and dodged a wave of criticism by tying monetary policy to commodity prices. The Fed, Moore wrote in the Wall […]
Privatisation poisons public service, because it replaces care and commitment with the heartless profit motive. So it’s not surprising the sell-off of the probation service has failed disastrously. Instead of getting criminals on the right path and keeping them there, it degenerated into a fast-buck business based on targets not people. A coherent national operation […]
Almost half of the British public are unconvinced by the likely candidates to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, according to an exclusive Sky Data poll. But the vast majority want her to resign if parliament votes against her Brexit deal for a third time. Mrs May told Conservative MPs on Wednesday she would quit […]
Police have arrested three people as part of an investigation into alleged antisemitism among Labour Party members. The first arrest, of a man in his 50s in Birmingham, took place on 7 March. This was followed by the arrests of of a second man in his 50s in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 14 March and […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential contender Amy Klobuchar presented a trillion-dollar plan on Thursday to fix the country’s roads, bridges and other public works that she said would be her top budget priority if elected. The U.S. senator’s plan would include the repair and replacement of roads and bridges, modernization of flood protection and […]
The division list showed eight Conservative MPs voted for it. They were joined by 198 Labour MPs, 32 SNP, 11 Liberal Democrats, four Plaid Cymru, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and 14 Independents. There were 254 Conservative MPs who voted against the motion. They were joined by 27 Labour MPs, 10 DUP and four Independents. […]
Melanie Onn resigned to avoid voting for a People’s Referendum in eight indicative votes put to the Commons. Shadow Cabinet ministers Jon Trickett, Ian Lavery and Andrew Gwynne abstained as Labour’s frontbench mounted an insurrection against their leader. In farcical scenes, none of last night’s eight indicative votes received a majority as MPs failed in […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested on Wednesday that his administration had warned the Russian government to stay out of Venezuela after two Russian planes carrying military personnel arrived in Caracas this week, a move that places another significant obstacle in the White House’s slow-moving effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro. During an Oval Office meeting […]