Secret plans have been drawn up by Downing Street to delay Brexit for up to two months, it emerged today. The bombshell plan comes hours after Theresa May sparked MPs’ fury by delaying their final Brexit vote until as late as March 12. And facing no chance of a "deal in the desert" at an […]
Theresa May has dropped her strongest signal yet that she intends to stay on as prime minister after Brexit, despite some ministers reportedly wanting her to quit as early as the summer. Speaking from Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt amid the first-ever conference of EU and Arab leaders, Mrs May said she was determined to […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing “substantial progress” in weekend talks between the two countries. Trump tweeted that there had been “productive talks,” adding that “I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1.” Trump said that […]
NEPHI, Utah — In the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Representative Ben McAdams, a freshman, was grilled by constituents about the “socialism” and “anti-Semitism” that they saw coming out of the new Democratic House. “How long do you intend to ride that train with those people?” one Utahan asked. In Michigan, Representative Haley Stevens was […]
MPs may have to wait until March 12 for a “meaningful” vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal – just 17 days before the UK is due to leave, the Prime Minister revealed today. Her first plan was crushed by a record 230 votes in January, forcing her to rethink. She will update the Commons this […]
Postie turned celebrated Man of Letters Alan Johnson yearns for another Labour Government — but not with his old comrade Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister. The slum boy orphaned at 13 who rose to fill top Cabinet positions in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s Governments, then write a series of bestselling memoirs, admits that’s politically […]
WASHINGTON — Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, a moderate Republican who is considering a primary challenge to President Trump, said on Saturday that Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016 was an “anomaly” and urged his party to work on appealing to voters outside its “shrinking base.” Mr. Hogan said in an interview that he was not […]
Venezuelans in Halifax rallied outside city hall on Saturday, joining an international movement demanding that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro permit humanitarian aid to enter the country. Maduro, whose grasp on power is being challenged by opposition leader Juan Guaidó, has maintained blockades at the South American country’s borders, preventing millions of dollars in international aid […]
The decision by a small number of my former colleagues, to break away from the Labour Party, has done something surprising – it’s united the different Labour traditions. John McDonnell and Peter Mandelson, and many others, have come together with the same message (for once!) calling for unity, and arguing that this wrong decision will […]
Chuka Umunna has told Sky News he believes the Labour Party has “betrayed his community” on Brexit – and said this was a driving force in his decision to become an independent MP. He was speaking to Sophy Ridge On Sunday after he was among 11 MPs – eight Labour, three Conservative – to leave […]