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'We have to make sure that we have this right' – Bruton on broadband plan

COMMUNICATIONS minister Richard Bruton has said he hopes to bring proposals to Cabinet on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) soon, but is not setting timelines as “we have to make sure that we have this right.” The NBP has been engulfed in controversy and the Department of Communications in evaluating the last remaining tender for […]

Trump's AG pick to pledge protection for Mueller's Russia probe: testimony

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr will pledge at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia and will let the public know about the probe’s findings, according to prepared testimony released Monday. “I believe it is vitally […]

Factory Theresa May chose for big Brexit speech received £400,000 EU grant

The factory where Theresa May made her big Brexit speech today received more than £400,000 in EU funding. The Prime Minister made a last-ditch bid to urge Brexiteer Tories to back her deal during a speech at the Portmeirion pottery factory in Stoke-on-Trent. The firm was given a grant of £429,000 from the European Commission […]

Ex-MP Mark Oaten opens up about how he’s finally ‘comfortable with being gay’

Former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten has finally admitted to himself that he is gay – 13 years after a sex scandal destroyed his political career. Mr Oaten dramatically quit frontline politics after it was revealed he had been having group encounters with male escorts. The then married father and potential candidate for the Liberal […]

No Brexit now more likely than a no-deal departure – May

Addressing workers at a factory in Stoke, where 69.4% of voters backed Leave, the prime minister will also say that if the referendum result is not honoured, people’s faith in politics will suffer “catastrophic harm”. When the people are asked to decide something, their response carries a “profound significance”, she will add. Speaking the day […]

John McDonnell launches his economic plans for a Labour Government

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell today launches his economic blueprint for a Labour Government, vowing “no surprises” for taxpayers or business. A Labour-run Treasury would operate an “unprecedented” level of openness to win the confidence of the City and the wider public, he says. Mr McDonnell admits some businesses feel “insecure” about the prospect of a […]

Former cabinet minister leading Conservative charge to win back seats in Alta

A former federal Conservative cabinet minister from Alberta is back in the political game, hoping to take down the Liberal minister in charge of the nation’s energy industry, in the heart of the country’s oil patch. Tim Uppal, who served as a minister of state in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet for almost four years, is nominated […]

Schumer to force vote on U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Russia firms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Saturday he will force a vote soon on a resolution to disapprove the Trump administration’s decision to relax sanctions on three Russian companies connected to oligarch Oleg Deripaska. “I have concluded that the Treasury Department’s proposal is flawed and fails to sufficiently limit Oleg […]

Explaining Trump’s Tweet on Crimes by Immigrants

What WAS Said 23% of Federal inmates are illegal immigrants. Border arrests are up 240%. In the Great State of Texas, between 2011 & 2018, there were a total of 292,000 crimes by illegal aliens, 539 murders, 32,000 assaults, 3,426 sexual assaults and 3000 weapons charges. Democrats come back! This needs context. Twenty-two days into […]