By Sammy Russell The EU released its draft exit treaty earlier this week, which formally spelled out the terms of Brexit and what it may mean in practice. It shows just how tricky preserving peace in Northern Ireland will be if the UK wants to stick to the red lines it ...
It might be freezing outside but the most bitter you are likely to feel, is knowing your MP has just got a pay rise. From 2018/19 they will take home a 1.8 pay rise, taking their pay to a chunky £77,379 a year, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said. Last ...
The 2017 General Election showed a tabloid press that is "run by tax-dodging press barons" do not decide elections, Momentum national co-ordinator Laura Parker has said today. Jeremy Corbyn has endured a number of high profile attacks from the right wing press of late, but rather than putting voters off the Labour ...
As more Conservative MP’s threatened rebellion over Theresa May’s insistence on ruling out a customs union with the EU, Jeremy Corbyn today exposed how fragile her parliamentary majority is by setting out Labour’s red lines for Brexit. The Labour leader said he would work towards an economy that “works for ...
I didn't eat for a day last week. This wasn't due to a bad curry or a particularly good night out on the town. My day of abstinence had a more noble purpose as I joined hundreds of others as part of a day of action organised by Make Votes ...
As unsubstantiated claims from former Czechoslovakian diplomat Jan Sarkocy in The Sun (then repeated in the Daily Mail, Telegraph and Express) unravel, some Tory MP’s will be regretting their reaction. Even the Prime Minister picked up the allegations, revealed to be untrue by Czech figures and archives from the time. ...
Steve Baker was asked six times to explain how Jeremy Corbyn had "betrayed his country" in a scathing interview this afternoon. Andrew Neil tore in to the Brexit minister in an interview about the allegations that were revealed by The Sun newspaper. Defence secretary Gavin Williamson said Corbyn had "betrayed his ...
Michael Gove used a shocking analogy in reference to his colleagues David Davis and Boris Johnson today - indicating that they're playing for different teams. Speaking to HuffPost UK, the Environment Secretary said Davis and Johnson are the “Messi and Ronaldo” of the Cabinet as he set out his red lines ...
Labour is on course to sweep London in local elections with the best result for any party since 1968, a new poll has found. Jeremy Corbyn's party will seize several Tory strongholds and win a greater share of the vote than any party for 50 years, the poll shows. The Queen Mary University of ...