Politics
Anyone who still advocates trading on WTO rules should watch this
Boris Johnson has today urged the government to push forward with a no-deal Brexit in his Telegraph column, saying it is "far the best option". The foreign secretary joins a number of his Conservative colleagues who believe falling back on WTO rules would be more beneficial to Britain than striking a deal with the European Union. He said: "Yes it will be tough, and yes, it will mean we will need a very different approach. But it is absolutely essential...
Watson calls for People’s vote while Thornberry labels PM “out of control”
Two Labour big hitters made separate TV appearances today and they didn't hold back with their comments on the current political turmoil in the UK. Tom Watson, deputy leader, went on The Andrew Marr Show and told the presenter that it would be“inconceivable” if a Labour manifesto for a snap general election did not include a second referendum. Marr asked Watson if he is in favour of a second referendum under all circumstances, to which he replied: "I think that's...
Labour take five-point lead over Conservatives
A Deltapoll survey commissioned by the Mail on Sunday has discovered that public support for the Labour Party stands at 41 per cent, with the Tories are trailing behind on 36 per cent. This wouldn’t give Jeremy Corbyn a majority in the House of Commons, but if a deal was agreed with the SNP, he could find himself in Downing Street Labour would win 307 seats in a General Election - 19 seats short of a majority - while the Conservative...
Revoke Article 50 petition passes 6 million signatures
A record-breaking petition calling on the government to revoke Article 50 has passed six million signatures. The milestone was hit a day and a half after Britain was originally meant to have left EU, with the country's political future still uncertain. It is the most popular petition to have been submitted to the parliament website. The previous highest total of 4,150,260 was for a 2016 petition calling for a second referendum should the initial poll not provide a definitive enough result....
Vote Leave drop appeal against referendum spending on Friday in the hope no one would notice
Vote Leave has been accused of conveniently dropping its appeal against a £61,000 referendum spending fine on Friday as MPs voted on Theresa May's withdrawal bill for the third time and March to Leave protesters descended on London. The official pro-Brexit campaign was fined in July for exceeding its £7 million spending limit for the vote. The campaign said at the time the findings were "wholly inaccurate" and politically motivated, but according to the Electoral Commission the appeal has now...
MPs reject May’s deal for a third time – European elections now an “almost certainty”
European elections are a near certainty after MPs rejected Theresa May's deal with the EU by 344 votes to 285. A 58-strong majority defeated the government on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to 22 May and leave with a deal. The prime minister said the UK would have to find "an alternative way forward", which was "almost certain" to involve holding European elections....
320 MPs set to snub Brexit motion, predicts bookmaker
Theresa May’s motion on the EU withdrawal agreement will be batted away by 320 MPs in Parliament today, according to a betting firm. The Prime Minister’s two Brexit deals prior to this one were rejected, with 432 MPs voting no in January and 391 nays following that earlier this month. Now, on the day that Britain was supposed to officially break away from the EU, another of May’s withdrawal agreements will be knocked back, with a no deal Brexit looking...
“Laugh now, but one day no-one will be in charge” – Banksy marks “Brexit day”
Banksy said his painting of politicians as chimpanzees is back on public display to “mark Brexit day”. It was put back on show at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in time for March 29 – the original date of Brexit. It was first on display there in 2009 as part of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition. An unknown collector bought the artwork, but has loaned it to the Bristol gallery. Banksy posted a photo of the chimp piece on his Instagram account on Thursday, along with a...
Brexit Video – Cabinet Minister: “F*ck knows. I’m past caring”
BBC’s Newsnight political editor repeated what he was old by a Cabinet minister and it makes despairing footage. Nick Watt had earlier asked an unnamed Cabinet minister: “why is the Prime Minister holding a vote when she is pretty sure she will lose?” He said the minister responded using "very strong language": “F*** knows. I am past caring. It is like the living dead in here.” Mr Watt said the minister then told him that May's cabinet had “completely broken down.”...