Politics
Brexit blamed as Philips close Suffolk factory
Brexit has been blamed as one of the deciding factors behind a factory closure in Suffolk with 430 jobs at risk, the East Anglian Daily Times has revealed. Philips Avent will move most of its operations from its factory in Glemsford to Philips’ existing innovation and manufacturing site in Drachten, the Netherlands. The site manufactures products for the non-UK market, exports that will be put in jeopardy once the country leaves the EU single market. Staff were told that Brexit was...
UK would vote to stay in EU by 12 point margin according to latest poll
The UK would vote to stay in the European Union by a huge 12 percentage points if it was given another vote, according to the latest poll. The results of the study show that 56 per cent would vote to stay in the EU and 44 per cent would vote to leave, excluding those who would not vote or didn’t know. It is the highest level since the Brexit referendum in 2016. In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million...
Caroline Lucas says there is “no sign PM is willing to compromise” following talks
Caroline Lucas has said there is "no sign" the Prime Minister is willing to compromise following talks this morning. Theresa May is holding discussions with MPs after her Brexit withdrawal plan was voted down in the House of Commons on Tuesday. She has urged politicians to put self-interest aside and "work constructively together" on Brexit, but according to Green MP Lucas it seems she is not willing to show the same resolve. Posting on Twitter, Lucas said: "Just come out of...
Dramatic scenes as Theresa May survives no confidence vote but warned election may be inevitable
There were dramatic scenes in the House of Commons as tempers frayed and MPs bayed loudly, but the hardline Brexiteers of the ERG party within the Tory Party and her DUP allies who had let the Prime Minister down last night, voted loyally to keep her in power. After suffering the worst parliamentary defeat by a British Prime Minister for at least a hundred years last night, Theresa May scraped through a vote of no confidence called by Jeremy Corbyn...
Little Britain predicted Theresa May’s Brexit backlash 15 years ago
The Brexit backlash in today's national newspapers was eerily predicted by comedy sketch Little Britain over 15 years ago, TLE can reveal today. Theresa May was roundly lambasted on the front pages this morning, with the Telegraph leading with "A complete humiliation" and the i describing last night's vote as a "historic humiliation". The Guardian ran with "May suffers historic defeat as Tories turn against her", while The Sun called May's Brexit deal "dead as a dodo". It harks back to an early episode of Little Britain in which the...
Up to 100 Labour MPs set to pivot to second referendum
Up to 100 Labour MPs are set to pivot to a second referendum today, according to Sky News reports. Deputy political editor Beth Rigby posted last night that Labour politicians are set to pile the pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to make a second referendum his Plan B if his vote of no confidence fails. Theresa May is expected to survive this evening's vote with rebel Tory MPs and the DUP coming out in support of the Prime Minister. But she...
Full list of MPs who voted for and against May’s Brexit deal revealed
The full list of MPs who voted for and against Theresa May's deal with the European Union has been revealed. Some 432 MPs voted against the agreement in total, handing the government the biggest Commons defeat in British political history. The last time a government was defeated by more than 100 votes on the floor of the House of Commons was almost a century ago when the minority Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald went down to a defeat of 166. MPs...
432 MPs vote against May’s Brexit deal in “catastrophic defeat”
More than 400 MPs rejected Theresa May's deal with the European Union in tonight's meaningful vote. It is an unprecedented defeat in British political history. The last time a government was defeated by more than 100 votes on the floor of the House of Commons was almost a century ago when the minority Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald went down to a defeat of 166. Just 202 MPs voted in favour of May's deal in what Jeremy Corbyn described a "catastrophic...
Brexiteer MP calls on Theresa May to suspend parliament until April in order to “guarantee Brexit”
Brexiteer MP Desmond Swayne called on Theresa May to suspend parliament until April in order to "guarantee Brexit" in the Commons yesterday evening. The Conservative MP advised the PM to "prorogue Parliament" until Britain's divorce with the European Union had been cemented, comments which were dismissed by the Tory leader. Prorogation is the formal name given to the period between the end of a session of Parliament and the State Opening of Parliament that begins the next session. It brings...