Politics
Speaker Pelosi says there’s “no chance” of US-UK trade deal if Brexit undermines Good Friday Agreement
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said there would be “no chance” of US-UK trade deal if Brexit undermines Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement in any way. Speaking at a London School of Economics event the American politician underlined the importance of the so-called “Irish backstop” which ensures the Irish border remains open whatever the outcome of the UK and the EU’s future relationship negotiations. Cross-border cooperation was one of the main agreements included in the Good Friday talks. Frictionless movement was part...
Youth vote could topple Tories at the next election – with Boris Johnson’s seat most at risk
Boris Johnson is at risk of losing his seat in the next general election amid a surge of younger voters. Research by centre-Right think-tank Onward found that constituencies with ratios above 1:1 voters aged 20-39 for 60 pluses were likely to be won by parties other than the Tories, potentially costing them a fourth term at the next election. Some Conservative seats have ratios far higher than the tipping point, suggesting they are vulnerable, the report says. Those include the...
Project manager goes viral with this explanation of why Brexit has been so hard to deliver
A blog by an ex-project manager has gone viral after it perfectly explained why Brexit has been so impossible to deliver. Russ, who blogs here, used his 22 years’ experience managing projects to summarise how “politically expediency” resulted in false promises in the 2016 referendum that can never be delivered. Using the “Iron Triangle” model – price, schedule, quality- he explains how the “absolutely unbreakable rule” is that you can only have two things from the triangle and never all...
Rees-Moggs, racists and Brexit profiteers: who’s in Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party?
Nigel Farage has bet £1,000 of his own money on his newly formed Brexit Party winning the most seats at the European Parliament Elections on May 23rd. Former UKIP leader Farage claimed to have been already given £750,000 in donations, launching the rival, “similar” but “different” party to UKIP yesterday, branding his former party as “tarnished” by the far right. “I don't think that Middle England, decent people, want to vote for a political party that is linked with extremism,...
Conservative support plummets to lowest level in five years
The level of support for the Conservatives has plummeted to its lowest level in five years as turbulent Brexit talks and party divisions grip the party. According to the latest polls they have dropped 6 points to 29 per cent this week, meaning Labour now has a 7 point lead with 36 per cent of the vote. This is the lowest the Tories have scored since the European elections in May 2014, almost five years ago, and comes just two...
Farage’s Brexit party second favourite to get most seats at EU elections
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched his new Brexit Party today, and bookmakers rate his chances of securing the most seats at the European Elections as high. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he’s registered to stand as a European Parliament...
Nigel Farage launches Brexit Party but forgot to register website, so this happened when pranksters Led By Donkeys found out:
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched a rival, "similar" but "different" party to Ukip - which he brands "tarnished" by the far right. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he's registered to stand as a European Parliament candidate, he forgot to...
Corbyn demands Assange is not extradited to the US
Jeremy Corbyn has defended Julian Assange and has demanded that America's request for him to be extradited is denied. Corbyn said that Assange had been the target of the USA because he was “exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan". His comments, in a tweet on Thursday night, came hours after Assange was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of breaching bail conditions. The extradition of Julian Assange to the US for exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and...
Switzerland to re-run referendum because “voters were not given full information”
Switzerland has overturned a nationwide referendum after it was found that voters were not given full information. The Swiss, who run numerous referendums to dictate government policy, held the poll in February 2016 to decide whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8 per cent against and 49.2 per cent in favour. But the supreme court has now voided the result on the grounds that voters were not given full information,...