Politics

The European Union has outlined three reasons for allowing Brexit to be delayed. In a memo obtained by BuzzFeed News EU leaders will be advised that delaying Brexit will make sense in only three scenarios: to give more time to prepare for no deal, to complete ratification of the withdrawal agreement or if the UK decides to hold an election or a referendum. The assessment comes as Theresa May was heavily defeated on her revised Brexit deal in parliament last...

The government was defeated by 149 votes over the PM revised Brexit deal. The result was 242 who approved and 391 who rejected her plan. The PM lost by 230 votes in her original Brexit vote. Jeremy Corbyn asked for No-deal to be taken out off the table. He said: "The clock has been run down on her and it is time to call an election." May, with a very sore throat, told the house MPs will have a free...

MI5 files have revealed for the first time what many suspected. Margaret Thatcher was aware of alleged sexual offences by her Private Parliamentary Secretary Sir Peter Morrison yet chose to defend him. Testimony as well as documents MI5 have handed to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) suggest a rallying behind the Conservative minister despite concerns laid out about Morrison’s “interest in small boys”. Peter Morrison, Tory MP for Chester was a junior minister, then Conservative party deputy...

The credible way to end Brexit gridlock and give UK and global business much-needed certainty is with a second referendum, affirms the CEO deVere Group. The comments from Nigel Green, the founder and chief executive of deVere Group, come as the UK and the EU are preparing themselves for the most critical vote on Brexit since the 2016 referendum. This evening MPs will decide whether to accept the Brexit deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May. The last time Mrs...

DUP sources have said the party cannot support the Prime Minister’s deal in tonight’s vote, which effectively kills off any chance of it getting Commons' backing. Sky News correspondent David Blevins confirmed that a source close to the party said they did not see how the party could support the amended deal following Geoffrey Cox's legal advice. Cox announced today that the UK would still be trapped in the backstop even after the concessions May negotiated last night, which has...

Geoffrey Cox seems to be so busy tying himself in knots over Theresa May’s bad Brexit he’s forgotten his own constituents says GMB Union Geoffrey Cox MP has been accused  of a dereliction of duty as the famous Appledore shipyard looks set to close in his constituency. The North Devon yard has built almost 200 vessels since it opened in 1855 and is absolutely crucial to the South West economy and British shipbuilding. On Friday Appledore will fall silent –...

Scottish Labour delegates packed into a fringe event on democratic reform this weekend to hear bold proposals for a ‘new constitutional settlement’ under a Labour government. The meeting, co-sponsored by Unison Labour Link, the Red Paper Collective and Politics for the Many, saw Corbyn’s constitutional adviser launch key proposals (dubbed the ‘Bryan Paper’) to update the party’s democratic reform platform. The paper argues Labour must embrace ‘progressive federalism’ under a clear, codified constitution for the UK. It proposes a ‘partnership...

Attorney general says May's new deal can still leave UK in backstop against its will. In a huge blow to the PM the Attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, has indicated that the UK could still be trapped in the backstop, even after the concessions May negotiaited last night. The government’s top lawyer did say the prime minister’s efforts had reduced the risk of being trapped in the backstop however he admitted it could still happen. Theresa May is to put her...

But he says it all hinges on Attorney General's legal advice