Politics

A petition calling for Theresa May to revoke Article 50 has picked up more than 500,000 signatures in the past 24 hours following a night of political chaos in Westminster. The Prime Minister took aim at her fellow MPs last night, saying they are responsible for the impasse over Brexit. Holding her nerve once again she confirmed that there would not be a change of course and that she would "work night and day" to persuade MPs to vote for...

Beleagured Theresa May has addressed the nation, insisting: "you want this stage of the Brexit process to be over and done with. I agree. I am on your side," despite a poll showing 90% of Brits think Brexit is a "national humiliation." The PM proceeded to attack the MPs she is seeking to persuade a third time to vote for her unpopular EU Withdrawal Deal, complaining "MPs have been unable to agree on a way to implement the UK's withdrawal."...

Theresa May again insisted that she would not delay Brexit beyond June 30. She blamed MPs tonight for the impasse over Brexit, as a Sky poll revealed 90% of public finds her Brexit negotiations a "national humiliation." A third of Sky customers polled blamed the government for the breakdown of Brexit, 24% the UK and EU equally, while 26% blamed MPs above all. People reacted in dismay to Theresa May's short statement outside Downing Street, and many tonight called for...

A bookmakers has been forced to suspend betting on a General Election to be called, following a flood of large bets in the last hour. Rumours have been circulating that Theresa May is set to make a statement tonight. A spokesman for Paddy Power said: "We've seen a rush of hefty bets on a General Election to take place within the last hour or so, and as a result, we are refusing to take any further bets on the market....

The Tory MP has been blasted for supporting hunters who activists say illegally chased foxes, killed pets and terrorised locals

The leader of Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party has dramatically quit today following a HOPE not hate investigation revealing her numerous Islamophobic statements and extensive retweeting of far-right figures – including a neo-Nazi – on her Twitter feed. A HOPE not hate analysis of tweets posted to Catherine Blaiklock’s now-removed Twitter account revealed multiple examples of anti-Muslim statements, including claims that Islam is “incompatible with liberal democracy”, that “Islam = submission – mostly to raping men it seems”and is a “threat to women,...

Prime Minister Theresa May has written to the European Union to ask for a three month delay to Brexit. She has sent a letter to Europe asking for Brexit delay until June 30. The UK is due to leave the EU next Friday, on 29 March, May says in a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk she needs more time to get her withdrawal deal passed and ratified by Parliament. May seems to threaten to quit as PM if MPs...

The Guardian has defended its decision not to publish a letter signed by 205 Jewish women. (See full letter published below.) The letter responded to a Guardian article on March 9: “Just Close Them Down: Margaret Hodge on anti-semitism in Labour’s branches.” Labour MP for Barking Margaret Hodge has been a long-running opponent of the Labour leader, submitting a vote of no confidence in his leadership in 2016. Within 24 hours of Hodge’s latest attack on Jeremy Corbyn in the...

As Theresa May heads to the EU to beg for a delay to Brexit, she was warned by her cabinet that delaying Britain’s exit from the EU risked “the end of the Conservative Party”. There were angry scenes in a cabinet meeting this morning as she refused to guarantee how long a delay she would be asking for. EU leaders, fed up with the uncertainty of the UK position insist that any delay granted has to be for a good...