Politics

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable and his predecessor Tim Farron have been criticised for missing key votes on Brexit last night, despite pedalling an anti-Brexit agenda. According to party sources Cable was "off the parliamentary estate at an important meeting” and his absence was “approved by LibDem whips” - because the party “didn’t expect vote to be close”. As Robert Peston noted on Twitter this morning, it's a "shame in this age of social media there’s no way of staying in touch"....

Vote Leave has been fined and referred to police after exceeding its spending limit by almost half a million pounds in the referendum. An investigation by the Electoral Commission found "significant evidence of joint working" between the group and another organisation - BeLeave - leading to it exceeding its spending limit by almost £500,000. Vote Leave also returned an "incomplete and inaccurate spending report", with almost £234,501 reported incorrectly, and invoices missing for £12,849.99 of spending, the watchdog said. According the conclusions of...

Last night in parliament, irony died, and perhaps with it the chance of any Brexit deal being accepted by enough of Theresa May’s threadbare majority. In a bizarre turn of events, the Prime Minister, weakened by nine resignations in eight days orchestrated by shadowy Tory 'government within a government' the ERG (plus one resignation of a key ally over sending filthy texts to constituents) was forced to “cave in” and not only accept ERG amendments that made her Brexit White...

Theresa May has reportedly backed down to angry hardline Brexiters over their amendments to the government’s customs bill. Politics Home reporter Emilio Casalicchio revealed that the Government is going to accept all four ERG amendments to the bill. The European Research Group (ERG) is fronted by Jacob Rees Mogg who spoke out about a "breakdown in trust" following the Chequers negotiations. His outburst appeared to have been slammed down by May after she warned Brexit MPs to get on side with the deal...

Nigel Farage tweeted a doctored photo of a pro-refugee campaigner who he labelled "sick" after being misled. The British MEP distributed the picture to his 1.2 million followers and garnered thousands of interactions before he removed it from his feed. It showed a smiling woman at a march holding a sign reading: “My legs are open for refugees”. The original picture, taken in Canada in 2015, read "my door is open for refugees". In a later Tweet Farage said: “The photograph turns...

Treasury Parliamentary Private Secretary Scott Mann has handed his resignation in protest over the so-called "Chequers Deal". Mann becomes the ninth MP to hand in his resignation in eight days after David Davis and Boris Johnson led the way last week. (10 MPs if you include May ally Andrew Griffiths resigning over filthy texts to constituents.) Robert Courts, who represents David Cameron's former seat of Witney in Oxfordshire, announced he will also walk away in a Tweet sent out yesterday. The...

Britain's anti-Trump protest was the largest against any foreign leader ever in the country's history, according to MSNBC reports. More than 250,000 demonstrators took to the streets to protest against Donald Trump's visit, with Trafalgar Square and other key London landmarks bustling with campaigners throughout the day. Jeremy Corbyn joined protesters, telling them Theresa May shouldn't have "rolled out the red carpet" for the US president after his treatment of immigrants. Ed Miliband, who was also at the rally, insisted Corbyn would...

Theresa May has today revealed what Donald Trump's elusive nugget of advice was over the EU. The US president told reporters at a press conference on Friday that he had told May how to deal with Union. He said his suggestion was found to be "too brutal" by the Prime Minister, and it's clear to see why. Trump had apparently told May that Britain should sue the EU rather than negotiate. Talking on the BBC's Andrew Mar show May said: "He...

Local campaign launched to reflect 74% of the public that believe new Royal Auxillary ships should be built in Britain. The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), an amalgamation of 5 Trade Unions including GMB and Unite trade unions in the South West are calling on the government to ensure the next generation Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships are built in British shipyards, including local yards in the South West. The Fleet Solid Support (FSS) order is due to be...