Politics
Calls for PM to implement new EU workplace rights or “risk betraying voters”
GMB is urging Theresa May to implement at the earliest opportunity important changes to a European Union directive that will make it harder for unscrupulous employers to exploit workers. Following the landmark vote in the European Parliament today to strengthen protections on posted workers, the union is calling on the government not to drag its feet in implementing the change to the rights of posted workers. The changes are intended to prevent undercutting employers paying EU workers posted in the...
Richard Madeley terminates interview with Gavin Williamson after defence sec refuses to “give straight answers”
ITV's Richard Madley terminated an interview with Gavin Williamson this morning because the defence secretary refused to give straight answers to his questions. The broadcaster was clearly infuriated with Williamson for dodging questions after he challenged him over the Salisbury poisoning case. After asking him three times whether he regretted having told Russia to “shut up and go away” in the aftermath of the attack, the Good Morning Britain presenter suddenly announced “interview terminated”, adding it would be “helpful if you answered...
When we say all the evidence points to Brexit making us poorer, this is what we mean
A viral tweet is doing the rounds on social media after highlighting the compelling body of evidence that suggests Brexit will make us all poorer. The government's leaked impact report that came to light in March of this year confirmed most of our fears that every region in Britain will be left economically worse off by Brexit. And with negotiations still to be completed, it found the more divergence from European regulations and trade the UK goes for, the worse...
Jacob Rees-Mogg “Saddened” by Irish landslide vote over abortion
Senior Tory Jacob Ress-Mogg told LBC radio that he was saddened by The Republic of Ireland’s decision to repeal its 8th amendment and allow abortions to take place in the country. The vote was a historic victory for Irish people who had been campaigning for the amendment’s repeal ever since it was passed in 1983. However, the result was welcomed by the PM, Mrs May who tweeted : ‘The Irish Referendum yesterday was an impressive show of democracy which delivered...
Real issues are being “swept under the carpet” thanks to Brexit and “abstract notions of sovereignty”
Brexit has allowed concrete issues to be "swept under the carpet" while we deal with abstract notions of sovereignty, The New European editor Matt Kelly has said. Speaking on Media Masters podcast Kelly said we are facing many real problems in society that are being ignored because of the ongoing debate on the EU. The Conservatives have been allowed to skirt "real" issues such as the NHS, the North/South divide, the size of classrooms and waiting times at A&E because the...
Bojo tries to blame poor Anglo-Argentinian relations on EU
Boris Johnson has suggested that the biggest roadblock to Anglo-Argentina relations is the EU during his recent visit to South America. The prominent Brexiteer claimed he was the first Foreign Secretary in 50 years to visit Peru and the first in 25 years to go to Chile and Argentina, suggesting this was because being a member of the EU had made the UK "more Eurocentric and less instinctively global than we had been". His comments overlook the fact that the EU already...
SPAD accused of groping is actually a feminist, says former cabinet member
Richard Holden, 32, an aide to former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, denies sexually assaulting the woman at a party
Watch: The Boris Johnson prank in full
Boris Johnson became the latest victim of infamous Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus after the duo called pretending to be the new prime minister of Armenia. The Foreign Secretary congratulated the caller on his election success before going on to discuss highly sensitive topics such as UK-Russia relations, the Salisbury poisoning and Syria. According to the latest reports the hoax callers talked to Alan Duncan first, and his private office gave them a number for the Foreign Secretary on his recommendation. After congratulating...
Corbyn says GPs are “leaving the profession in despair” & workforce falling 50% in most deprived areas
During yesterday’s PMQs Jeremy Corbyn highlighted the amount of family doctors who are leaving the profession. Worryingly he said that these essential medical staff are “leaving the profession in despair” at the pressures of the profession. Mr Corbyn said that four thousand GPs “have retired early in the past five years – that’s one in ten.” Alongside this large reduction in GP numbers, a survey also reported that almost 17 per cent of GPs have had to turn down patients...