Politics

Many Remainers were hoping that the UK could at least stay in the customs union after the UK leaves the EU. However, this is now looking highly unlikely as the health secretary ruled it out today. Hunt appears to have drawn a line under the issue and the Government will not change course. Jeremy Hunt was insistent that the government would not change its mind on the issue, he said on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “No. Because, if we...

A sharp rise in the number of bets placed on George Clooney becoming the 46th President of the United States of America has been reported by bookmakers. The Hollywood A-lister is now just 20/1 (from 50/1) to win the Democrat nomination for the 2020 election, with the leading online bookmaker accepting a surge of bets following Clooney’s reported donation to the gun-rights march being held next month. Clooney’s odds of replacing Donald Trump as the States’ next leader have also plummeted...

After criticisms that Corbyn prefers to lay into the Prime Minister on the familiar territories such as the NHS crisis, police cuts, poverty and the treatment of disabled people, today at Prime Minister's Questions the Leader of the Opposition sought to capitalise on Conservative Party divisions on Brexit. Watch the full exchange below - and the Labour Leader’s face at the Prime Minister’s appalling joke about Czech spies at the end! Jeremy Corbyn started with a particularly awkward question, echoing...

Steve Baker was asked six times to explain how Jeremy Corbyn had "betrayed his country" in a scathing interview this afternoon. Andrew Neil tore in to the Brexit minister in an interview about the allegations that were revealed by The Sun newspaper. Defence secretary Gavin Williamson said Corbyn had "betrayed his country", but most of the allegations have since been proved to be shaky at best. The BBC presenter said: "Surely the real scandal isn’t what Mr Corbyn has done or...

Michael Gove used a shocking analogy in reference to his colleagues David Davis and Boris Johnson today - indicating that they're playing for different teams. Speaking to HuffPost UK, the Environment Secretary said Davis and Johnson are the “Messi and Ronaldo” of the Cabinet as he set out his red lines for Brexit. But while Lionel Messi plays for Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo plays for their arch rivals Real Madrid. When asked if he was a “bit annoyed” about not receiving top billing...

Labour is on course to sweep London in local elections with the best result for any party since 1968, a new poll has found. Jeremy Corbyn's party will seize several Tory strongholds and win a greater share of the vote than any party for 50 years, the poll shows. The Queen Mary University of London survey recorded 54 per cent of voters in the capital saying they would vote for the party in May's poll, compared to just 28 per cent for the Conservatives. As a result,...

Britain has significantly lowered its expectations for Brexit, giving few assurances other than that it is unlikely to end in "Mad Max-style dystopia". Despite significant promises being made for Britain's exit from the European Union in the run-up to the referendum, two years down the line the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU today only managed to give assurances that we will not be "plunged into a Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction". Addressing business leaders in Vienna, David Davis referred...

Hundreds of Americans attended a gun show in Florida just days after a tragic mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The 500-booth expo is less than 50 miles north of the school and was well attended despite the recent attacks. Reporters in the area said that many, in fact, attended because of the attacks, with a renewed desire to protect themselves. The event, sponsored by Florida Gun Shows, ran through the weekend with organisers not put off by the recent tragedy. Jorge Fernandez,...

Boris Johnson’s ‘unity’ speech sparked an "overwhelmingly negative response" on social media, with 44 per cent negative sentiment displayed compared to just seven per cent positive. Mr Johnson was attacked for a lack of substance and a lack of understanding of the EU following his speech which kick-started the government's "road to Brexit" plan. Exaggerated optimism, incredulity over continued engagement with Europe and failing to address key issues such as the Good Friday Agreement and Irish border were also among the...