Politics
Fury as government loses unanimous vote to reveal reports on effects of Brexit, but insists it’s not binding
Theresa May’s government faced more humiliation last night, unable to contest a vote in Parliament that the opposition had brought calling on the government to reveal reports they had commissioned into the possible effects of Brexit. For months, Labour has called for reports into the economic effects of Brexit into 58 sectors of the country to be made public so that the public is aware of the possible consequences that the government are covering up. Yet another defeat for the...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon resigns as new scandalous sex allegations from Conservative Party workers emerge
The Conservative sexual harassment scandal has claimed its first scalp as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned, admitting he has "fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces." As even more serious allegations of sexual assault and date rape drugs emerged from Tory Party workers this evening, adding to the scandal that has threatened to engulf the party since last week, Michael Fallon wrote to the Prime Minister to resign his position after it emerged he...
Theresa May accused of ignoring THREE warnings that party whips “used information about sexual abuse to demand loyalty from MPs”
As a list of 36 Tory MPs mired in sexual sleaze compiled by Conservative MP's researchers, secretaries and office staff going viral on social media, Theresa May was challenged in parliament about repeated warnings to her that party whips were using information on sexual abuse by their MPs to blackmail them. Theresa May was accused of ignoring THREE warnings that political enforcers or “whips" "used information about sexual abuse to demand loyalty from MPs” “Three years ago I brought evidence to...
Jeremy Corbyn reveals tax avoidance scandal of £34-£119bn – enough for education budget or the NHS – as Tories block attempts to stop it.
Jeremy Corbyn attacked the government’s poor record on tackling tax avoidance today, revealing that UK exchequer is missing out on between £34bn and £119bn in tax - enough to cover the education budget or the NHS. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he quizzed Theresa May about why the Tories have repeatedly blocked attempts to deal with tax avoidance and evasion, both in the UK and using their MEP’s in Europe. After addressing the growing scandal of sexual harassment in Westminster, Jeremy...
Government’s Grenfell fire promises lie in shatters after they refuse to pay for sprinklers in tower blocks
Government promises to help local authorities with essential fire safety works lie in shatters after it refused to pay for sprinklers in tower blocks. Communities secretary Sajid Javid has refused to commit funding to retro-fit sprinklers to tower blocks, saying that the government will instead await the outcome of a review of fire safety in housing before deciding whether sprinklers should be required by law and paid for by the Government. But according to Labour MP Dan Carden now is not the...
Theresa May’s government now so weak it’s being openly mocked by Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons
Unable to count on Conservative Party members, the electorate, her DUP allies, and now even her own MPs, Theresa May’s government is now so weakened that it’s being mocked by Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons. Philip Davies is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Shipley in West Yorkshire. You may have heard of him from the occasions he used his position to talk out private members’ bills on tackling domestic and sexual violence against women. - With...
David Davis concedes Brexit withdrawal agreement will favour EU in one key way
David Davis has conceded that Brexit withdrawal agreement with EU will 'probably favour the union' in one key way - financially. Speaking in the House of Lords European Union Select Committee, the Brexit Secretary said: “In the infamous – or famous – words of the European Union nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. “The withdrawal agreement on balance will probably favour the union in terms of the things like money and so on. Whereas the future relationship will favour...
Watch: Emily Thornberry challenges Boris Johnson to recognise state of Palestine “or next Labour government will.”
The shadow foreign secretary challenged Boris Johnson to recognise the Palestinian state to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, when his predecessor as Foreign Secretary wrote in support of a "national home for the Jewish people" in the then British held territory of Palestine. And she promised the House of Commons that if the Conservative government would refuse to recognise the state of Palestine, the next Labour government would. Pouring scorn on Donald Trump's chaotic approach to...
HM House of Commons hears shocking revelation of royals covering up church sex abuse
Labour MP Chris Bryant has made a shocking revelation about royal family members covering up sexual abuse by a high ranking member of the clergy. The Labour MP for Rhondda told an emergency debate on sexual abuse in the House of Commons of a shocking case he was told about when he was a young vicar. A friend and colleague was suicidal after being raped by a senior churchman. Bryant told the House of Commons that "the senior cleric concerned...