Politics
No-deal Brexit will “near-bankrupt UK,” says Sir Richard Branson
Sir Richard Branson thinks a no-deal Brexit would "near bankrupt" the UK. Branson made these comments to the BBC. He was "absolutely certain" that leaving the EU without a deal would cause the closure of "quite a few British businesses". Sir Richard was speaking from the Mojave desert in California when he said: "I think Theresa May needs to be 100% honest with the public. "She's admitted that a hard Brexit would be an absolute disaster for the British people. "From...
EU leaders reject May’s desperate pleas for help
Theresa May was back in mainland Europe, after winning her vote of no-confidence, hoping to get some extra concessions from EU power brokers. However, it looks like her desperate requests havefallen on deaf ears. May was hoping they would concede ground on the Irish backstop, but Jean-Claude Junker knocked back her plan, to impose a 12 month limit on the plan to avoid a hard border with Ireland. May is desperately trying to appease her party who have descended into...
Who are the Tories’ European Research Group (ERG) faction?
They've been dubbed a shadowy Brextremist government within the government. And they have probably been called a lot worse by Theresa May and her team, constantly critisising her Brexit agreement and trying their best to unseat her as leader for a harder Brexit. Some even advocate a no deal Brexit, with Britain crashing out of the EU on WTO rules with shortaged of food and medicine predicted among the chaos and recession that would entail. This week the ERG were...
Brexit uncertainty continuing to weaken London property market
Uncertainty caused by Brexit is causing buyers and sellers to sit tight in increasing numbers across the UK, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. Looking at London, the results from the latest survey continue to show a weaker trend in sales with demand and supply falling once again, as almost half of respondents to the survey across the UK as a whole cite political uncertainty caused by Brexit as impacting the UK housing market. The number...
Theresa May now has support of just 32.5% of Commons after narrowly winning vote of no confidence
Theresa May has been left with a Commons majority of just 32.5 per cent after last night's vote. Despite surviving a leadership contest by 200 to 117 votes she is now facing an uphill battle with a third of her own politicians having no confidence in her and the SNP, DUP, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens giving her scant support. That leaves her with only 32.5 per cent of total MPs in the Commons out of the 650 MPs in total...
EU-Japan trade deal approved creating world’s largest free trade area
As the UK falls into chaos over leaving the EU, the EU itself has gone on and approved a huge trade deal with Japan starting in 2019. The European Parliament voted 474 to 156 in favour of the plan to bind the two economic powerhouses. This will create the world’s largest free trade area totally around a third of the earth’s GDP. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement: “This will bring clear benefits to our companies, farmers,...
Sexting MP has whip restored to help May get over the line
Andrew Griffiths has had the Tory whip restored today as Theresa May frantically looks to get the support she needs to survive tonight's vote of no confidence. The Prime Minister will face the vote this evening with results expected to come in at around 9pm tonight. And she will need all hands on deck if she is to survive. Andrew Griffiths resigned earlier this year after it was revealed he sent 2,000 texts to two barmaids asking for explicit photos and videos...
Corbyn demands immediate vote on Brexit deal
Jeremy Corbyn was combative mood in today’s PMQs demanding that the PM puts her Brexit deal to parliament immediately. The Labour leader accused the government of behaving in a ‘totally unacceptable way’ to the House of Commons. May had cancelled the vote this week and instead made a dash across Europe trying desperately to get some concessions for her deal. Corbyn said he was “delighted to see the prime minister back in place after her little journeys”. He continued: “Having...
Mhairi Black nails absurdity of current political turmoil in a way only she could
Mhairi Black nailed the absurdity of the behaviour of the UK Government in a way only she could in a speech to the House of Commons yesterday. The SNP MP started off by lamenting parliament for ignoring the will of Scotland, saying they voted to remain and they were ignored and the Scottish Government produced a sensible plan but that was ignored too. She added: “There’s not a hint of regret or even an awareness of the damage they are...