Politics

A new centre-left party is a "real possibility", according to Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron. As Labour MPs become increasingly frustrated by Labour isolation and the Lib Dems try to claw back lost seats from the last General Election, the possibility of a new alliance to oppose the Tories is becoming increasingly likely. Talking to the Independent, Farron said he has already held "off-camera" conversations on the issue with politicians from other parties. He said: "There are loads of people out...

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has been ridiculed after his plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Luton leading to delays. The former Mayor of London's plane made an unscheduled stop at Luton shortly after leaving London and was met by five fire engines on the tarmac. He was forced to continue his journey to Brussels by other means  when the RAF passenger aircraft had “technical issues”. ALERT Boris Johnson plane makes emergency landing at London Luton https://t.co/i4dvPa3C5N — AIRLIVE...

US Presidential nominee Donald Trump has declared war on terror following the Nice attacks. The outspoken Republican declared “This is war" after a crazed gunman driving a truck ploughed through crowds in Nice killed 80 and injured 100, the presidential hopeful declared: “This is war.” Even though ISIS has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, Trump said he would demand a declaration of war on ISIS from Congress if he won the White House, saying it “should be used...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor I have been away getting married and on my honeymoon, and hands up I didn’t want to keep up with the unraveling of UK politics. Without sounding like an egotist, our politicians don’t deserve a moment of my time, or anyone else’s for that matter. Perhaps in the new post-politics era we will realise we didn’t need politicians at all, they will become redundant like VHS, great at the time, but now even the charity...

Ex-shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith is favourite to become the next Labour leader, with odds slashed from 3/1 to 11/10 while Angela Eagle drops from 3/1 to 5/1. The Pontypridd MP, who quite Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet last month, said he could "heal" the party and "turn the page" on its internal strife, adding that Labour needs a "radical and credible" leader. An election timetable will be launched on Thursday with the contest expected to take two months, ready for the Labour Party conference on...

David Cameron let out a cheery hum after handing the reins to Theresa May in a press conference outside number 10 Downing Street. The PM formally announced that May would take over as PM following his final Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. Clearly worn out by the events of the past few weeks and overjoyed to be standing down, he let out a gleeful hymn on returning to number 10, unaware that he was still mic'd up! Watch the hilarious video...

Theresa May is set to become the next Prime Minister of Britain after Andrea Leadsom quit the campaign. Leadsom became the third successive 'Leave' campaigner to leave the race for PM, leaving a Remainer to take the reigns. In a statement she noted that May has the support of more than 60 per cent of the party and will be able to provide the "strong and unifying" government we urgently need. Here's the video in full: Who won the referendum? One...

Despite the Government dismissing a record breaking petition, signed by over four million people, calling for a second referendum over the UK's exit from the EU, over 1,000 UK barristers have now signed a letter stating that the exit from the EU should be decided by parliament. Barristers argue that the referendum result is only advisory as it did not set a threshold for leaving EU. The second referendum petition argued that the margin of victory was too insignificant to trigger...

Something exciting happened on Tuesday night. Four politicians from four big parties (Green, Labour, SNP and Lib Dem), along with Amina Gichinga and John Harris, came together to start building a Progressive Alliance. There should be another general election in the next year. A Progressive Alliance could see Labour, SNP, Lib Dem, Green, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Féin and other parties agreeing not to contest each other in constituencies. The speakers were very clear - this is not about denying the referendum's democratic outcome. A Progressive Alliance is not about fighting Brexit. It's about...