Huawei ‘will be blocked’ from UK’s core 5G network despite green light from Theresa May April 24, 2019 The UK will block Huawei from core parts of its 5G network and restrict its access to non-core areas, Reuters reported today, citing a security source. Read more: Huawei: US ban 'belittles' national security The ban comes despite media reports late last night that suggested Prime Minister Theresa May has given the green light to [...]
Labour MPs table bid to thwart Trump state visit because of ‘misogynism and racism’ April 24, 2019 Labour MPs have demanded that Theresa May cancel Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK because of his "misogynism, racism and xenophobia". More than 50 MPs have signed a backbench motion to axe the US president's trip to three-day visit to the UK, which is scheduled for the 3 June, PoliticsHome reported. Trump's visit coincides with [...]
Labour MPs table bid to thwart Trump state visit because of ‘misogynism and racism’ April 24, 2019 Labour MPs have demanded that Theresa May cancel Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK because of his "misogynism, racism and xenophobia". More than 50 MPs have signed a backbench motion to axe the US president's trip to three-day visit to the UK, which is scheduled for the 3 June, PoliticsHome reported. Trump's visit coincides with [...]
Theresa May seeks new vote on bill needed to deliver Brexit as talks with Labour flounder April 23, 2019 Theresa May will attempt as early next week to push through legislation needed to deliver Brexit, following a barrage of criticism over the Easter weekend about her handling of the negotiations. Downing Street said it aimed to bring the Withdrawal Agreement Bill that is needed to ratify May's deal, which has been rejected three times by MPs, “as soon [...]
Theresa May faces mounting pressure to resign as cross-party Brexit talks resume April 23, 2019 Theresa May will return to parliament today amid mounting pressure on her leadership and the threat of a grassroots rebellion from her own party. MPs will be back in Westminster following the Easter recess as cross-party talks over Brexit continue. Read more: Top Tories say leadership contest can only happen after Brexit is agreed But [...]
Brexit has finished May, but MPs still need to find a way to honour the referendum result April 22, 2019 Theresa May would be forgiven if she decided not to return from her Easter break. While she walked the Welsh mountains, the mess she left in Westminster festered in the heat and one of her first engagements back in Downing Street will be to meet Sir Graham Brady, chair of the Tory party's committee of [...]
Theresa May under fresh pressure to resign amid mounting Tory grassroots rebellion April 22, 2019 Theresa May will return to Westminster facing fresh pressure over her position as top Tories warn she must resign or face further attempts to oust her. The influential 1922 committee of Tory MPs is reportedly meeting tomorrow to discuss tearing up the party rulebook in a move that could force the Prime Minister out, despite her [...]
Remain would win a second Brexit referendum, poll finds, as Leave voters more likely to have doubts April 18, 2019 A second referendum would see the population resoundingly vote for the UK to remain in the EU, a new poll has found. The latest Comres poll revealed that Remain would now win by 58 per cent to 42 per cent of the vote. Read more: Tusk says he still dreams of UK U-turn on Brexit [...]
No Brexit is now more likely than no-deal Brexit, economists predict April 18, 2019 Britain remaining in the EU is now more likely than a disorderly Brexit, according to a Reuters survey of economists. The poll found that Britain leaving with a free trade deal of some description was still the most likely outcome but Brexit being cancelled jumped above a no-deal scenario into third place in the latest [...]
Yougov polls points to EU election victory for Farage’s Brexit party April 17, 2019 Nigel Farage's newly formed Brexit party is on course to win next month's contentious EU elections after a new poll put them on 27 per cent of the vote. Read more: Brexit party: Nigel Farage launches new pro-Leave political group A Yougov poll for has put Farage's party in the top spot, five points ahead of Labour and [...]