In an attempt to break the deadlock and end the political vacuum in Northern Ireland, Stormont talks resumed on Monday. Yesterday, new Northern Ireland MPs took their seats in the House of Commons with both the DUP and Sinn Fein giving way to middle-ground MPs from the Alliance Party and the SDLP. The Northern Ireland […]
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The pound has tumbled as fears of a no-deal Brexit resurfaced wiping out the gains made following Boris Johnson’s comprehensive election victory. Sterling plummeted more than 1.5% against both the dollar and euro after the prime minister announced an amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) outlawing any extension to the transition period beyond the […]
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MPs return to the Commons today (Monday) following the Conservative’s seismic election victory with a number of the country’s key institutions in the new government’s firing line for reform or facing the scrap altogether. While Boris Johnson will welcome 109 new Tory MPs, the prime minister is set to make the most of his 80 […]
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Following the Conservative Party’s landslide victory, Boris Johnson today (14/12/19) embarked on a tour of northern constituencies. Promising to “repay your trust”, Johnson said that his government would “spread opportunity across the whole of the United Kingdom”. Johnson paid tribute to voters in a number of traditionally Labour constituencies which had returned a Conservative MP. […]
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Boris Johnson’s stunning election win has left the money markets “cock-a-hoop” with sterling surging and the FTSE 250 hitting record highs. The pound rose 2.1% to hit $1.34 against the dollar and €1.20 against the euro – levels not seen since 2016 – as the extent of the Conservative election win became evident. Jeremy Corbyn’s […]
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The UK election results may be surprising to many, but for the Conservative party, it proves that gambling on Boris has paid off. The clarity of his slogan as well as his people skills and smart social media use have earned him the Conservative majority he set out to achieve. Despite his often insensitive and […]
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Voters are finally able to cast their ballots following the most extraordinary general election campaign in history with polling stations open – and reporting restrictions in place. It is the UK’s third general election in under five years and more than 3000 candidates are fighting for 650 seats in the first December poll since 1923. […]
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Ali Milani is the 25-year old Labour candidate who could keep Boris Johnson out of Downing Street. Since the announcement of the pre-Christmas election, he’s been visiting hundreds of homes in the Uxbridge constituency. When talking to people, he emphasises that he cares about the local people and knows about their needs and burning issues. […]
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Labour’s shadow health secretary has tried to brush off his highly damaging comments about Jeremy Corbyn as “banter” and “joshing around” with someone he thought was his “mate”. The Tory supporting Guido Fawkes website published the leaked recording of a private conversation between Jonathan Ashworth and his long time friend Greig Baker – a Conservative party […]
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Boris Johnson revealed yesterday (09/12/19) that the BBC licence fee could be called into question by a future Conservative government. In response to a question on the campaign trail in the North East, Johnson said that the current funding model “bears reflection”. Addressing a crowd of workers in a factory, he asked: “How long can you […]
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