A jubilant Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour party activists they “blew the doors off” to secure a landslide byelection victory over the SNP. Labour candidate Michael Shanks secured a 20.4% swing to trounce the SNP’s Katy Loudon and become the new MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West – an election triggered by the removal […]
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France has accused the UK of “lacking humanity” in its response to helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. In a strongly worded letter to Priti Patel the home secretary, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin called the UK’s response “completely unsuitable” after it emerged that 150 Ukrainians were turned away at Calais and told to get […]
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Members of all major political parties on the island of Ireland have united to oppose Boris Johnson’s plans to “draw a line under the Troubles” by ending all prosecutions related to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Victims groups joined politicians from all sides to sign a document rejecting the UK government’s plans for a statue […]
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Arlene Foster claims she is “absolutely astounded” at suggestions her Democratic Unionist Party is stoking tensions to undermine the Northern Ireland protocol that has rocked post Brexit relations and put at risk the Good Friday Agreement. Foster’s comments follows revelations that border staff at Northern Ireland’s ports were stood down by a DUP minister who […]
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The EU has launched legal proceedings against the UK government for passing legislation that breaks international law by overriding key parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. A “letter of formal notice” has been sent by the EU who earlier this month set a September 30 deadline for Boris Johnson’s government to remove parts of the […]
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill “climbdown” with MPs over his contentious internal markets bill is not enough for Europe or senior members of his party. EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said the UK government must “correct” its position before talks on economic and political relations can continue, while the European Commission (EC) said their ultimatum for […]
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Boris Johnson will deliver his “final offer” to the EU on Brexit today with a nine day ultimatum to Brussels to agree to his “two borders for four years” proposal. The new Brexit plan was leaked to the Daily Telegraph ahead of Johnson’s first speech as prime minister to the Conservative party conference, and is […]
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