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320 MPs set to snub Brexit motion, predicts bookmaker

Theresa May’s motion on the EU withdrawal agreement will be batted away by 320 MPs in Parliament today, according to a betting firm. The Prime Minister’s two Brexit deals prior to this one were rejected, with 432 MPs voting no in January and 391 nays following that earlier this month. Now, on the day that Britain was supposed to officially break away from the EU, another of May’s withdrawal agreements will be knocked back, with a no deal Brexit looking...

Actor George Clooney calls for boycott of hotels over Brunei’s brutal LGBT laws

Hollywood A-list star George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels because of their links to Brunei. The state is planning to impose laws that will impose the death penalty, by stoning, for adultery and gay sex. The brutal legislation is supposed to be in place from next week. “Let that sink in. In the onslaught of news where we see the world backsliding into authoritarianism this stands alone,”  Clooney wrote in an opinion piece for Deadline. Clooney wants...

Brexit Video – Cabinet Minister: “F*ck knows. I’m past caring”

BBC’s Newsnight political editor repeated what he was old by a Cabinet minister and it makes despairing footage. Nick Watt had earlier asked an unnamed Cabinet minister: “why is the Prime Minister holding a vote when she is pretty sure she will lose?” He said the minister responded using "very strong language": “F*** knows. I am past caring. It is like the living dead in here.” Mr Watt said the minister then told him that May's cabinet had “completely broken down.”...

Tory minister says new royal yacht would “unite” the country after Brexit

Conservative MP Jake Berry has suggested that a new Royal Yacht Britannia would act as a boon to the UK’s international trade and “unite” the country following the bitter divisions of the Brexit debate. Speaking to The House magazine he argued the vessel would "bring our country back together" and help drive the UK’s overseas trade policy outside the European Union. He said: “The rebuilding of the Royal Yacht Britannia is not government policy. However, my personal view about it is...

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