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Parliament will convene today to kick off one of the most significant weeks in recent political history as Prime Minister Theresa May attempts to get her deal approved in order for Britain's exit terms to be set in motion. May will launch a last-ditch attempt to win support of MPs in a speech today warning them that they risk doing "catastrophic harm" to the public's faith in democracy if they block her withdrawal deal in tomorrow's crunch vote. Forecasts suggest...

PM indicates that No Brexit is ‘more likely’ than No Deal

Theresa May is trying, yet again, to gather enough support for her Brexit deal, as Tuesday’s vote inches closer. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party have said they will table a motion of no confidence in the PM if she doesn’t get her deal through.  Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "We will table a motion of no confidence in the government at a time of our choosing, but it's going to be soon, don't worry about it." May plans to...

‘Jumping off a cliff never has a happy ending’ – Major calls for Government to suspend Brexit

Sir John Major, former PM, has again waded into the Brexit debate. He said that revoking Article 50 is ‘the only sensible course,” and hopes the public will be allowed to vote again on the final deal. Major believes that a new referendum would be the ‘the definitive decision’ on whether the UK leaves the EU. Major told the Sunday Times that the benefits of a no-deal exit were "close to zero", adding: “Every single household – rich or poor...

Yellow vests list child abuse, homelessness and wrongful arrests among things they “stand for” in botched flyer

UK yellow vest protesters listed child abuse, homelessness and wrongful arrests among the things they "stand for" in a botched flyer distributed ahead of this weekend's march. In an attempt to imitate French protests crowds of activists donning high-visibility jackets took to the streets of central London this weekend to march against government cuts, among other things. The People's Assembly Against Austerity descended on London to make their message heard, but a botched flyer distributed by the group beforehand showed...

Secret footage of fox thrown for dog pack captures “concrete proof of illegal hunting”

Police are investigating this shocking footage shared by an anti-hunting group that appears to show the moment hunt supporters drag a terrified fox out of its hole before throwing into woodland to be hunted by a pack of hounds. The controversial footage appears to show huntsmen flushing the fox out of an underground drainage pipe using a rod with a brush on the end. It is then forcibly pulled out of the end by its back legs before being slung...

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