Politics
Tory MP threatens to defect to Lib Dems and wipe out Boris Johnson’s majority in Parliament
Phillip Lee, the MP for Bracknell, said he will spend the summer break considering whether to leave the Conservative party over its position on Brexit.
Boris Johnson’s NHS cash injection ‘a drop in the ocean’
One health think tank said the sum ‘will only be a fraction’ of what is needed.
Priti Patel says she wants criminals to “feel terror”
She said "with more police officers out there and greater police presence, I want (criminals) to literally feel terror at the thought of committing offences.”
Brexit Party MEP mocked for claiming Irish border is a “misnomer and a red herring”
How do you simultaneously control your borders, yet fail to control your only actual land border?
Stopping Brexit still possible, says Swinson after Lib Dems’ by-election win
Party leader Jo Swinson said her newly-bolstered team is looking at different strategies to halt the UK’s departure from the EU.
Remain Alliance has “proof of concept” following by-election victory
Liberal Democrats win in Brecon and Radnorshire after a number of other parties, including Plaid Cymru, agreed not to stand to try to clear the way for a pro-EU candidate.
Boris Johnson’s government now has a working majority of just one
At only 11 days Johnson has lost a seat in a by-election faster than any prime minister since Asquith in 1908.
Everyone should be afraid of a no-deal Brexit, says Varadkar
The Irish premier denied engaging in ‘project fear’-style rhetoric.
With 91 days until Brexit, countdown clock delivered to Downing Street
A digital clock, reported to have cost at least £500, has been taken into Number 10.