Politics
Parliament suspended for five weeks after Boris Johnson’s sixth defeat in a row
“Shutting parliament during the gravest national crisis since the war is an act of grotesque cowardice; but history will remember the infamy and those responsible for it with indelible contempt,” historian Dr Schama wrote.
MPs vote to demand Johnson shares files on suspending parliament and no-deal Brexit with public
The move comes after files released in a Scottish court appeared to show Boris Johnson approved the suspension of Parliament on August 15.
Brexit – ‘Biggest own goal in our peacetime economic history…no matter how much it is dressed up as a patriotic act’ Gordon Brown
The former prime minister issued the warning as Parliament is being suspended by the Government.
Speaker John Bercow to stand down after Tory election threats
Andrea Leadsom had accused the Speaker in the Mail on Sunday of "flagrant abuse" of process.
Sajid Javid refuses to rule out Brexit Party pact – or breaking law by not delaying Brexit for a deal
Leading QCs say Boris Johnson could go to jail if he defies the law.
Latest: EU will refuse another Brexit delay under current circumstances
The Prime Minister said he’d “rather be dead in a ditch' than ask for Brexit delay”, despite parliament moving to block a no-deal.
Farage urges Tories to give Brexit Party a free run at Labour seats
“Together we would be unstoppable", the former Ukip leader wrote.
Amber Rudd quits Cabinet and Tory Party over Boris Johnson’s ‘political vandalism’
Amber Rudd blamed Boris Johnson’s “purge” of the Tory party and his “failure” to pursue a deal with the EU.
John Mann quits Labour to become Tory adviser
The veteran politician will take up a full-time role as the government’s ‘anti-semitism tsar’.