Politics
Sturgeon says no Brexit now more likely
Despite recent developments in Westminster making a hard Brexit more likely, it has also increased the chances of no Brexit, Scotland’s First Minister has claimed.
Anarchists outside flat where police arrived following row between Boris Johnson and his girlfriend
A group from Class War arrived at Carrie Symonds’ south London apartment, claiming Johnson wasn’t even fit to be a “Pie Minister”
New poll highlights “deeply worrying” levels of Islamaphobic beliefs among Conservative party membership
Poll of 864 party members reveals that many now buy into Islamophobic myths.
Hunt calls Johnson coward for avoiding TV debate and warns Brexit by October vows risk Corbyn in No 10 with election
Many Conservative MPs have vowed to sink their own government if the country was heading for a ruinous no-deal Brexit, which would result in a general election.
Boris Johnson loses support as he refuses to answer questions on domestic incident
Evidence has also emerged of far right activist Steve Bannon advising Boris Johnson despite Johnson's previous denials of a relationship.
Labour regains lead in the polls as Brexit Party slips
The Labour Party has retaken the lead in the polls and is now up 4 points at 26 per cent of voting intentions as the post-European Parliament election boost for the Brexit Party fades.
Losing patience – EU hostile to more Brexit delays
European Union leaders are losing patience with Britain and will neither allow a further delay to Brexit to continue negotiations with London nor change the divorce deal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. EU leaders have so far granted two delays, pushing Britain's exit from the European Union beyond an original March 29 date to October 31 at present. "While I have endless patience, some of my colleagues have lost patience quite frankly with the UK and there's...
Masterton begged to back Boris after he votes for successive losing candidates
Twitter users have issued a plea to Paul Masterton to back Boris Johnson in the final round of votes today after he voted for successive losing candidates. The Tory MP for East Renfrewshire was one of 17 people to give their support to Matt Hancock in the first round of votes, before backing Rory Stewart in the next two rounds. In the fourth ballot he supported Sajid Javid who was eliminated today. The Home Secretary received just 34 votes today,...
Savid Javid out of leadership race as Michael Gove moves into second place
Michael Gove has moved into second place in the Conservative Party leadership contest after receiving 61 votes to Jeremy Hunt's 59. Savid Javid bowed out after he received just 34 votes, leaving three contenders to battle it out today ahead of a membership vote on the final two remaining candidates. Talk of Rory Stewart combining forces with Gove spread yesterday, and the Environment Secretary may well have picked up a number of MPs as a result. Talking on BBC Two’s...