6.04pm GMT18:04 Afternoon summary Andrew Sparrow Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Johnson to TV debates on what has effectively been the first full day of campaigning since MPs agreed that there should be an election on Thursday 12 December. (See 4.06pm.) The bill approving the election is still being debated by …
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SIR – There has never been a greater opportunity to achieve a stonking Conservative majority. The Prime Minister has strained every sinew to get Brexit done and is rightly popular because of it. Add to that the people’s desire to rid those green benches of MPs who have done everything …
Read More »Boris Johnson will push for a general election if the EU grants another Brexit delay
brexit countdown_bgCreated with Sketch. Boris Johnson will push for a general election if the EU follows Donald Tusk’s advice to grant another Brexit delay, a No. 10 source revealed last night after MPs rejected the Prime Minister’s three-day timetable for his Brexit bill. MPs handed the fate of Brexit back …
Read More »PETER OBORNE: It’s vital that British patriots prevail today
Not long ago, Boris Johnson compared Brexit to the eternal torment of Greek god Prometheus having his liver pecked out by an eagle. Today, that torment could be over. Regardless whether Johnson prevails in the Commons this afternoon, there is no doubt about the magnitude of his achievement. Almost all …
Read More »HARRY COLE: A taste of Royal displeasure for Jeremy Hunt
HARRY COLE: A taste of Royal displeasure for Jeremy Hunt when Prince Philip was introduced to his Chinese-born wife By Harry Cole For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:26, 6 October 2019 | Updated: 01:26, 6 October 2019 Contrary to reports suggesting Boris Johnson had grovelled to the Queen following …
Read More »Remainers sabotage Tory conference after Supreme Court ruling
Remainers sabotage Tory conference: Gathering in Manchester is thrown into chaos as Jeremy Corbyn says he WON’T let Commons go into recess Parliament is resuming sitting after judges ruled PM’s prorogation was illegal Commons business could lay waste to Tory conference in Manchester next week Jeremy Corbyn dismissed the idea …
Read More »Speaker John Bercow gloats as he reopens Commons
brexit countdown_bgCreated with Sketch. Furious Geoffrey Cox today dismissed calls to quit over his advice that prorogation was legal – and raged that Parliament is ‘immorally’ blocking an election. The Attorney General ridiculed claims that he should quit after his view was rejected by the UK’s most senior judges yesterday. …
Read More »Central task is to force general election and elect Corbyn-led Labour government on socialist policies
Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1057/29605 From The Socialist newspaper, 25 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist issue 1057 photo Socialist Party (Click to enlarge) The Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful has, for now, knocked the dramatic events preceding it at Labour Party conference off the …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn demands Boris Johnson ‘resign now’ in furious Labour conference speech
Jeremy Corbyn has demanded Boris Johnson “resign now” in a damning Labour conference speech. Party members erupted into cheers of “Johnson out!” as the Labour leader said Mr Johnson was “not fit to be Prime Minister” after losing a Supreme Court showdown. Opening his 42-minute annual address in Brighton, Mr …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn conference speech 2019 highlights – what Labour leader announced
Jeremy Corbyn drew the battle lines for a crunch general election tonight as he bids to oust Boris Johnson from No10. The Labour leader rallied activists ahead of an expected autumn poll in a rousing speech to thousands of delegates in Brighton. Outlining the mounting need for a snap poll, …
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