BBC Question Time announces special Brexit show Remainers are furious over an upcoming special Brexit episode of BBC Question Time which will have an audience made up of Leave voters only. Host Fiona Bruce last night announced the one-off show in Clacton-on-Sea on June 22 to mark the seventh anniversary of the EU referendum. Members of the audience will all […]

House Republicans reacted with outrage on Thursday night to the federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump, vowing to use their majority in Congress to fight the Justice Department. “WITCH HUNT,” was posted on the Twitter account of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee within minutes of news of the indictment becoming public. The chairman of that panel, Representative Jim […]

Elected officials in Colorado can now ban people from their private social media pages for any reason under a bipartisan bill signed into law Monday, a first-of-its-kind statute that’s prompted criticism from First Amendment advocates. But with a potentially decisive U.S. Supreme Court decision looming, will the new law stand? HB23-1306, enacted into law with Gov. Jared Polis’ signature, seeks […]

In the topsy-turvy world of 2024 Republican politics, rivals of Donald J. Trump had been bracing for weeks for his second indictment with more dread than any sense of opportunity. After years of successive scandals, the immediate instincts of so many Republican voters are thoroughly ingrained. They snap to Mr. Trump’s defense, no matter how outrageous the charges are or who is […]

Barnier says ‘door is open’ for UK to rejoin EU Conservative Brexiteer MPs have mocked former EU negotiator Michel Barnier after he made an apparent appeal for Britain to reverse its decision to Leave. The 72-year-old failed French Presidential candidate appeared on IT yesterday to say “the door is always open to Britain” to return and he warned that the […]

Keir Starmer: Labour on course to win next general election Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is on track to win the next general election according to the latest polls – but they might need some help to gain a majority. The Conservative Party hoped a change of leader would revitalise their chances of holding on to power with Boris Johnson […]

Barnier says ‘door is open’ for UK to rejoin EU Michel Barnier has insisted the “door is open” for the UK to rejoin the EU “any time”. The bloc’s former chief Brexit negotiator said the “terms and conditions” involve being part of the single market and customs union. The ex-Eurocrat also raised questions over how far Britain diverges from Brussels’s […]

Jess Phillips has avoided sanction by a parliamentary watchdog after failing to register a financial interest by the deadline for the second time in less than six months. The shadow safeguarding minister declared a payment of £1,000 for giving a lecture at Bristol University in October 2022 two days after the 28-day deadline set by the Commons. Parliament’s Standards Commissioner […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence capped his first full day as a formally declared presidential candidate with a CNN town hall on Wednesday night in Iowa, casting himself as an experienced, traditional conservative. But his challenges in a Republican primary field dominated by former President Donald J. Trump were evident throughout the roughly 90-minute event. Mr. Pence sought at once […]

Kemi Badenoch clashes with leading Brexiteer Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has warned that the implementation of a net zero target is hampering Britain’s bid to be more competitive, as well as hindering her efforts to scrap some EU laws. Badenoch pointed to the commitments of her “predecessors” – namely current Energy Secretary Grant Shapps – to achieving net […]