The Speaker of the House of Commons is demanding a drugs crackdown amid growing evidence of cannabis and cocaine being used openly. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told Sky News he is to call in police after claims that drug abuse is rife in the Houses of Parliament. Sir Lindsay is demanding a drugs…
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Leon Neal/Getty Images Pubs and restaurants will be forced to close at 10 p.m. and people will be encouraged to work from home under new restrictions announced Tuesday. LONDON — Boris Johnson took a softly-softly approach to the second nationwide coronavirus lockdown in the U.K. The prime minister on Wednesday…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is finding that the benefit of the doubt over Brexit and the coronavirus is finite after all | Leon Neal/Getty Images UK prime minister’s aggressive tactics are undermining trust abroad and at home. Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice and the author of POLITICO‘s Beyond the Bubble column….
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a debate on the Internal Market Bill at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 14, 2020. Photo courtesy UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his plan to unilaterally rewrite Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union as an insurance policy…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to put the brakes on his European Union divorce bill and call for a snap general election before Christmas if lawmakers continue to stonewall his push to pass the legislation in three days. Speaking at the House of Commons on Tuesday, Johnson accused lawmakers of being “caught in a deadlock of its own making”…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during questioning in the British Parliament on Wednesday.CreditCreditJessica Taylor/UK Parliament LONDON — He jabbed his finger in the air and shook his head theatrically. He dared the opposition to back his call for an election and sneered that the Labour Party’s leader was a “chlorinated chicken.” By the time Prime Minister…
Boris Johnson is the frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister (Picture: George Cracknell Wright/LNP) Britain is about to learn who its next prime minister will be later this morning. The winner of the Tory leadership contest is expected to be announced at 11.40am. Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will take over as prime minister…
It’s more likely Brexit will be cancelled than the United Kingdom will leave the European Union without a deal A poll of economists has found that the UK leaving the EU without a deal is now less likely than Brexit being cancelled. The latest research by Reuters showed very few predicting a “disorderly” departure but that a…
The PM will insist she remains determined to secure legally-binding changes to her deal – despite few signs of progress. Theresa May will tell the EU it ‘has to make a choice too’ Theresa May will tell the EU it “has to make a choice” on Brexit as she continues a last-ditch effort to win…