If there’s an art to lying, the PM hasn’t bothered to master it. He lies and lies again, and there’s no art in it at all. He just says whatever suits him at the time. I’ve been running through the PM Keir Starmer‘s broken promises, u-turns and pledges, and it’s exhausting. If I tried listing…
This is awkward for Downing Street to say the least. The person chosen by the British government to be the keystone in the most important of bilateral relationships is, according to one of the incoming president’s close aides, a “complete moron”. Chris LaCivita is a central character in Trump’s orbit. He managed Trump‘s election victory…
Update, 6:13 p.m.: The U.S. government looked poised to avoid a prolonged government shutdown after the House of Representatives on Friday voted to approve a funding bill just hours before a midnight deadline. The bill is expected to pass in the Senate before heading to President Biden’s desk for his signature. As the fight over a federal spending…
Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned Friday that his agency could suffer “serious” consequences if Congress failed to pass legislation funding federal agencies and avert a government shutdown. The warning came before the House passed a last-minute stopgap funding bill with bipartisan support Friday night, sending it to the Senate ahead of the…
Getty Images The government is facing a backlash after it rejected compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age. In opposition, senior Labour figures had been vocal supporters of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaign, which argues 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed of the…
Canada’s former ambassador to the United States says he’s confident Ottawa can avoid the worst of the tariff threats proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, but that Canada won’t be completely unscathed. Frank McKenna, who is now deputy chair at TD Securities, said he believes the incoming president is looking to use money from tariffs…
Washington — The Senate on Friday confirmed President Biden’s 234th nominee to the federal judiciary, matching the number of judges approved for lifetime appointment to the nation’s courts during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. The confirmation of Benjamin Cheeks to the federal district court in Southern California by a 49 to 47 vote led Mr….
PA Media A top campaign adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump has called the incoming UK ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, “an absolute moron”. In a post on social media, Chris LaCivita said Lord Mandelson “should stay home”. Mr LaCivita, who was a co-campaign manager for Trump’s presidential election bid, criticised the British…
As the Liberal government grapples with political upheaval following the exit of Chrystia Freeland from the federal cabinet, a new Ipsos poll shows most Canadians now want an early election. That comes as support for Conservatives is surging and support for the Liberals is at a near-historic low this week — putting Prime Minister Justin…
One of Donald Trump‘s close aides has slammed the government’s decision to name Lord Peter Mandelson as the new ambassador to the US. Chris LaCivita, the president-elect’s co-campaign manager, delivered a blistering two-word attack on Lord Mandelson, who served under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. LaCivita called the Labour peer an “absolute moron” as he…
