'David Cameron tried to bribe me to ditch Brexit campaign'
Boris Johnson has boldly claimed David Cameron said he would “f*** him up” if he supported the 2016 Brexit campaign in a revealing Diary of a CEO episode. Source link
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Tory peer predicts another leadership race in two years – as frontrunners show they ‘make mistakes’ | Politics News
Conservative peer Ruth Davidson has said she thinks there is a “good chance” there will be another Tory leadership election in two years – despite the fact one is currently under way. Baroness Davidson told Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that the recent Conservative Party conference showed that both Kemi Badenoch and Robert…
Justice for victims unlikely says Theresa May
Family handout Dawn Sturgess, 44, did not know the perfume she was spraying herself with was a lethal nerve agent Former Prime Minister Theresa May says justice is “highly unlikely to happen” for the people affected by the Salisbury Novichok attack. Rather she hopes the family of Wiltshire woman Dawn Sturgess, who died after coming…
Government to consider scrapping short jail terms
PA Media Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said jails “are on the point of collapse” Scrapping short prison terms is among a number of ideas set to be considered by an upcoming government review of sentencing. Ministers are interested in proposals to toughen up community orders as an alternative to jail, to reduce the number…
Appeals court weighs fate of DACA protections for 500,000 “Dreamers” brought to U.S. as children
A federal appeals court on Thursday weighed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, the Obama-era program that currently allows more than half a million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to live and work in the country without fear of deportation. Enacted in 2012 to protect a…
Harris reiterates support for “Dreamers” as she courts Latino voters at town hall
Las Vegas — Vice President Kamala Harris fielded questions about immigration, the economy and healthcare at a town hall with Univision on Thursday. Polls suggest these issues are critical to the Latino voting bloc, and many of these questions were posed by people who had very personal, emotional stories to tell. Supports “Dreamers,” pins blame on…
Poll shows majority support for assisted dying as date set for MPs’ vote | Politics | News
Demonstrators, including Humanists UK’s members and supporters, during a protest outside the Houses (Image: PA) The majority of people in England and Wales want assisted dying to be legalised for terminally ill adults, a survey reveals. Some 63 per cent of more than 2,000 adults questioned supported changing the law, while just 20 per cent opposed…
Plaid Cymru government after next Senedd election is ‘realistic’, says Rhun ap Iorwerth | UK News
Plaid Cymru’s leader has insisted a Welsh government led by his party after the next Senedd election is “realistic”. The next election to choose members to the Welsh parliament will take place in May 2026. Ahead of the party’s two-day conference at Cardiff‘s Principality Stadium on Friday, Rhun ap Iorwerth told Sky News that a…
Pharmacare bill covering diabetes, birth control medications passes Senate – National
By Laura Osman The Canadian Press Posted October 10, 2024 6:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes. The…
Trump urges judge in 2020 election case not to allow release of more evidence, claiming election interference
Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the federal district judge overseeing his prosecution related to the 2020 election to keep from public view evidence accompanying a key legal brief from special counsel Jack Smith that detailed his case against the former president. Trump’s lawyers argued in their two-page filing that…