Tag: Conservative

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Catholic and “originalist” Judge Barrett ensures a conservative majority in the US Supreme Court

  

  Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the US Supreme Court came as little surprise. The long-term academic, appeals court judge and mother of seven was the hot favorite for the Supreme Court seat.

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Queen opens Parliament and will announce the Conservative government agenda

  

  The Queen is to set out the Conservative government's agenda for the year ahead following their decisive election win last week. Legislation to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January will be among more than 20 bills announced during Thursday's State Opening of Parliament. Other measures include guarantees on extra health service funding and longer sentences for violent criminals.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Possible Spanish Socialist and Conservative coalitions too close to call according to latest opinion polls

  

  Spain’s Socialists increased their lead in two polls published over the weekend, with support from 28.8% to 30.3% of voters, but they fell short of a majority ahead of a general election on April 28.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro: Brazil owes nothing to the world regarding the environment

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his country “does not owe the world anything” when it comes to the environment. The far-right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change accord, was speaking in Chile following Friday’s launch of the Forum for the Progress of South America (PROSUR), a conservative-minded group of South American leaders.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Trump and the “Trump of the tropics” exchange conservative praise

  

  United States president Donald Trump and Brazil’s new leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Trump pledging to give more U.S. support to Brazil’s global ambitions.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  PM May: 95% of Brexit terms agreed but Irish border remains a “considerable sticking point”

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is prepared to “explore every possible option” to break the deadlock in Brexit talks. She told MPs 95% of the terms of exit were agreed but the Irish border was still a “considerable sticking point”.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Conservative “jitters” about Brexit, admit Mrs. May's most loyal ministers

  

  The Brexit Secretary has said he understands Conservative “jitters” about EU negotiations but urged British MPs to hold their nerve as talks continue. “The end is in sight in terms of a good deal, the prize we want,” Dominic Raab said, asking them to “wait and see”.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Lord Carrington dies. He resigned as foreign secretary when Argentina invaded the Falklands

  

  Lord Carrington, a versatile British politician who held senior posts under Conservative prime ministers from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and who was secretary general of NATO in the last years of the Cold War, died on Monday. He was 99.