Tag: Jeremy Hunt

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 18:42 UTC

  Boris Johnson promises to deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn

  

  Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656. The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  PM May last emergency meeting on Monday to address seizure of UK flagged oil tanker

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a meeting of Britain's emergencies committee on Monday to discuss Iran's seizure of a UK-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf. In one of her final important acts as prime minister before resigning on Wednesday, May will chair a meeting of Britain's COBR emergencies committee at around 10.30am (0930 GMT), her Downing Street office said.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 18:02 UTC

  Iran Guards seize British flagged tanker; foreign secretary Hunt warns of serious consequences

  

  Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking “international maritime rules” as tensions mount in the highly sensitive waterway.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

  UK, Ecuador agree Assange not to be extradited where he could be executed

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to any country with capital punishment, Britain's Minister for the Americas and Europe, Alan Duncan announced Monday in Quito after a meeting with Ecuador's Foreign Minister José Valencia.

• Saturday, July 13th 2019 - 15:46 UTC

  Royal Navy sends Type 45 destroyer to Persian Gulf amid escalating tension

  

  The Royal Navy has announced the HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, will join HMS Montrose which is due to go in for “pre-planned maintenance” while still deployed.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 12:50 UTC

  Brexit and Conservative nationalism: fantasy collides with reality next October

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the infeasible.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  From Scotland, PM May will call for the strengthening unity and bonds of UK

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May will urge her successor on Thursday to strengthen the bonds between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in a veiled criticism of those in her party who are widely thought to prefer Brexit to the union.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  China and UK clash over the protests in ex-British colony Hong Kong

  

  China bluntly told Britain on Wednesday to “refrain from further interference” and London summoned Beijing's ambassador for a dressing down in a rapidly-escalating diplomatic feud over Hong Kong.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 11:50 UTC

  Theresa May will announce a review of devolution when she visits Scotland

  

  Prime minister Theresa May is to announce a review of UK government departments to make sure they work in the best interests of devolution. Mrs. May will make the announcement during a visit to Scotland this week in one of her final visits as prime minister.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 07:20 UTC

  Johnson and Hunt promise to spend billions as they pitch for Theresa May's job

  

  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt vowed to spend billions of pounds on public services, infrastructure and tax cuts on Sunday as the two men battling to become prime minister pitched themselves as the best candidate to take on the opposition Labour Party.