Tag: Labour Party (UK)

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC

  Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

  

  British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson's lead over Labour has narrowed sharply to six points

  

  The lead for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives over the Labour Party has narrowed sharply to six points from 13 a week ago, according to a poll by BMG for the Independent newspaper conducted before the London Bridge attack.

• Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Protection of Falklands' people democratic rights ensured in Conservative manifesto

  

  The Conservative and Unionist party manifesto for the coming 12 December election, “Get Brexit Done Unleash Britain’s Potential”, in one of its chapters includes a special mention to the democratic rights and the protection of the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Boris Johnson launches election campaign in Labour stronghold of Birmingham

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday launched the Conservatives' election campaign in a traditional stronghold of the Labour opposition he hopes to win over by vowing to “get Brexit done”.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Ten Falklands' Governors take Sukey Cameron to lunch

  

  Ten Falkland Islands former Governors took Sukey Cameron MBE to lunch to mark her retirement as Falkland Islands Government Representative in London. Ms. Cameron told Penguin News she believed it was the first occasion that they have all been together.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Falkland’s delegates successful round of contacts at Labour Party conference

  

  A delegation of Falkland Islands' lawmakers and staff are attending the annual round of UK political parties’ conferences. This week was the turn of the Labour Party which met at Brighton

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 06:32 UTC

  “Hulk” meets EU's Juncker for a new Brexit deal: “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” anticipates Johnson

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the comic book character The Incredible Hulk in a newspaper interview where he stressed his determination to take Britain out of the European Union on Oct 31.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  PM Johnson defeated: parliament reject early election and insist on delaying Brexit to January

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was left in limbo on Wednesday after MPs voted to derail his Brexit plan and rejected his call for an early election to break the political deadlock.

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Furious reactions, political and in the streets to the suspension of Parliament

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson manoeuvred on Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament, but his critics were outraged.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Labour leader Corbyn calls for an investigation following malicious reports about his health condition

  

  Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had a frank talk with Britain’s top civil servant as he called for an independent investigation into a report citing unidentified officials expressing concerns over his health, his spokesman said.