Tag: Sir Keir Starmer

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:12 UTC

  More than half a million sign petition to have Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”

  

  More than half a million people have signed a petition to have former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”. Sir Tony was appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry.

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Centrist Sir Keir Starmer new Labour leader with more than 50% of the vote

  

  Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour “into a new era with confidence and hope” after decisively winning the contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. The 57-year old defeated Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Johnson wants Parliament to vote “yes” or “no” on his Brexit deal on Monday

  

  Parliament must be given “a straight up-and-down vote” on the PM's Brexit deal, No 10 says, after MPs delivered a major blow to his strategy on Saturday. Boris Johnson was forced by law to send a letter asking the EU for a new delay on Brexit but did not sign it.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  UK Attorney General Statement to Parliament could trigger a “constitutional crisis”

  

  UK faces a “constitutional crisis” if Theresa May does not publish the full legal advice on her Brexit deal on Monday, Labour has warned. The PM says the advice is confidential. But some MPs think ministers do not want to admit it says the UK could be indefinitely tied to EU customs rules.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  UK and EU negotiators must reach an agreement by Wednesday evening

  

  UK ministers have been told “judgment day is coming” over Brexit as the UK and EU strive for a deal within 48 hours. Officials are trying to hammer out an agreement on the terms of the UK's exit by Wednesday to enable EU leaders to agree it by the end of the month.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  Brexit: Labour conference expected to vote keeping “all options on the table”

  

  British Labour party members are to vote on keeping “all options on the table” on Brexit, including possibly campaigning for a new referendum at their conference. Party power brokers have agreed on the wording for Tuesday's motion on what the party should do about Brexit if it cannot get a general election.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 18:59 UTC

  A no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic; “Conservatives playing Russian roulette with the economy”

  

  A furious reaction to the first batch of no-deal Brexit preparation papers has come in from across the UK. The documents have shown up the UK’s no-deal plans as a bluff that was “fooling no-one”, said Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones. “The writing is on the wall,” he said.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:44 UTC

  UK and EU agree on a “large part” of Brexit's implementation period, but issues remain

  

  UK and EU have agreed on a “large part” of the agreement that will lead to the “orderly withdrawal” of the UK. Negotiators Michel Barnier and David Davis said the deal on what the UK calls the implementation period was a “decisive step” in the Brexit process, although some of the issues still to be resolved include the Northern Ireland border.

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  Brexit bill passes House of Commons and now faces Lords' tough debate

  

  The marathon bill paving the way for Britain to leave the European Union passed a crucial stage in the House of Commons on Wednesday night. With support of 324 MPs, and the opposition of 295 MPs, a government majority of just 29, the bill for Exiting the EU aims to convert all European law into British law.

• Friday, January 5th 2018 - 10:50 UTC

  Blair blasts Labour's “timidity” on a Brexit designed by the “Tory right”

  

  Ex Labour prime minister Tony Blair has attacked Labor's “timidity” on Brexit, saying it would deliver a departure from the EU designed by the “Tory right”. He urged the party he once led to “nail” the “myths” of the Brexit campaign - and fight for the rights of voters to “think again” about leaving. He said 2018 would be the year the fate of Britain would be decided.