Tag: Sir Vince Cable

• Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 05:57 UTC

  PM May Brexit deal pulverized by Parliament; Corbyn tables a no confidence vote for this Wednesday

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected in Parliament by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.

• Thursday, January 4th 2018 - 10:03 UTC

  Liberal leader pledges Lords should check an abuse of power by government with Brexit

  

  Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has defended plans to use his party’s strength in the House of Lords to fight Brexit, even though he views the unelected chamber as a “bad system” that he did not want to be a member of. Sir Vince said the Lords had limited political impact, but the upper house should be used to check an “abuse of powers” by the Government.

• Monday, September 18th 2017 - 09:17 UTC

  Lib/Dem a growing “plausible alternative” given Tories and Labour's disarray, says Sir Vince Cable

  

  Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has insisted he is a credible candidate to be the next prime minister. Despite heading a party with just 12 MPs, Sir Vince said he could replace Theresa May in Downing Street.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 09:16 UTC

  European Court of Justice with no jurisdiction in the UK after Brexit, says PM May government

  

  The UK will no longer be under the “direct jurisdiction” of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) after Brexit, a government policy paper will say. Ministers say they want a “special partnership” with the EU, but it is “neither necessary nor appropriate” for the ECJ to police it. However critics say the word “direct” leaves room for the ECJ to still play a part.

• Thursday, August 17th 2017 - 07:01 UTC

  UK political system criticize Trump for not clearly condemning racism and fascist views

  

  United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has said it is important to condemn far-right views “wherever we hear them” as she was asked about Donald Trump's response to clashes in the United States. The PM said: “I see no equivalence between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them.”

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 16:16 UTC

  Lib/Dem will join massive anti/Brexit protest outside Conservative conference in Manchester

  

  Liberal Democrats will abandon political party protocol by joining pro-EU campaigners to protest against Brexit outside this year’s Conservative Party Conference. Activists are planning to stage one of the biggest marches in opposition to Britain leaving the EU when the Tories stage their annual conference in Manchester in October.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 07:24 UTC

  PM May's office denies freedom of movement will continue once UK leaves EU

  

  Suggestions that freedom of movement will continue after the United Kingdom leaves the EU are wrong, Downing Street has said. Last Friday, Chancellor Philip Hammond warned full controls could take “some time”, prompting speculation free movement may continue in all but name after the UK leaves in March 2019.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 09:57 UTC

  Cabinet in a state of civil war over Brexit, says Lib-Dem leader Vince Cable

  

  The rift between senior ministers on how long to allow the free movement of people after Brexit shows “all the signs of a Cabinet in a state of civil war”, Vince Cable has said. The Liberal Democrat leader's remarks come after International Trade Secretary Liam Fox dismissed the idea that a consensus had been reached on the issue by the Prime Minister's top table.

• Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 11:31 UTC

  New Lib-Dem leader pledges “exit from Brexit” and calls to capture “gigantic space” in British politics

  

  Sir Vince Cable has become the new leader of the Liberal Democrats with a promise to offer voters the possibility of an “exit from Brexit” through a second referendum on EU membership. The former business secretary took up the role after nominations for the post closed without him facing any challengers, becoming, at 74, the oldest leader in the party’s history.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 09:22 UTC

  Future Lib-Dem leader beginning to think Brexit may never happen

  

  Sir Vince Cable the likely next Lib Dem leader has said he is beginning to think Brexit may never happen, since “enormous” divisions in the Labour and the Tory parties and a “deteriorating” economy would make people think again.