Tag: UK Parliament

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 07:50 UTC

  A “sheared” Johnson campaigns in Scotland; Monday he will insist again with a snap election

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Britain's Conservative parties imploding as decades of infighting are coming to an end

  

  Britain's ruling Conservative Party is imploding this week as a result of a no-holds-barred battle over Brexit that has seen the expulsion of 21 moderate MPs, including Winston Churchill's grandson, experts said.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  PM Johnson defeated; parliament now has to decide what's more urgent a vote on Brexit or a snap election

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the prospect of a snap election on Tuesday after he suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy that could delay Britain's exit from the European Union.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Brexit: Corbyn says UK needs a general election; ex PM Tony Blair warns of “an elephant trap”

  

  Jeremy Corbyn says the UK “needs” a general election, despite warnings from Tony Blair that it could prove a “trap” for Labour. Mr Corbyn said his “priority” was to work towards blocking a no-deal Brexit, with an election afterwards.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Decisive debate in UK parliament with a general election 14 October in the cards

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call an election for Oct 14 if MPs vote against his Brexit strategy, a top official said on Monday on the eve of a parliamentary showdown. MPs from Johnson's own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers in a vote on Tuesday to try to force him to delay Brexit if he cannot strike an agreement with Brussels in the next few weeks.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Tens of thousands in UK cities protest the suspension of parliament

  

  Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets across the UK on Saturday to show their opposition to government moves to close parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 06:40 UTC

  Petition calling to stop UK Parliament suspension has collected 1.4 million signatures

  

  An online petition calling to stop the UK Parliament being suspended until Brexit has been delayed or cancelled has garnered more than 1,4 million signatures. “Parliament must not be prorogued or dissolved unless and until the Article 50 period has been sufficiently extended or the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU has been cancelled,” the document read.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Court bids in London, Edinburgh and Belfast to stop the “coup”, suspension of parliament; more street protests programmed

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament just weeks before Britain's EU departure date faced legal challenges on Thursday amid a furious outcry from pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  A major protest and a Baby Donald inflatable blimp over Parliament will mark Trump's second day in London

  

  A giant inflatable blimp depicting Donald Trump as a pouting baby in a diaper will fly outside the British parliament in London on Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be one of the city's largest protests against a foreign leader. The six-meter-high blimp will fly above Parliament Square for two hours from 0900 GMT when Trump is due to hold talks with the outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May nearby in Downing Street.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Mrs. May faces a 1922 Committee challenge demanding she steps down

  

  Theresa May flies back to London on Thursday morning to once again face colleagues seeking to oust her, as she struggles to find a way to pass her Brexit deal. Returning from Paris, where she joined world leaders pledging to boost internet safety on Wednesday, she will meet with rank-and-file Conservative Party members who want her to set a roadmap for quitting.