Anti-lockdown activists were hauled away by police today as hundreds turned out for a protest in Parliament Square amid fears the country faces tighter restrictions as Covid cases continue to rise. Scotland Yard issued an open letter ahead of the event, urging people not to attend large gatherings over the last weekend before Christmas. Extra … Read more
Good grief, the Commons was tense yesterday. Tauter than the strings on a well-tuned ukulele. With Brexit trade talks hanging by the flossiest of threads over in Brussels, the House had that subdued air of a hospital waiting room. As each hour passed, the atmosphere grew antsier. Jokes and jibes were in short supply. Penny … Read more
Debenhams was doomed long before the pandemic, it has been claimed, with fingers pointed at private equity firms that took control of the firm in 2003, stripping its assets and pocketing over £1 billion. The retailer was taken over by a trio of funds in a £600 million investment deal. TPG, CVC Capital and Merrill Lynch … Read more
Israel faces FOURTH general election in two years as Benny Gantz says his power-sharing Blue & White party will vote tomorrow to collapse the current parliament Israel’s Alternate PM Benny Gantz says his party will vote to dissolve parliament Blue and White party currently in coalition with PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Comes after three bitterly-fought elections between … Read more
‘It’s disgraceful and un-British’: Tory MP Sir Charles Walker rages at police as they bundle spread-eagled elderly woman into a van for protesting outside Parliament Sir Charles called police ‘an outrage’ as he watched their arrest on Tuesday Later appeared in the Commons to demand the PM come down to ‘sort this out’ ‘This is … Read more
Three activists scale Parliament calling for slavery reparations to be paid with huge banner signed by XR and Black Lives Matter – the day after stunt at nearby Cenotaph Three activists hung note ‘to the People of the United Kingdom’ from scaffolding It demanded ‘honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery’ The … Read more
Protesters led by England rugby star James Haskell have driven an orange tank on Parliament Square to demand gyms stay open during lockdown. The former international, 35, was stopped by police as he joined sports nutrition brand Grenade in demonstrating against gyms and leisure centres being classified as ‘non-essential’ under the rules, which take effect … Read more
Greta Thunberg says she is abandoning her Friday protests outside Sweden’s parliament due to the surge in Covid-19 infections Climate activist Greta Thunberg is moving her regular campaigning online ‘The situation is worsening, so therefore it’s back to #ClimateStrikeOnline for me,’ she announced on Twitter Thunberg has been skipping school on Fridays since 2018 to … Read more
Last order orders! Speaker Lindsay Hoyle bans the sale of alcohol in House of Commons bars from Saturday (so will peers axe the beers too?) Lindsay Hoyle announced the banning of alcohol from the House of Commons No alcohol will be served in the Commons for the ‘foreseeable future’ The new restrictions will not affect … Read more
Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier has brushed off her 800-mile round trip to Parliament with coronavirus symptoms as a ‘blip’ and has instead blamed the ‘muddled’ rules. The politician, 60, is yet to resign from the Commons despite being stripped of the SNP whip amid calls for her to quit for putting people’s lives at risk. … Read more