A senior Tory MP revealed today he will refuse to take part in ‘unconscious bias’ training for MPs arranged in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. Ben Bradley, a vice-chairman of the party under Theresa May, lashed out at a ‘metropolitan groupthink that is intolerant to any diversity of views’ and said he … Read more
Boris Johnson is scrambling to find a way to defuse a mounting Tory revolt on new Brexit laws today. The Internal Market Bill cleared its first hurdle in the Commons last night, but is facing a serious challenge next week when amendments are considered. A string of senior Conservatives – including former PM Theresa May … Read more
David Cameron today became the fifth former prime minister to condemn Boris Johnson over his plans to tear up parts of the Brexit divorce deal. Mr Cameron said breaking an international treaty ‘is the very, very last thing you should contemplate’ and should only ever be an ‘absolute final resort’. The ex-PM, who quit Number … Read more
Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox today joined a growing Tory revolt against Boris Johnson’s plan to break the Brexit divorce terms. Mr Cox, an eminent QC and staunch Eurosceptic, branded the idea of breaching international law ‘unconscionable’ as the PM faces a crucial first test on the legislation. MPs are due to vote on the Internal … Read more
Theresa May’s former legal chief Geoffrey Cox said it would be ‘unconscionable’ for the Government to over-ride the Brexit divorce deal. MPs are preparing for tonight’s vote on the controversial Internal Market Bill, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson says is needed to prevent the EU holding Britain to ransom over Northern Ireland. Ministers are braced for … Read more
Theresa May yesterday led a Tory backlash over the failure to introduce virus tests at airports. The former prime minister said Britain is ‘lagging behind’ the rest of the world and accused No10 of ‘dragging its feet’ on plans to reopen the skies and save the economy. Her intervention came as British Airways announced plans to … Read more
How the ‘Special Relationship’ was tested: Trump ‘bullied and mansplained’ to exasperated Theresa May and ‘asked her why Boris Johnson wasn’t PM’ Official feared Theresa May would ‘scream or start crying’ in one conversation Was over Trump being stubborn during a call about US response to Salisbury Notes from a series of meetings were leaked … Read more
Dominic Raab accuses the EU of ‘double standards’ and warns the UK won’t ‘haggle away’ sovereignty for a trade deal ahead of make-or-break talks – as negotiator Lord Frost vows ‘this time, we won’t blink’ Crucial round of talks on Brexit trade deal are happening in London this week Dominic Raab accuses EU of ‘double … Read more
Labour plans to portray Sir Keir Starmer as the hero lawyer who foiled a ‘British 9/11’ in a bid to ‘outflank’ Boris Johnson on law and order Labour strategists are planning to ‘outflank’ Prime Minister on law and order Starmer oversaw prosecution of terrorists linked to Al Qaeda suicide bomb plot The men planned to … Read more
Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels by accepting restrictions … Read more