John Swinney is going for a second bite of the cherry — and he might just get it. After a dramatic week in Scottish politics, the veteran former leader of the country’s ruling Scottish National Party confirmed Thursday he’s ready to run all over again. His main potential challenger, Kate Forbes, is now rowing in … Read more
Challenged to express enthusiasm for Sunak, Street recently told the Sunday Times: “He is the prime minister. I am supportive to the party. But he and I have fallen out over a number of issues.” Street’s Labour rival, Richard Parker, has accused him of being a Tory “when it suits him.” A Conservative MP in … Read more
Hitting back: “I know that economics is not his strong point,” Sunak shot back. He had some figures from the well-respected Institute for Fiscal Studies up his sleeve, arguing that “the link between national insurance and public services funding is illusory.” Once more with feeling: Starmer had a second go, arguing that “the value of … Read more
As the media’s resources dwindle, it’ll only get harder to tell fact from fake – POLITICO Skip to main content Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful … Read more
But, in a further development Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the Conservative whips’ office said: “Following Will Wragg’s decision to step back from his roles on the Public Accounts and 1922 committees, he has also notified the Chief Whip that he is voluntarily relinquishing the Conservative Whip.” Wragg admitted last week he was targeted by … Read more
Wragg admitted last week he was targeted by a scammer on the dating app Grindr and had leaked the personal phone numbers of a number of MPs, who were later also targeted in the phishing scandal. “I was scared. I’m mortified. I’m so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt,” he told the … Read more
Since the scandal broke, “I’ve been hounded by journalists asking me about it. It’s not too difficult to work out, there are only a few Leicestershire MPs,” Evans added. “I’m just pleased I blew the whistle, reported it to the authorities and it’s now being looked into,” he said. POLITICO previously reported how a serving … Read more
Sunak burst into laughter when asked to name the date by presenter Amy Oakden, and insisted he had “answered that question many times in the last few weeks” and was “unfortunately not” able to disclose the precise date to local radio. An unimpressed Oakden asked Sunak: “Why is that funny? Sorry. Why are you laughing … Read more
Reform U.K., the right-wing populist party set up by Nigel Farage, would score 8.5 percent and win seven seats, with the Liberal Democrats getting 22 seats, according to the survey. In Wales and Scotland, the Conservatives would see a complete wipeout, winning no seats, according to the report. The analysis gives the Scottish National Party … Read more
Among the targets of the attacks: British Minister for Europe Nusrat Ghani, an IPAC member at the time of the attacks who was appointed in her role as minister on Tuesday, and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, also a member of the group. “This just proves the assessment in our Security Strategy, which states that … Read more
