LONDON — Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been charged with assault after CCTV footage appeared to show him punching a man in the street. Amesbury, 55, was summoned to appear at a magistrates court to face a charge of assault, Cheshire Police said in a statement released Thursday. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Crown … Read more
Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously called Trump a “neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath,” labeled him a “dangerous clown” and “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan has feuded with Trump, telling POLITICO that the presidential candidate is “a racist. He’s a sexist. He’s a homophobe.” The Trump campaign has even accused Labour of election … Read more
It’s not the first sign of British wariness about Trump. His visits to the U.K. in 2018 and 2019 were met with protests, while a petition urging the U.K. to ditch its offer of a state visit bagged more than 1.8 million signatures. Harris polls better with Brits in the YouGov study than her boss … Read more
Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from Britain, with more than 1,000 islanders forcibly removed at the request of the U.S. A 2019 advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, which adjudicates on disputes between nations, found that the detachment of the … Read more
One former Tory MP cautioned that even if Labour does badly at the next election, there is no guarantee of voters returning to the Conservatives — especially with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK circling. “Instead what you could see is more votes going to independents and a strengthened Reform Party, and even more splintering and strain … Read more
Even Starmer criticized Trump numerous times in the past. On one occasion in 2019, after the then-president backed Boris Johnson for the Conservative leadership in Britain, Starmer tweeted: “An endorsement from Donald Trump tells you everything you need to know about what is wrong with Boris Johnson’s politics and why he isn’t fit to be … Read more
His colleagues have since denied any such plan is under consideration. Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne told delegates at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool Monday that while Britain’s new government is “not the fun police” or “supernanny,” there may be economic and moral arguments for adjusting opening hours. He said the current state of the … Read more
“When they distract you, they control you,” rambled TV hardman and ex-soldier Ant Middleton earlier in the day. “We have harbored those who hate us, tolerated those who threaten us, and indulged those who weakened us,” proclaimed new MP Rupert Lowe. “Just because a little boy picks up a doll, it doesn’t make him a … Read more
Starmer is in Rome trying to boost joint-working with Britain’s European allies on border security — a key part of his election promise to Brits to “smash the gangs” he argues are driving irregular migration to the U.K. Starmer, who is under some pressure from Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK, expressly hopes to learn from … Read more
He also called Brexit “nonsense” and a “lose-lose game” for the U.K. and the EU. However, Barnier is also firmly of the belief that Britain cannot pick and choose EU benefits and must move closer to the trading bloc, on areas like regulatory alignment, to enjoy a closer economic relationship. Former Tory MP Bill Cash said … Read more
