Keep your wits about you, it’s not easy to navigate this tyrannical political jungle May 30, 2019 Any country that forced its citizens to spend over 40 per cent of their time working for those in power would be roundly condemned as a slave state and the most appalling tyranny. Yet this is the effective reality in Britain. Just over two fifths – 40.94 per cent – of everything the nation earns is [...]
Britain’s tax bill at its highest since 1955 in comparison to earnings May 30, 2019 Tory heavyweights have taken aim at high taxes in the UK to mark what a think tank has dubbed Tax Freedom Day, a measure of when Brits stop paying tax and start pocketing their earnings. The Adam Smith Institute has estimated that every penny the average person earned for working up to and including 29 [...]
Penny Mordaunt poised to join Conservative leadership contest May 29, 2019 Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt is poised to join the increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister. In article for the Conservative Home website, set to be published at 9am on Thursday, Mordaunt warns the upcoming leadership contest must not descend into “a fight against competing factions” as she urges [...]
Matt Hancock breaks Tory clean campaign pledge with broadside against Boris Johnson May 29, 2019 Health secretary and Tory leadership candidate Matt Hancock has gone against a “clean campaign pledge”, lashing out in an interview with the Financial Times at Boris Johnson and his past anti-business comments. Read more: Sajid Javid declares bid to run for Tory leader Addressing Johnson’s alleged and much-criticised remark, reportedly made in June 2018, Hancock said: [...]
BBC calls on top presenters for Tory leadership race debates May 28, 2019 The BBC has confirmed it will host a series of TV debates and interviews as Tory leadership hopefuls battle it out to become the next Prime Minister. BBC News will put on a series of special programmes, including a debate between all the candidates in the leadership race in mid-June, moderated by Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis. [...]
Home secretary Sajid Javid becomes the latest Tory to join leadership race May 27, 2019 Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said he will throw his hat in the ring to be the next leader of the Conservative party. In a video circulated today on Twitter, Javid said "first and foremost, we must deliver Brexit". He joins eight other Tory MPs who have declared their intention to succeed May, who said she will [...]
Tory leadership race: Who are the leading candidates to replace Prime Minister Theresa May? May 24, 2019 Theresa May's resignation today kicks off a Tory leadership race that could see more than a dozen candidates throw their hats into the ring. The leadership battle had already begun, with leading candidates raising cash, putting together support teams and giving the Sunday papers softball interviews in their kitchens. Some leadership contenders have publicly stated [...]
Theresa May resignation live: Sir Graham Brady and Jeremy Hunt join race to replace Theresa May May 24, 2019 This is a live blog. Please refresh your page manually to get the latest updates. Welcome to our live blog as we follow all the latest developments on the day that Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will resign. May has served three years in Number 10 Downing Street but is set to [...]
Theresa May’s legacy? Contortions of logic and tin-eared obstinacy May 24, 2019 It’s the EU exit, stupid. This, to paraphrase Bill Clinton, is what Theresa May’s tenure as Prime Minister has been all about. The tempestuous journey to try to get Britain out of the EU will undoubtedly be her legacy, whether she is remembered in the history books as the architect of a national disaster, or as a [...]
Andrea Leadsom quits Cabinet with stinging attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plan May 22, 2019 Theresa May looks to be entering her final days as Prime Minister after Andrea Leadsom quit the Cabinet with a stinging attack on her Brexit plan. Leadsom warned the PM’s new plan for Brexit would not deliver a “truly sovereign” UK, and a pledge to offer MPs a vote on another EU referendum would be [...]