Day: November 12, 2017

    Theresa May faces a devastating Commons defeat over Brexit within weeks if she continues to deny parliament a meaningful vote on the final deal with the EU, Tory and Labour MPs have warned. With the withdrawal bill returning to the Commons on Tuesday, a cross-party group who oppose a hard Brexit and are co-operating on tactics say they believe they have the numbers to defeat the government if they are denied such a vote. While the critical amendments and closest votes are not expected to be taken until next month, Tories who oppose a hard Brexit insist there is no softening of their position and that they are biding their time ready to strike before Christmas. Some Tories say they are even more determined to insist on parliament’s right to veto a bad or no deal because the...

    Jeremy Corbyn has called for Boris Johnson to be immediately sacked as Foreign Secretary following his diplomatic blunder in the case of imprisoned British woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Mr Corbyn accused Mr Johnson of undermining our country and putting UK citizens at risk after he said that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been in an Iranian jail for the past 18 months, was training journalists there. In a statement given to The Observer, the Labour leader lists a series of other diplomatic gaffes and poorly-chosen statements from Mr Johnson, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary by Ms May when she took over as Prime Minister last summer. Mr Corbyn said: We’ve put up with Johnson embarrassing and undermining our country with his incompetence and colonial throwback views...

    Mr. Ben who's real name Rowan Atkinson is to become a father for the third time. The 62-year-old comic who already has son Ben, 23, and 21-year-old daughter Lily from his marriage to Sunetra Sastry is expecting his first child with partner Louise Ford. The 33-year-old actress who has been dating Rowan since 2014 is said to be due to give birth in the next few weeks and the pair can't wait. A source told the Sunday People newspaper: Rowan and Louise are over the moon and can't wait for their new arrival. It's a very happy time for them both. Rowan first met The Windsors' star in 2012 when they starred together in West End production Quartermaine's Terms and they began dating after his 25-year marriage came to an end. And it was previously claimed Sunetra who cited irreconci...