Day: October 25, 2018

    Theresa May has emerged unscathed from a packed meeting of the party’s backbench 1922 Committee after an emotional and personal speech reportedly won over MPs, despite doubts over her Brexit negotiating strategy. The prime minister faced a handful of awkward questions from Brexiters including Nadine Dorries, Sir Edward Leigh and Philip Davies, but loyalists said she won over the room and there appeared little sign that a leadership challenge looked more likely. Amber Rudd, the former home secretary, said that May had made an emotional and personal speech and won over colleagues, many of whom were angry with lurid anonymous briefings in the Sunday newspapers. MPs present said Dorries demanded to know if May’s chief Brexit negotiator, Oliver Robbins, was freelancing ...

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have touched down in Tonga to a  royal welcome, complete with music and dancing. They were greeted at Fua’-amotu Airport by Princess Angelika Latufuipeka, the only daughter and eldest child of King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho. She became Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia when her father became king. The Duchess wore a red Self Portrait dress, mirroring the colour of the Tongan flag. The royal couple walked the red carpet, accompanied by traditional entertainment from Pelehake villagers. Before entering the airport’s royal suite, the Duchess received flowers from the Hon. Melenaite Tuipelehake, a great-niece of the King. Their route out of the airport saw school children line the roads for miles, spaced evenly apart to ...