Day: September 10, 2019

    Concerns have been raised over an apparent threat to the UK issued by the Chinese government, which stated that the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth to the South China Sea could be interpreted as a “hostile action”. The Ministry of Defence plans to deploy the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier to the Asia Pacific region on her first operational deployment in 2021, The Telegraph reports, adding that the UK Government is “keen to assert freedom of navigation through international waters” alongside other Western powers. In response to the plans, Major General Su Guanghui, China’s defence attaché to the UK, told reporters: “If the US and UK join hands in a challenge or violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, that would be hostile action.” Sky News ...

    Labour declared class war on Boris Johnson today as Jeremy Corbyn accused him of wanting Brexit for his 'rich friends'. The Labour leader played down claims he was 'yellow' for blocking the PM's call for a snap election - saying he would not back a poll on 'Johnson's terms'. Meanwhile, the party's union paymaster Len McCluskey ramped up the rhetoric even further by raging that the 'workers are coming for you' in an extraordinary rant at the TUC conference in Brighton. The vicious attacks came after Mr Johnson suffered his latest disastrous defeat in the Commons - with MPs refusing his plea for a snap election. Labour is now threatening to delay a national poll until well into December in a bid to destroy Mr Johnson's 'do or die' vow to deliver Brexit by October 31...