Saturday, July 4

Featured

It’s a trap: Barnier fumes behind the scenes
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

It’s a trap: Barnier fumes behind the scenes

    Boris Johnson appears to be fighting a losing battle to avoid Britain staying in the European Union beyond 31 October after Michel Barnier privately gave a scathing analysis of the prime minister’s new plan for the Irish border, describing it as a trap. The European commission also refused to go into the secretive and intensive “tunnel” talks with the UK’s negotiators before a crunch summit on 17 October from which the UK had hoped to deliver a breakthrough deal. Despite concerted attempts to avoid publicly trashing the UK proposals, there was dismay behind the scenes in Brussels after Johnson tabled his first concrete proposal for replacing the Irish backstop. The prime minister had set out the outline of the government’s offer in a speech to Tory party faithful i...
Read More
London’s economy resilient despite political turmoil
3Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

London’s economy resilient despite political turmoil

    London’s economy performed better than expected during the third quarter but a squeezed labour market troubled businesses trying to recruit staff, new figures show. Sales and orders reached their highest levels for at least a year during the period, according to a survey by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). Businesses in the capital increased investment in both training and plant and equipment (by 17 per cent and 15 per cent respectively), while 24 per cent of firms reported increased cash flow. The figures represent the biggest rise in these indicators since the start of 2016. “For the second consecutive quarter the London economy has returned results that are better than some would expect, given the ongoing political turmoil and uncertainty of B...
Read More
PM: Take the deal or UK walks away
2Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

PM: Take the deal or UK walks away

    Boris Johnson has set out his vision to "bring our country together" and "get Brexit done" - as he called on the EU to respond to the UK's "compromise" offer on a new divorce deal. In his first Conservative conference speech as his party's leader, Mr Johnson said his government would be tabling "constructive and reasonable proposals" to Brussels later on Wednesday. The prime minister vowed that "under no circumstances" would there be "checks at or near the border in Northern Ireland", as he appeared to dismiss recent reports of what will be in the UK's plans. He also promised "a process of renewable democratic consent by the executive and assembly of Northern Ireland" for a post-Brexit scenario, as well as the UK being able to have "control of our own trade policy ...
Read More
Immoral: Rudd hits out at PM
27Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Immoral: Rudd hits out at PM

    Amber Rudd today accused Boris Johnson of deploying aggressive language that “does incite violence”. In an exclusive interview with the Evening Standard, the former Cabinet minister condemned as “immoral” some Downing Street tactics in the Brexit debate and criticised a “casual approach to the safety of MPs and their staff”. Ms Rudd, who quit Mr Johnson’s government after the Tory whip was withdrawn from 21 rebel MPs , revealed she may stand as an Independent Conservative candidate in a London constituency at the coming general election. In key developments in the increasingly bitter Brexit deadlock: Government minister Alok Sharma doubled down on the Prime Minister’s use of the term “surrender act” to describe the law banning the Government from seeking to ...
Read More
MPs: PM’s crass language has blown Brexit
26Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

MPs: PM’s crass language has blown Brexit

    Boris Johnson was today warned by Labour MPs that he had damaged his chances of getting a new Brexit deal through the Commons with his “crass and dangerous” language. The Prime Minister caused uproar in the Commons last night as he repeatedly clashed with MPs, rejected calls to temper his language, including branding anti-no-deal legislation a surrender act, and said the best way to honour Jo Cox the pro-Remain Labour MP killed by far-Right loner just days before the 2016 referendum was to “get Brexit done” . Mr Johnson also dismissed as “humbug” Labour MP Paula Sherriff’s claim that like Mrs Cox, many parliamentarians faced death threats from people using the same sort of language as him. Diane Abbott, shadow home secretary, said last night’s performance had put o...
Read More
Sex attacks on Tube up by 42 percent
24Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Sex attacks on Tube up by 42 percent

    The number of sexual assaults reported on the Tube have soared by 42 percent in the past four years, new figures show. Attacks on the Underground recorded by the British Transport Police (BTP) rose from 844 to 1,206, according to Mayor of London statistics. The BTP said it expected a rise in reports following a drive to encourage victims to report unwanted sexual behaviour. But campaigners argue incidents are still under-reported and more needs to be done to stop attackers before they strike. The figures revealed there had been 138 sexual assaults on the Night Tube since it began in August 2016, with 62 in the past year. The Central line, which does not have CCTV cameras on its trains, saw the most recorded assaults with 1,054. This was followed by 645 on the Vi...
Read More
Johnson calls to Queen from New york
24Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Johnson calls to Queen from New york

    Boris Johnson has spoken to the Queen today after the Supreme Court handed down its verdict, it has been confirmed. A senior UK Government official said the Prime Minister had spoken with the monarch on the phone "earlier in the day". They would not comment on the exact timing of the call. And they would not say whether he had apologised to the monarch. "We never in any circumstances discuss the contents of conversations between the Prime Minister and her majesty," the official said. The call came after the Supreme Court ruled his decision to ask her to prorogue Parliament was unlawful. The Prime Minister said he would abide by the historic judgement and Parliament “will come back” as he was cornered on a chaotic visit to the United Nations in New York. But as c...
Read More
Supreme court set to rule against PM
22Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Supreme court set to rule against PM

    Boris Johnson would have no option but to recall MPs to Westminster if the supreme court rules he misled the Queen, senior legal sources told the Observer yesterday. There is a growing belief in the legal community that the court will find against the government when it hands down its momentous verdict on Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament. The prospect of the court finding against the prime minister has left the UK heading towards a constitutional eruption of volcanic proportions, according to another senior legal figure who asked not to be named. He said he also believed the case would go against the government. Before the case, few thought the court would determine that Johnson’s advice to the Queen to suspend parliament for five weeks would be found unla...
Read More
No deal means harder border
22Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

No deal means harder border

    Jean-Claude Juncker has warned there will have to be controls at the border in Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In an outspoken interview, the European Commission president said the UK would be to blame for any fallout for a chaotic exit for the bloc as the EU “did not invent the Brexit”. Mr Juncker said he wanted to reach an agreement with the UK but the EU had to protect the safety of its citizens. The Irish border issue has been a major stumbling block in the Brexit negotiations, as Boris Johnson has demanded that the backstop a contingency plan to prevent a hard border by keeping the UK aligned with many of Brussels’ rules should be scrapped. The senior Brussels official also sought to blame the UK for any fallout caused by a no-deal Brexit, amid frus...
Read More
27 hours of rain to hammer UK
22Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

27 hours of rain to hammer UK

    Travel disruption and localised flooding will strike Britain today, with some regions seeing as much as 40mm rainfall in just the space of a few hours. Britain bathed in warm temperatures of 26C yesterday but today the Met Office has slapped in two yellow warnings for heavy rain across western England, all of Wales and Northern Ireland. They started at 6pm yesterday and will last all the way through to around 9pm tonight - a full 27 hours of heavy rainfall. Northern Ireland will be the worse off, with heavy showers, thunderstorms and strong gusty winds in the south and west. The Met office say flooding of home and businesses is 'likely' and spray and flooding will make journey times longer. It's also going to be colder for the rest of us as the remnants Hurricane...
Read More