The deal with North Korea is very much in the making and will be, if completed, a very good one for the World. Time and place to be determined. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2018 Will Trump have his Nixon in China moment? Following the news about the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un Ladbrokes have a market up on the location of the summit. It is well noted that Kim Jong-un is very paranoid, particularly about his own…
Newsnight has learned of allegations that the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, mistreated an employee #newsnight pic.twitter.com/3qV8rtykGP — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) March 9, 2018 The Sunday Times say 'With allegations of bullying by MPs sweeping Westminster, however, the Tory MP Andrew Bridgen will table a motion of no-confidence in the Speaker tomorrow.' https://t.co/gMwCfw6a1K — TSE (@TSEofPB) March 11, 2018 Laying Jacob Rees-Mogg as next Speaker is my strategy Following the allegations against Speaker Bercow the Tory MP…
YouGov’s 4 part question sees a shift over 7 weeks The above from the latest YouGov poll has not received much attention – what voters now say what they want on Brexit. Clearly this will evolve as thing progress. All this presents Team TMay with a problem as she tries head off the growing head of steam led by Rees-Mogg – current favourite to become next PM. Latest Brexit betting has 58% on the UK still being in the EU…
Catering for extended absences would mean fewer by-elections though Parliament took another small step towards the 21st Century last month, when it voted without opposition to allow MPs who are new parents to nominate a colleague to cast proxy votes on their behalf, meaning that they can more meaningfully take maternity or paternity leave without having to worry too much about the effect that doing so would have on the government’s majority. Some might argue that MPs occupy an unusual…
WATCH: #Brexit must stop immigrants being used to undercut wages, @jeremycorbyn tells Scottish Labour conference #ScotLab18 More: https://t.co/UqDWQEpoae pic.twitter.com/fXp6BRy6OD — STV News (@STVNews) March 9, 2018 Understandably, a lot of people will focus on the wages bit, but the more interesting bit is that this, overall, is an explicitly left Eurosceptic speech. https://t.co/MeVtLfaVBy — Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) March 9, 2018 Grim.He thinks he's run down the clock long enough to ensure a hard Brexit so he doesn't have to lie…
But LAB only makes net gain of one Farnworth on Bolton (Lab defence) Result: Con 153 (6% -3% on last time), Lab 969 (38% -10% on last time), Lib Dem 23 (1% -2% on last time), UKIP 169 (7% -29% on last time), Green 18 (1% -3% on last time), Residents 1,204 (47%, no candidate last time) Residents GAIN from Labour with a majority of 235 (9%) on a notional swing of 28.5% from Lab to Residents (9.5% from UKIP…
At a dinner in Washington on Wednesday high profile Massachusetts Senator, Elizabeth Warren, made what is being seen as the start of her bid to win the 2020 White House race. She announced that she is donating $5,000 to all 50 state Democratic parties in the US. She is also giving $15,000 to the national party. According to Politico:- “Warren also began laying out a national political argument, calling for the party to pick fights on consumer rights, guns, immigration…
CON voters, leavers and men are treating it less seriously Full details from the poll, published today, can be found here Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet