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OPINION: I have two fears out of the election result. Firstly, a large win means that we are one voice and the fact one party in an MMP environment can govern alone means we are all on the same page. We are not. Secondly, I fear the Government so many voted for won’t deliver what we need. Greg Sheridan in […]
Read moreOPINION: The National Party is facing a long string of unanswerable ‘what ifs’ that will plague it for some time. What if they had not rolled Simon Bridges? What if Todd Muller had lasted? What if all those senior MPs had not quit? There is absolutely no point in dwelling on ‘what ifs’ – but it is also hard not […]
Read moreSupreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. The policies that discriminated against LGBTQ people and their children were in place for years at Trinity Schools […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The senior Belgian MEP hit out at Britain for the proposal of the Internal Market Bill and claimed it would be a “huge mess”. Mr Verhofstadt called on the EU’s 27 member states to vote down any […]
Read moreIn a presidential election year that has thrown the country’s divisions into stark relief, Americans can agree on this: Misinformation about government and politics is a major problem. A new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Opinion Research and USAFacts finds that while voters say it’s pretty easy to find accurate information about voting, they have a harder […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Boris Johnson enraged the House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle as Sir Lindsay was forced to repeat his instruction to the Prime Minister to sit down. Mr Johnson was replying to Labour MP Dr Rupa Huq who demanded […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Boris Johnson took aim at London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the House of Commons following an end to a potential new congestion charge. Mr Johnson defended this new plan and insisted the financial state of the transport network in London […]
Read moreAround 1.4 million people in South Yorkshire will face living under England’s toughest coronavirus restrictions, mayor Dan Jarvis has announced. The move to Tier 3 will affect Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, coming into force from 12.01 am on Saturday. Mr Jarvis revealed local leaders secured £41m of funding from the government to “support our people and businesses” hit by […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Prime Minister is believed to be in talks with local leaders in the north for the introduction of Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions in more areas, after Greater Manchester was forced into the new high-level band of […]
Read moreThe Greens co-leaders are staying mum on what role they’re likely to play in the formation of the Government, after a “fruitful” meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this afternoon. Co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson, as well as a few members of their team, met with senior members of Labour at the Beehive. The meetingonly lasted an hour or […]
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