Disbelief and outrage across EU as UK says it won’t do anything to stop end to Brexit food checks February 3, 2022 European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it. Moreover, Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan is expected to announce his resignation by the end of the week, potentially later [...]
London Tory MP to call for government to block £100m expansion of Wimbledon’s All England club February 3, 2022 A senior London Tory MP is set to call on the government to block a £100m expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), which would see a new 8,000-person stadium built for the Wimbledon Championships. Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond told City PM that the proposed development would come “at the expense [...]
Number 10 chaos: Boris Johnson’s communications aide quits February 3, 2022 Boris Johnson’s director of communications has quit this evening, just hours after his policy chief also left Downing Street. Jack Doyle, a well-respected former journalist who joined the Number 10 operation in 2020, has reportedly told friends he always planned to leave after two years. Doyle also told Downing Street staff that the departure had [...]
Northern Ireland first minister Paul Givan resigns February 3, 2022 Northern Ireland first minister Paul Givan has resigned in opposition to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. Givan’s departure will also mean that Sinn Féin leader Michelle O’Neill will lose her position as deputy first minister as a part of the rules surrounding Northern Ireland’s power sharing agreement. It comes after environment minister Edwin Poots told [...]
EU aims to tighten data curbs on non-EU governments February 3, 2022 New European law will start requiring cloud services, like Amazon and Microsoft, to set up safeguards against illegal data transfers to non-EU governments, as the EU continues to rein in US tech giants. According to reports by Reuters, the European Commission’s Data Act, which is set to be published at the end of this month, [...]
Number 10 policy chief quits over Johnson’s Savile slur about Keir Starmer February 3, 2022 Number 10’s policy chief has resigned over Boris Johnson’s repeated accusations that Sir Keir Starmer chose not to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was the director of public prosecutions. Munira Mirza yesterday in a letter to the PM said there was “no fair or reasonable basis for that assertion” and that she could no longer [...]
Mayor of London puts Cressida Dick ‘on notice’ following Met concerns February 3, 2022 The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned the Met Police commissioner she needs an “urgent plan” to address racist and sexist behaviour within the police. Khan said he had put Dame Cressida Dick “on notice”, and told the BBC he had never been “more angry or disgusted”. It comes after a report published on Tuesday [...]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak no longer rules out Tory leadership bid if Boris Johnson is forced out February 3, 2022 Chancellor Rishi Sunak refused to rule out a leadership bid if Boris Johnson is forced out as he acknowledged the Government needed to rebuild trust after the “partygate” disclosures. Despite deepening disquiet in the Tory ranks, Sunak insisted the prospect of a leadership contest remained a “hypothetical situation” and that the Prime Minister had his [...]
Boris Johnson blindsided by DUP suspension of Northern Ireland Protocol checks February 3, 2022 Boris Johnson was blindsided by a move from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to tell officials to stop border checks that are a part of the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, Number 10 has revealed. Johnson’s official spokesman today said Downing Street was not warned by DUP agriculture minister Edwin Poots that he was going to [...]
Biden: US has taken ISIS leader “off the battlefield” in special forces operation February 3, 2022 US President Joe Biden has said American military forces have “taken off the battlefield” the leader of ISIS. Abu Ibrahim-al Hashimi al-Qurayshi was targeted in an operation in northwest Syria. “All Americans have returned safely from the operation. I will deliver remarks to the American people later this morning. May God protect our troops,” the [...]
