Stormont Assembly fails to elect Speaker for third time This is the third time the Assembly has been recalled since the 5 May election Members of the Stormont Assembly in Northern Ireland met in another bid to elect a Speaker to enable it to resume business, but failed to nominate a speaker. The attempt […]
Read moreBad blood between the Northern Ireland Office and the UUP UUP leader David Trimble complained that ‘most officials in the NIO were treacherous’ By David McCullagh Newly released British State documents reveal just how bad relations between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland Office were during the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement. […]
Read moreBoris Johnson doesn’t want to ‘get Brexit done’. He wants to keep Brexit going Expand Boris Johnson needs to keep the Brexit nonsense going because he has nothing else. There is no other policy and, economically, Brexit is a cul-de-sac. Isn’t it amazing that British intelligence can be so accurate on Russia and so appalling […]
Read moreCritics accuse Boris Johnson and Liz Truss of using the legislation to court Eurosceptic MPs Foreign secretary Liz Truss ‘realised
Read moreThe fact Britain will not try to fix the protocol’s problems using the treaty mechanisms renders the UK’s legal argument
Read moreLegislation will give ministers sweeping powers and faces opposition from backbenchers, peers and business. Boris Johnson has been accused by
Read more[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Keir Starmer leaving Government Buildings in Dublin this afternoon[/caption] British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of taking a “wrecking ball” to relationships with Ireland and the EU. He said this was because of his controversial plan to unilaterally scrap aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol. […]
Read morePoots: Value of meeting between Congressman and DUP ‘diminished’ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Edwin Poots said he will attend that meeting if he is available[/caption] The value of a meeting between Northern Ireland’s DUP and US Congressman Richard Neal and his delegation has been “diminished”, according to the party’s MLA for South Belfast. Edwin Poots […]
Read moreGray report condemns failings at heart of Boris Johnson’s government. Boris Johnson has received a copy of Sue Gray’s report An official inquiry into alleged gatherings at Downing Street and Whitehall during Covid-19 restrictions has said the “senior leadership” in Boris Johnson’s government must “bear responsibility” for the culture which led to coronavirus lockdown rules […]
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