September 2019

Jo Swinson: Boris Johnson is ‘not fit to be prime minister’

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has reacted to the the Supreme Court’s decision that the PM acted unlawfully in proroguing parliament. . She said Boris Johnson had tried to “silence Parliament, tried to silence the voices of the people because he does not want to be held to account”. Britain’s highest court’s ruling is a

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Ex-BBC boss warns of threat to UK’s ‘cultural sovereignty’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mark Thompson left he BBC for the New York Times in 2012 Ex-BBC director general Mark Thompson has warned that British “cultural sovereignty” is under threat from global digital giants like Netflix. The dominance of US platforms means UK audiences may lose out on “great news, drama, comedy, documentary

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UK brings travelers home as Thomas Cook bosses criticized

Britain’s biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay that Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator’s collapse. As uncertain Thomas Cook customers made their way to airports around the world, Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority said it brought 14,700 people back to the

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House Barrels Toward Impeachment Decisions as Democratic Resistance Crumbles

Mr. Biden, a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, planned a midafternoon statement from Wilmington, Del., in which an aide said he would call on Mr. Trump to comply with requests by Congress to investigate the matter, and say that if the president does not, he should be impeached. Some of his primary rivals

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