Search results for ‘Michael Crick’
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FactCheck: Boris Johnson falsely claims he ‘didn’t say anything about Turkey’ in the referendum campaign
Boris Johnson, who was a key figurehead in the Vote Leave campaign, said: “I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum… I didn’t say a thing about Turkey.” We’ve checked the record and we don’t think that’s true.
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Brexit ‘No Deal’ plan revealed and analysed
The Government’s contingency plans for a no deal brexit amount to a torrent of details from stock piles of medical supplies, to warnings that Britons living elsewhere in Europe could lose access to UK banking and pension services. Brexit secretary Dominic Raab described it as “practical and proportionate advice” – but Labour said it showed…
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Boris Johnson burka row: The rise of political populism?
Senior Tories are calling for the former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to be kicked out of the Conservative Party, after his remarks about women who wear burkas.
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Interest rates rise above levels set before financial crisis
Interest rates are today the highest they’ve been in nine years. The rise – announced by the Bank of England earlier – takes them from 0.5 to 0.75 per cent. That’s back above the level set by the Bank of England just after the financial crisis in 2008. Our Political Correspondent, Michael Crick has travelled…
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The alleged links between Leave.EU and Russian officials explained
Political correspondent Michael Crick on the latest on Arron Banks.
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Lewisham by-election: The view from the doorstep
Now in next week’s by-election in the London borough of Lewisham East – Labour will be defending a majority of 21,000. But Janet Daby’s selection as the Labour candidate came as a surprise to many in the party – she’s a strong Remainer whose views on Brexit aren’t completely in line with those of Jeremy Corbyn. Our political correspondent Michael…
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Commonwealth leaders gather at the palace
The leaders of Commonwealth nations are just arriving for a dinner hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Earlier today she welcomed them to the biannual Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting at a time when the Windrush scandal has filled the headlines with news about British citizens refused medical treatment, denied jobs, and falling into depression.…
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Cabinet meets over Syria military action
Theresa May’s cabinet spent more than two hours this afternoon in a special meeting to discuss military strikes against President Assad’s forces. Ministers are expected to back her plan for the UK to join action threatened by the United States and its allies. But opposition parties have demanded that Parliament be recalled so MPs have…
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Momentum founder Jon Lansman drops bid to be Labour general secretary
The founder of the left-wing Momentum group, Jon Lansman, has announced he is pulling out of the contest to become Labour’s general secretary – in a move which clears the way for Jeremy Corbyn’s preferred candidate.
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Ukip leader loses no confidence vote
Ukip’s ruling national executive has unanimously backed a no-confidence motion in the party leader Henry Bolton – well, unanimously apart from Mr Bolton himself. He’s insisted he won’t step down. Earlier Mr Bolton warned that if he was kicked out of the job – the party “is probably over”. Party officials tried to keep details…
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Multi-billion-pound Royal Navy vessel launched by the Queen
The Queen was in Portsmouth today for an official ceremony marking the hand over to the Royal Navy of the most expensive vessel in its history.
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Iranian TV reacts to Boris Johnson’s Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comment
The Prime Minister may have solved one problem by promoting Penny Mordaunt to replace Priti Patel as International Development Secretary. But the criticism of her foreign secretary Boris Johnson has continued. On Tuesday Mr Johnson suggested Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is in prison in Iran, was “training journalists”. Her family say she was there on holiday. Overnight…
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Priti Patel resigns from cabinet
The political future of the International Development Secretary Priti Patel had been, literally, up in the air all day as she flew back from her trip to Africa. By the end of the day, she had handed in her resignation. Michael Crick with the latest.
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Tories attempt to woo young voters
At the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, ministers unveil plans to attract younger voters. Theresa May has promised to “look at tuition fees” and has pledge more money for the Help to Buy scheme. Michael Crick reports.
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May’s Florence speech: Westminster reaction
Michael Crick discusses the reaction at Westminster to Theresa May’s EU speech in Florence.
