Bercow: I won’t consent to Trump parliamentary address
The Speaker let rip at the President for “racism” and said he would withhold consent.
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The Unionist-Republican divide has not been so deep for a generation – and there are growing concerns that the peace process itself is being undermined.
David Frum describes himself as a “conservative Republican” and was a speechwriter for President George W Bush. But he says he voted for Hillary Clinton in last year’s Presidential election and is now a semior editor at The Atlantic magazine.
The Speaker let rip at the President for “racism” and said he would withhold consent.
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Mrs May is building up an interesting travel history that begins to paint a picture.
Getting the tone right in the press conference will be a big challenge – she wants to make a thin-skinned novice feel like she’s a good ally but doesn’t want to look like a patsy.
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Theresa May tonight ripped up the Tony Blair/David Cameron approach to foreign intervention in a speech to Republican senators and congress members in Philadelphia.
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The prize of being first through the door has been grabbed in full knowledge that the rest of the world is waiting and measuring before even trying to march to President Trump’s side. Some countries, indeed, think the UK is acting with indecent and rather desperate haste to cosy up to the new US President.
America’s new president made a lot of promises on the campaign trail about what he would do on his very first day in office.
Betsy McCaughey, former Lieutenant Governor of New York and an adviser to the Trump campaign, and Republican commentator Tara Setmayer.
Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly robs the power-sharing institutions of one of their most important and unlikely defenders.
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