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Who “won” the European Parliament elections? With almost every result in, we can confirm that these elections have been a big success for the Brexit Party. Nigel Farage’s new party won 32 per cent of the popular vote, or more than 5.2 million votes. Under the proportional representation system used to allocate seats, that means…
How far should former prime minsters benefit financially from their time in office? David Cameron’s famous photo opportunity with Chinese Presdent Xi Jinping in a Buckinghamshire pub kick started a bromance between London and Bejing. Now Chinese businessmen have said “thank you” to the Old Etonian by each paying a cool twelve thousand pounds to…
In 2014, Channel 4 News conducted an exclusive survey of parliamentary staff, uncovering a widespread and deep-rooted problem. In the wake of the findings, political parties pledged to take action. But now, the scandal has emerged again, with allegations of inappropriate behaviour by dozens of MPs. So what has actually changed since 2014?
This weekend many papers published headlines with words to the effect of “Cameron comes clean on tax”, following the PM’s disclosure of his tax and income details. Are there more questions to answer?
The Prime Minister indicated that he would try and personally intervene with Saudi Arabian authorities in the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr who has been sentenced to death.
David Cameron insists he has honoured his “vow” to Scottish voters, but the SNP says the promise that may have kept Scotland in the UK has been broken.
Gary Gibbon
Some close to the PM believe he is already leaning towards the lenient approach pioneered by Harold Wilson: letting ministers keep their jobs while they campaign on opposing side in the referendum.
Gary Gibbon
I’m not sure whether blue-collar workers do a lot of desk banging when they welcome people into the room, but that’s how Tory ministers decided to welcome David Cameron into the Cabinet room for his mission statement to serve working people. Mr Cameron said the Tories would become “the real party of working people.” He…
The prime minister says voters could end up with a Labour government propped up by a nationalist party who want to “break up Britain”.
As MPs debate English votes for English laws, Scottish independence supporters say their anger towards Westminster is growing stronger.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron in a statement at No. 10 promised to honour the pledges made to the Scottish people at the last moment in the referendum campaign. But he also said the millions in England must now be heard.
Jon Snow
The referendum campaign has been an intoxicating democratic exercise in democracy. It represented something of a revolt against the Westminster elite.
A section of the Palace of Westminster is evacuated following a “security alert” after a suspect device was found near Westminster Hall.
Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing other EU leaders to embrace reform following the political “earthquake” that saw eurosceptic parties succeed in the European elections.