Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels tomorrow for showdown Brexit trade talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. Downing Street confirmed the trip this evening with the Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission due to meet for dinner to try to get an accord over the line. Ms von der Leyen … Read more
Boris Johnson issued a stark warning today that he is near the ‘limits’ on Brexit and could ‘draw stumps’ at a showdown with Ursula von der Leyen. The PM said he would ‘do my best’ to resolve the impasse when he meets the EU commission president face-to-face in the coming days. But he tried to … Read more
More than four years ago, Britain voted to take back control. Last night Boris Johnson decided he’d have to do it in person. Wary of the tactics used to humiliate Theresa May, the Prime Minister has been reluctant to travel to Brussels. His predecessor was frequently invited to EU events, only for the bloc’s leaders to … Read more
More than four years ago, Britain voted to take back control. Last night Boris Johnson decided he’d have to do it in person. Wary of the tactics used to humiliate Theresa May, the Prime Minister has been reluctant to travel to Brussels. His predecessor was frequently invited to EU events, only for the bloc’s leaders to … Read more
By Monday morning, Boris Johnson could have earned his place in history. Securing a Brexit trade deal in the blink of an eye, just days after Britain became the first country in the world to approve a Covid vaccine, would be an achievement to rival Sir Robert Walpole’s record of 20 years, 315 days in … Read more
Last summer, when I was charged with the onerous task of buying Theresa May’s leaving present from her Cabinet colleagues, I knew straight away what to get her. A handbag. It’s the one item you can’t really go wrong with. The sort of thing every woman, whether she be rich or poor, young or old, … Read more
The Match of the Day pundits refer to football managers losing the dressing room. Boris Johnson is not in that zone quite yet, but looking around at some of the faces on the backbenches yesterday suggested he might not be far off. Not since the dying days of Theresa May has such a sour atmosphere permeated … Read more
Jeremy Irons transformed into former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to shoot new Netflix film Munich at Rochdale Town Hall, Greater Manchester, on Tuesday. The upcoming movie is adapted from Robert Harris’ critically-acclaimed 2017 spy thriller of the same name and is slated for release in 2021. Harris’ 12th thriller novel documents former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s notorious ‘peace for … Read more
WHO unveils team of 10 scientists to trace Covid-19 origins in pandemic’s ground zero of Wuhan – but warn it is a ‘riddle that can take years to solve’ The WHO has assembled an international team of world-leading virus hunters Included in line up is England’s former deputy chief medical officer John Watson UN agency warned … Read more
Well, that didn’t take long… President-Elect Joe Biden is still eight weeks away from being formally inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, but he’s already throwing his weight around in a political battle raging thousands of miles away in Europe. And he couldn’t have chosen a more incendiary issue to immerse himself … Read more