Inside the Lib Dem election celebration rally that showed the party has never been happier
Stand-up routines. Confetti cannons. AI generated images of Ed Davey in a wet suit. This rally had it all.
Trade from Britain to the bloc is down on levels anticipated if the country had not left the EU, research has found.
In many ways, the Tories’ downfall is not startling at all. Not just because Truss and her predecessor were incompetents, but because the party’s implosion has been brewing for decades, and their problems have much deeper causes.
‘Anything short of raising all benefits in line with inflation will blight millions more childhoods and weaken our future economy.’
Momentum builds for the country to go to the polls to decide who the next prime minister will be.
‘We can’t continue to see Parliament as a personal plaything of those on the Tory right that want to enact the policies that they’ve been doing.’
“Boris Johnson is Britain’s Berlusconi. Conservative MPs are flocking to support yet another disgraced prime minister.”
‘The UK needs a fresh start and that can’t be provided by the Conservative party hoisting another neoliberal prime minister on the country. We need a general election now.’
The think tank’s director general, Mark Littlewood, says he has been left distraught by the abandonment of many of the ideas they championed.
The RMT’s general secretary also said rail strikes will continue for as long as needed to get a settlement
Johnson could be forced to face a by-election if he is found to have lied to Parliament and is handed a suspension for 10 or more sitting days by the privileges committee.