After the election on Dec 12th Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to have a majority in parliament, so that MPs fully implement his deal to take the UK out of the EU.
Doing so would implement the result of the referendum of June 2016, in which 52% of voters backed Leave and 48% Remain.
But where do [...]
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told the BBC the UK was about to embark on 'the most important election in decades'
The Ulster Unionist Party's decision not to agree an electoral pact in the upcoming poll is "bonkers", the DUP's chief whip has said.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said UUP leader-elect Steve Aiken's mo [...]
Boris Johnson: "Our ambition is unlock the whole nation's potential"
Delivering Brexit would help the UK close the "opportunity gap between rich and poor", Boris Johnson has said.In his first big speech of the election campaign, he promised to boost regional industry and drive a "clean energy revol [...]
Staff at the People's Vote campaign for another EU referendum last week staged a vote of "no confidence" in the group's chairman, Roland Rudd - the brother of former Tory cabinet minister Amber Rudd.
A staff member confirmed to the BBC that they had voted against both Mr Rudd and the organisation's [...]
Adam Price said discussions were ongoing over a possible remain pact.
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price will say no party has a "higher ambition for Wales" when its general election campaign is launched on Monday.
Mr Price is expected to tell the launch in Menai Bridge, Anglesey, that Wales is being "he [...]
Nigel Farage has said he will not be standing as an MP in the forthcoming general election on 12 December.
The Brexit Party leader told the BBC's Andrew Marr he had thought "very hard" but had decided he could "serve the cause better" by supporting his party's 600 candidates "across the UK".
"I don [...]
A ComRes poll commissioned by Britain Elects back in early September 2019 asked voters how they’d cast their ballots in the event of a general election being held before the UK’s departure from the EU.
The results put the Conservatives ahead of Labour by just 3pts.
There would be Recriminations [...]
Boris Johnson has restored the whip to 10 of the 21 Tory MPs who rebelled against him over Brexit last month.The rebels were expelled from the parliamentary Conservative Party after backing efforts to pass legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.Ex-ministers including Ed Vaizey and Margot James are am [...]
It is set to be the first December election since 1923 and will be dominated by debate over the UK's departure from the EU . Which is what they said LAST TIME, IN 2017. Just Sayin...
Boris Johnson addressed Tory MPs in parliament immediately after MPs approved his call for a ballot.
Speaking af [...]
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