International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has insisted that the prime minister’s Brexit withdrawal agreement is still the “best way forward”. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Dr Fox suggested that negotiating with the EU over the Irish backstop could rescue the agreement. Watch the whole of The Andrew Marr Show on the iPlayer. Source link
Image copyright AFP/Getty Attempts by backbench MPs to remove the government’s power to deliver Brexit are “extremely concerning”, Downing Street has said. On Monday one group of MPs will present a bill that could allow Brexit to be delayed if Parliament does not approve an EU withdrawal agreement. According to the Sunday Times, another group
By Benjamin Long NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A U.S. lesbian couple rejected for admission to a retirement community suffered a defeat this week in their effort to claim discrimination, but a leading legal group on Friday vowed to take up the fight to protect LGBT+ people from housing bias. Bev Nance and
“We’ve had enough divisiveness over the last couple years,” said Amy Young, a college professor, whom Ms. Gillibrand pitched about finding common ground at a coffee shop in Ames. “We are one country. We need to remember that.” Linda Santi, who met Ms. Gillibrand in Sioux City, said: “She talked about running in a red
The American Service-Members’ Protection Act authorizes the U.S. president to use “all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court.” This authorization has led the act to be nicknamed the “Hague
Rep. Ayanna Pressley is ready to get to work on the House Financial Services Committee The House Financial Services Committee has historically been regarded as a prime assignment for members of Congress—especially because many of them have received campaign donations from the industries (banking, real estate and insurance) the committee is in charge of regulating.
Despite what was a much delayed but important avalanche of headlines about the group’s anti-Semitism, the 2019 Women’s March took place Saturday and it still received nearly 15 times the broadcast network newscast coverage of the 47th annual March for Life that was held Friday. Between Wednesday morning and Saturday evening, the Women’s March fetched
President Donald Trump late Friday dangled the prospect of a compromise offer that would break a logjam with Democrats over funding for his border wall, and possibly bring an end to a month-long government shutdown. In the end, his new offer was pretty much like the old one. In televised remarks delivered at the White
Image copyright Getty Images Theresa May needs to become a mediator to help break the Brexit deadlock in Parliament, former prime minister John Major has said. He wants MPs to be given a vote on all Brexit options, indicating their preference on the way forward. Mrs May should consider dropping her red lines “in the
By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Women will march in hundreds of U.S. cities and overseas on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of demonstrations that drew millions of protesters to the streets the day after Republican President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017. Women’s March, a national nonprofit organization that evolved from the
