Dr Phillip Lee, the MP for the Bracknell constituency, has left the Conservative party and defected to the Liberal Democrats. This means that Boris Johnson has now lost his working government majority. After this resignation, the Conservatives have 310 seats in the House of Commons. The latest blow for 10 Downing Street came on the […]
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People across the UK came out on the streets to march against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan of suspending parliament. Protests took place in London, Manchester and Birmingham as well as in other key cities across the country. Notable figures and politicians also participated in the protests. Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn MP marched in Glasgow […]
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Six months ago I wrote an article explaining that Brexit had to be implemented. If it was not, we would be handing the keys to the far-left mob of Jeremy Corbyn. The Conservative vote was indeed split by the emergent Brexit Party as predicted but Nigel Farage also appealed to the traditional Labour voters (non-elite, […]
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In a show of strength and unity, people from all over the country arrived in London to protest against Brexit. The protesters at the demonstration displayed placards calling for the revocation of Article 50, demands for a second referendum and demonstrators also held posters decrying Boris Johnson’s looming premiership. The protest, which became know as […]
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Mohammed Amin has certainly done justice to Elie Wiesel’s call to “take sides”. In the Conservative leadership race, he has vehemently articulated his opposition to Boris Johnson; and, in the ongoing Brexit chaos he unequivocally backed a party that supports remaining in the EU. However, this came at a price because the Conservative Party is […]
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In a teary speech at 10 Downing Street, Theresa May announced that she will resign as prime minister. Her resignation process is due to commence on the 7th of June when she steps down from her role as the leader of the Conservative & Unionist Party. The prime minister commenced her speech by defending her […]
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Multiple reports and testimonies on social media suggest that EU citizens living in the UK were ‘denied the right to vote’ despite having the correct documentation. Many EU citizens stated that they were prevented from voting even though they had polling cards outlining their eligibility to vote. Most of the individual accounts of being denied […]
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The issue of a second referendum is ground well-trodden, however, the recent collapse of cross-party Brexit talks and the bad faith which continues to dominate the debate over a confirmatory vote makes it impossible not to correct the record. Firstly, I must challenge the language commonly used by Brexiteers. The ‘People’s Vote’ or ‘Confirmatory Vote’ […]
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Gina Miller is a defender of parliamentary sovereignty, a champion of democracy, a campaigner, an activist, a writer, a businesswomen – and most recently, the founder of www.RemainUnited.org, a website which provides guidance to Remainers on how to vote tactically in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The aim of Remain United is, Gina Miller told […]
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The local council elections on Thursday illustrated a stark contrast between the victors and losers in England, as illustrated in Figure 1. The biggest defeats were suffered by the Conservative Party with a gigantic and exponential loss of 1,334 seats. This was followed by UKIP which lost 145 seats; and, the smallest defeat was endured […]
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