French president Emmanuel Macron has agreed to let the British fishing boat caught up in an international crisis with France go, amid negotiations with Britain. But this is sure to be only the start of the scandal, and has done nothing to improve British relationships with our EU neighbour. The post Macron releases his catch…
Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg announced that the government has u-turned on the controversial standards amendment passed yesterday. Rees-Mogg said: “I fear last night’s debate conflated the individual case with the general concern”, despite last night saying it was important to “do the right thing” even when faced with “a degree of opprobrium”. SNP’s…
French president Emmanuel Macron has agreed to let the British fishing boat caught up in an international crisis with France go, amid negotiations with Britain. But this is sure to be only the start of the scandal, and has done nothing to improve British relationships with our EU neighbour. The post Macron releases his catch…
Secretary of state for culture Nadine Dorries has warned social media platforms that the government’s online safety bill will make them “accountable” for their actions. Speaking to the draft online safety bill parliamentary committee, Dorries said: “I think people like Mark Zuckerberger [sic] and Nick Clegg and others who are wanting to take off into…
The UK has helped secure a 190-strong coalition of countries and organisations at COP26, with countries such as Poland, Vietnam, Egypt, Chile and Morocco announcing commitments to phase out coal power. However the absence of Australia, China, India and the US from the deal has received criticism. Last year China accounted for over 50 percent…
MPs have voted to reform the parliamentary committee on standards and review the suspension of Owen Paterson by 248 to 221. The amendment to the bill was led by Conservative backbenchers, including Andrea Leadsom, and reportedly pushed through with a three-line-whip. Paterson, who was found by the independent cross-party standards committee to have used his…
Labour MP Fleur Anderson has proposed a new law which would ban wet wipes containing plastic. In a ten minute rule motion, the MP for Putney said that in 2019, a staggering 11 billion wet wipes were used in the UK. “The plastic in wet wipes breaks down into microplastics, which don’t dissolve ever. They…
Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran today said the government needs to undertake more action to “keep water safe”. In a debate on bathing water status for the river Thames in Oxford, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon said “our rivers should be places of protected picturesque beauty, not low-cost avenues for getting rid of sewage and biodiversity”. Responding for the government, environment…
The government has said the trawler at the centre of the fishing row with France remains impounded, after minister claimed otherwise. Environment minister George Eustice told reporters earlier today that the fishing trawler impounded by French authorities last week had been released. “I understand that vessel has now been released and I think there’s going…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak faced questions from the parliamentary treasury committee today in his first statement since the budget was unveiled last Wednesday. Sunak defended his national insurance rise, saying: “Anyone who tells you that there’s another way to raise… billions of pounds, I don’t think is being honest or credible because there really isn’t.” After…
