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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Smiling Rishi jokes with veterans in Spoons about 'the amount of people who have given me an umbrella' after getting soaked in the pouring rain while announcing snap July 4 election

Smiling Rishi Sunak joked with veterans in his local Spoons about 'the amount of people who have given me an umbrella' after getting soaked in the pouring rain while announcing the snap July 4 election. Rishi Sunak meets with veterans at a community breakfast, in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Britain, on May 25, 2024, during a party campaign event in the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak WILL campaign today in Yorkshire - after reports claimed he would 'spend the day at home after shaky start to election'

Daily Mail

Rishi Sunak will take the campaign trail back to Yorkshire after completing a whistlestop two-day tour of the four home nations. Rishi Sunak will reportedly spend Saturday at home in meetings with his aides after a shaky start to his election campaign Government minister Andrea Leadsom has become the latest Tory MP to announce they are standing down at the …

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1 year ago

Senior Tory Andrea Leadsom mocked for claiming babies get teeth 18 months before they’re born

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom said children’s teeth are “about four-and-half years old” by the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Eye patients forced to go private or go blind due to soaring NHS waiting lists

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Waiting times for NHS ophthalmology services, which accounts for almost 10 per cent of the …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Truss needs chance to settle in, says Leadsom

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Conservative former minister Dame Andrea Leadsom has said Liz Truss …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Dames Vanessa Redgrave and Andrea Leadsom to be honoured at Buckingham Palace

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Acclaimed actress Dame Vanessa Redgrave and Conservative former minister Dame …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Are the Brexiteers about to be kicked out of Boris Johnson’s cabinet?

The Independent

It was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin who, supposedly, came up with the term “useful idiots” to describe those too dim to realise that they are being used for some political purpose or other. Some of the most prominent members of the European Research Group were given senior positions – bought off – as a result of Johnson’s rise to power. When …

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5 years ago

Andrea Leadsom rebuked for claiming biofuels can help tackle climate emergency

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Biofuels are not the magic solution to the climate emergency,” said Mike Childs, Friends of …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Outcry grows over Barclays post office ban

Daily Mail

Andrea Leadsom, the Business Secretary, last night rapped Barclays' decision to ban its customers from taking out cash through post offices and called on the bank to think again. Business secretary Andrea Leadsom described Barclays' decision to ban its customers from taking out cash through Post Offices as 'very disappointing' When asked whether she would call upon the bank to …

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5 years, 7 months ago

What a show! Rory should've appeared in a puff of white smoke: HENRY DEEDES on the also-rans' day

Daily Mail

Day Two of the Conservative leadership beauty parade and attention turned to the also-rans. Rory Stewart put on a show that fizzed and crackled from start to finish Rory Stewart put on a show which fizzed and crackled from top to tail with Enid Blyton enthusiasm. It took place on London's South Bank inside a tent decked out in red …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Andrea Leadsom becomes latest Tory leadership hopeful to admit doing drugs

Daily Mail

Conservative leadership contender Andrea Leadsom has admitted to smoking cannabis. Ms Leadsom, 56, was being questioned about her past drug use after the revelation that her leadership rival Michael Gove took cocaine 'on several occasions' when he was a journalist 20 years ago. Conservative leadership contender Andrea Leadsom has admitted to smoking cannabis Ms Leadsom, 56, was being questioned about …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Gove says he is more 'capable' of delivering Brexit than Boris

Daily Mail

Michael Gove has today announced his candidacy for the Tory leadership with a veiled attack on old rival and front runner Boris Johnson. Dominic Raab has become a cheerleader for a hard Brexit since stepping down as Brexit secretary in November Former Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom and Foreign Jeremy Hunt have also thrown their hats into the ring …

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5 years, 7 months ago

The race is on: Contenders vie to become next British PM

Associated Press

LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement that she will leave 10 Downing Street has set off a fierce competition to succeed her as Conservative Party leader — and as the next prime minister. ___ BORIS JOHNSON The former foreign secretary has made no secret of his desire to take the top job when May departs. ___ MICHAEL GOVE Environment …

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5 years, 7 months ago

UK’s May delays Brexit bill, faces showdown on resignation

Associated Press

LONDON — Increasingly isolated, Prime Minister Theresa May backed down Thursday from plans to seek Parliament’s support for a Brexit bill already rejected by much of her Conservative Party, as expectations rose that she would cave in to demands that she resign and let a new leader try to complete the U.K.'s stalled withdrawal from the European Union. With her …

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5 years, 7 months ago

HENRY DEEDES watches a rookie at the despatch box

Daily Mail

Rugby players describe it as a ‘hospital pass’. Mark Spencer was probably preparing to make an early exit for the Bank Holiday weekend only to find himself collared by his boss Julian Smith ‘Take your coat off, Spencer,’ says Smith. A bit like all-knowing Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, ruling over the madhouse The …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Theresa May under pressure to resign over Brexit as key Cabinet minister quits

ABC

Prime Minister Theresa May's Government is under mounting pressure after a new Brexit gambit backfired and prominent Brexit supporter Andrea Leadsom resigned, fuelling calls for the beleaguered leader to quit. Key points: Andrea Leadsom is one of more than 30 Cabinet ministers to resign from Theresa May's Government It comes one day ahead of EU parliamentary elections and Mrs May's …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Andrea Leadsom quits UK government in fresh Brexit blow for Theresa May

CNN

London CNN — Theresa May was dealt a significant blow on Wednesday night when one of her top cabinet ministers resigned over the British Prime Minister’s approach to Brexit. Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons and a prominent Brexiteer, said she could no longer carry out her duties because she “fundamentally opposes” May’s latest Brexit bill. But …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Members Of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Party Join Calls For Her To Resign

NPR

Members Of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Party Join Calls For Her To Resign The leader of Britain's House of Commons has quit — the latest sign of growing pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to step down amid deep dissatisfaction with her handling of Brexit. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To the U.K. now where pressure is mounting fast for …

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5 years, 9 months ago

Another YEAR in limbo! May faces humiliating prospect of long Brexit delay

Daily Mail

Theresa May flies to Brussels tomorrow to ask for a delay only until the end of June. Mrs May is pictured meeting her today As Downing Street indicated that Mrs May wanted to stay on as long as it took to see the first stage of Brexit through: The Prime Minister travelled to Berlin and Paris to ask for a …

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6 years, 1 month ago

As danger looms over Theresay May, here is a look at possible replacements that could take over the role of British PM

Firstpost

Theresa May has vowed to fight on as the leader, but if she loses the confidence vote later on Wednesday she will be out of a job, and a contest to replace her will begin. Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Wednesday triggered a confidence vote in her leadership over Britain’s planned divorce from the European. …

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6 years, 1 month ago

May bid to save Brexit deal by proposing parliamentary lock on backstop

Daily Mail

Theresa May is making a desperate bid to buy off her Tory rebels by holding talks on giving Parliament a veto on entering into the controversial Irish backstop. Theresa May could make a final desperate bid to buy off her Tory backbench rebels by giving Parliament a veto on entering into the controversial Irish backstop Theresa May will travel to …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Andrea Leadsom confirms May will publish final Brexit legal advice

Daily Mail

The DUP branded the Brexit deal 'economically mad' today after secret legal advice revealed the extent of the border down the Irish Sea created by the Irish backstop. It said Britain would be 'essentially treated as a third country' by Northern Ireland - something which has enraged unionists In the letter, Mr Cox said the 'protocol is intended to subsist' …

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6 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet told to force Theresa May to drop Chequers plan or she will face no confidence vote 'within days'

The Telegraph

Tory Eurosceptics are threatening to force a no confidence vote in Theresa May's leadership within days if ministers do not persuade her to drop her Chequers Brexit plan, The Telegraph can disclose. It comes after Cabinet ministers including Dominic Raab, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Penny Mordaunt, Chris Grayling, Liz Truss and Geoffrey Cox met for a pizza in the office …

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Smiling Rishi jokes with veterans in Spoons about 'the amount of people who have given me an umbrella' after getting soaked in the pouring rain while announcing snap July 4 election

Rishi Sunak WILL campaign today in Yorkshire - after reports claimed he would 'spend the day at home after shaky start to election'

Senior Tory Andrea Leadsom mocked for claiming babies get teeth 18 months before they’re born

Eye patients forced to go private or go blind due to soaring NHS waiting lists

Truss needs chance to settle in, says Leadsom

Dames Vanessa Redgrave and Andrea Leadsom to be honoured at Buckingham Palace

Are the Brexiteers about to be kicked out of Boris Johnson’s cabinet?

Andrea Leadsom rebuked for claiming biofuels can help tackle climate emergency

Outcry grows over Barclays post office ban

What a show! Rory should've appeared in a puff of white smoke: HENRY DEEDES on the also-rans' day

Andrea Leadsom becomes latest Tory leadership hopeful to admit doing drugs

Gove says he is more 'capable' of delivering Brexit than Boris

The race is on: Contenders vie to become next British PM

UK’s May delays Brexit bill, faces showdown on resignation

HENRY DEEDES watches a rookie at the despatch box

Theresa May under pressure to resign over Brexit as key Cabinet minister quits

Andrea Leadsom quits UK government in fresh Brexit blow for Theresa May

Members Of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Party Join Calls For Her To Resign

Another YEAR in limbo! May faces humiliating prospect of long Brexit delay

As danger looms over Theresay May, here is a look at possible replacements that could take over the role of British PM

May bid to save Brexit deal by proposing parliamentary lock on backstop

Andrea Leadsom confirms May will publish final Brexit legal advice

Cabinet told to force Theresa May to drop Chequers plan or she will face no confidence vote 'within days'