Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Londoners have welcomed mayor Sadiq Khan’s and Guy Verhofstadt MEP’s proposal of an ‘associate EU citizenship’ for British citizens who would like to continue using their right to freedom of movement after the transition period comes to end. The proposal is gaining praise from people outside of London as well, who say […]
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Tim Walker, an award-winning writer, recently announced that he is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the constituency of Canterbury, Whitstable & Villages. In response, he has received criticism from Remainers, who are worried that his candidacy will split the Remain vote and therefore make it easier for the Conservative Brexiteer candidate to defeat the incumbent […]
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Ever since I was a schoolboy and first became aware of politics, I always felt I could sleep soundly in the knowledge that the prime ministers I counted in and counted out – irrespective of whether the rosettes they wore were red or blue – did not wish to actively damage our country or indeed […]
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Xenophobia. Racism. Stereotypes. Prejudice. Bigotry. These are the words that come to my mind when I think about Brexit; these are the terms that resonate when one has a nightmare about the people who ferociously campaigned for Brexit. This is not some sort of liberal, baseless, elitist, snow-flake generated rhetoric. Rather, the racism, the outdated […]
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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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