By Alan McGuinness, political reporter Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan have called on the government to scrap plans to immediately end freedom of movement from the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader said the policy could be a scandal like “Windrush on steroids” and urged the Home Office not […]
Nearby nuclear sensors went silent after Russia’s mystery explosion
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)’s international monitoring stations detect levels of radionuclide particles in the air. The network is global and its stations send data back to its headquarters in Vienna, but each station is directly operated by the country in which they are located. According to the CTBTO, two stations near the explosion […]
Khan: Scrap ‘callous’ plan to end EU free movement in no deal
By Alan McGuinness, political reporter London mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the government to scrap plans to immediately end freedom of movement from the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, Mr Khan said doing so without any transition before a new immigration system […]
EU dismisses Johnson’s call to scrap Brexit backstop
By Alan McGuinness, political reporter The EU’s Donald Tusk has dismissed Boris Johnson’s call to scrap the backstop. The European Council president wrote on Twitter: “The backstop is an insurance to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland unless and until an alternative is found. “Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic […]
No-deal Brexit ‘now in the hands’ of EU, senior Tory claims
By Alan McGuinness, political reporter Whether or not Britain leaves the European Union without a deal is “largely now in the hands” of Brussels, a senior Conservative has told Sky News. Tory party chairman James Cleverly told Sky News that the EU has to “demonstrate a degree of flexibility” to avoid Britain leaving without an […]
Senior Tory ‘not going to speculate’ on chances of no-deal
By Alan McGuinness, political reporter A senior Conservative has declined to estimate the chances of a no-deal Brexit happening, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson having once described such a prospect as a “million to one”. Tory party chairman James Cleverly told Sky News that the EU has to “demonstrate a degree of flexibility” to avoid […]
