
Michael Gove: Indy Ref 2…? Not before the next election says Michael Gove
Nicola Sturgeon will not be allowed to hold a second Scottish independence referendum before the next general election. So says Michael Gove, who as chancellor

Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily announces closure
In a major blow to free speech and media freedom in Hong Kong, the city’s largest pro-democracy paper Apple Daily has announced its closure. The

Cummings ignores the rules again
It’s emerged Dominic Cummings tried to fast track a £530,000 grant to an external data team at the start of the pandemic by bypassing normal

Just one candidate for DUP leadership
The nominations to succeed Edwin Poots as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party closed with just one candidate – Lagan Valley MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.It

Double-vaccinated Brits soon to return to Europe’s beaches
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said the government is working on easing travel restrictions for the fully-vaccinated to allow people to enjoy a summer holiday

Curbs on protests breach human rights laws
Restrictions on protests in the controversial new policing bill breach human rights laws and will increase the risk of peaceful demonstrators in England and Wales

The post-Brexit bonanza is coming!
Talks on one of the biggest post-Brexit trade deals the UK has ever seen have got underway. Negotiations begin with a Pacific free trade bloc

Police arrest second suspect over abuse of journalist
A second man has been arrested following an incident in central London last week in which a BBC journalist was abused, chased and ambushed by

John Bercow asked Jeremy Corbyn for a peerage after No.10 snub
Leaked emails have revealed John Bercow lobbied Jeremy Corbyn in an effort to secure a peerage and even wrote his own reference for his nomination.

Sturgeon announces an easing of Scotland’s restrictions
It’s understood Nicola Sturgeon will confirm a delay to the easing of Covid restrictions across Scotland later. Last week the first minister suggested that the

Spiteful Harry planned swift revenge on the Royals
Prince Harry, with wife Meghan Markle, set about organising the bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey just 24-hours after being told he would be stripped of

Peer says Britain should be subservient to Germany
Lord Adonis has been widely criticised for suggesting that the UK should act “subserviently to Germany”. The outspoken Labour politician and Chair of pro-EU group

Macron gets a democratic slap in the face
In the first round of regional elections in France – early results indicate both President Emmanuel Macron and his opponent Marine Le Pen will fail

Covid vaccine passport contract raises concerns
The Government has been accused of trying to bring in “national ID cards by the backdoor” after one firm awarded a vaccine passport contract –

Spoiled Summer Solstice
Hundreds of people attended the summer solstice sunrise at Stonehenge – despite official advice asking them not to travel to the historic site in Wiltshire