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Downing Street strongly denied a report that Mr Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, had admitted in private that negotiations with the EU were really a “sham”. But critics said there was no evidence that the Government was putting forward any alternative to the backstop. |
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It is a little known fact that on August 31, 1869, the world's first recorded road death occurred in Co Offaly as a woman from a very famous family was killed. Mary Ward, a niece of the 2nd Earl of Rosse, synonymous with Birr Castle, spent much of her life in Offaly having been born in Ferbane in 1827. |
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Philip Hammond preparing for a political 'fight of a lifetime' – video.
Philip Hammond has said he is gearing up for the “fight of a lifetime” against deselection threats and government aggression as he leads the Conservative rebel charge to stop a no-deal Brexit in parliament. |
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Former chancellor says he will defend Conservative party from 'incomers, entryists, who are trying to turn it from a broad church into a narrow faction'. One of the most prominent Tories opposed to a no-deal Brexit, Hammond told Today there were enough Tory rebels willing to put national interest above career
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Philip Hammond said he would explore legal action if there were moves to remove him as a Tory MP. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters.
Philip Hammond has said he is gearing up for the “fight of a lifetime” against deselection threats and government aggression as he leads the Conservative rebel charge to stop a no-deal Brexit in parliament. |
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Winston Churchill's grandson, Sir Nicholas Soames, may be deselected by Boris Johnson after he confirmed he would vote against the Government tonight unless he can be reassured a Brexit deal will be done. Tom Newton Dunn, political editor at The Sun, said: "Sir Nicholas Soames tells me he will vote.... |
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UK Conservative party rebel Dominic Grieve said he thinks there are “sufficient numbers” of MPs, who have come together across party political lines to carry through a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit on Tuesday. Grieve, the former Attorney General, also told Sky News that he would vote for a snap.... |
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Like fellow Tory rebel Philip Hammond, Dominic Grieve has said he will not bow down to No 10’s threats over anti no-deal legislation. The backbencher said the deselection threats make “no difference”, despite being “painful” to the veteran politician. He told the BBC: “I see myself as a.... |
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Boris Johnson among number of MPs who have defied the whip this year. Conservative MPs who vote against the Government this week have been warned they will be banned from standing for the party at the next election. A senior source from the Tory whips office said that any MP who defies the the party.... |
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Responding to Justine Greening's announcement, Labour MP Anna Turley tweeted: "This is sad. "I've disagreed with many things Justine has said and done, but just like Ruth Davidson it shows there is increasingly no place in politics for moderation in an age of extremes. And it always seems to be women. |
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In 1926, a Texan lawmaker named Luther Johnson issued a remarkably prescient warning. “American thought and American politics will be largely at the mercy of those who operate these stations,” he declared, “for publicity is the most powerful weapon that can be wielded in a republic. |
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