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Blackburn’s mayor is forced to resign after being fined £200 for going to ‘wedding’ during lockdown Councillor Iftakhar Hussain has today resigned and apologised for his ‘error’ He claimed he was at an address for a short time to accept food deliveries However police said they found up to 30 people at the address and … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the House’s push to impeach him again ‘absolutely ridiculous’ and said it is causing ‘tremendous anger,’ casting himself as the victim as he refused to take responsibility for the mob that descended on Capitol Hill last week. In his first public remarks since last week’s MAGA riot, Trump denounced … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the House’s push to impeach him again ‘absolutely ridiculous’ and said it is causing ‘tremendous anger,’ casting himself as the victim as he refused to take responsibility for the mob that descended on Capitol Hill last week. In his first public remarks since last week’s MAGA riot, Trump denounced … Read more
Chris Christie said Sunday that if he were a lawmaker he would vote to impeach Donald Trump as Republican Senator Pat Toomey demanded the president resign ‘as soon as possible’. When Christie, a former Trump ally, was asked if the president committed an impeachable offense, he told ABC’s ‘This Week’ during a panel discussion: ‘Oh … Read more
House Democrats held a conference call Friday to discuss a plan to rush through articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the final 13 days of his presidency – with leaders saying the votes are likely there for it. Leaders of both chambers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Charles Schumer – said they … Read more
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has called on Donald Trump to resign, in an abrupt severance of their previously accommodating position. The paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been more tolerant of the president than some of their rivals. But on Thursday night they knifed him, telling him he needed to leave before he … Read more
Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that a ‘firm decision’ about the future of Brexit negotiations should be made by Sunday. As the clock ticks towards the deadline for agreement on a trade deal, here is a look at the key moments in the saga: January 23, 2013 … Read more
Former New Zealand PM who is investigating China’s response to the Covid outbreak is in row over her links to Meghan Markle’s TV anchor friend Helen Clark is to co-chair investigation into China’s response to Covid outbreak Now calls for the former New Zealand PM to resign over her close ties to Beijing Human rights … Read more
Dominic Cummings is set to quit Downing Street in the New Year after his closest ally was ousted in a power struggle with Boris Johnson’s fiancée. The Prime Minister talked Mr Cummings out of resigning immediately following the departure of No 10 communications director Lee Cain on Wednesday night. Mr Johnson had initially offered to promote … Read more
All of Hong Kong´s pro-democracy politicians have resigned en masse after four of them were removed from power under new Chinese laws. The city’s government ruled on Wednesday that Dennis Kwok, Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung would ‘lose their qualification as legislators immediately’. It came Beijing passed new rules allowing the city’s government to … Read more