Politics

Stoke-on-Trent by-election: What you need to know

Tristram Hunt announced on 13 January that he is to quit as a Labour MP to take on a new role as director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Hunts decision means Labour will be defending the seat they have controlled since 1950. But Stoke-on-Trent voted overwhelmingly to Leave the EU, leaving Labours Jeremy Corbyn to battle UKIP who finished second in the constituency in 2015.

Jan 18, 2017

Copeland by-election: What you need to know

Labour MP Jamie Reed announced his retirement on 21 December 2016, triggering a by-election in his constituency of Copeland. The former shadow health minister is going to take up a job in the nuclear industry as Head of Development and Community Relations at Sellafied Ltd, a power plant in his constituency.

Jan 18, 2017

Ex Apprentice candidate Summer Zervos sues Donald Trump for defamation

One of about a dozen women who previously accused President-elect Donald Trump of making unwanted sexual advances, filed a lawsuit against him in New York on 17 January. Summer Zervos alleges that Trump made false and defamatory statements about her in rejecting the accusation, causing her emotional and economic harm. The one-time contestant on Trumps reality television show The Apprentice is focused on a stream of denials Trump aimed at her and other women accusers last October, just weeks before the 8 November presidential election, when Zervos and others accused him of making unwanted sexual advances. The lawsuit says Trump kissed Zervos without her consent at his office in New York in December 2007, and later at a hotel in Beverly Hills, California, kissed her, touched her breast and tried to get her to lie on a bed during a meeting about a possible job.

Jan 18, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn says Theresa Mays Brexit plan is for the global elite

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to Theresa Mays Brexit speech.

Jan 18, 2017

Barack Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence

President Barack Obama commuted the remaining prison term of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst who was convicted for 35 years for violations under the Espionage Act. Manning had released American military and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. The White House said Manning’s commutation was not influenced by Julian Assange or WikiLeaks.

Jan 18, 2017

Theresa May confirms Britain will leave EU single market in Brexit speech

In Theresa Mays Brexit speech she says that the UK cannot stay in the single market as it would mean complying with EU regulation without being able to vote on them.

Jan 17, 2017

Theresa May: Brexit the end of Britain making vast contributions to EU

Mays speech at Lancaster House unveils 12 key objectives in negotiations to leave the EU. This is the most significant address on Brexit since May took office in September 2016.

Jan 17, 2017

Theresa May says a punitive Brexit deal by EU would be an act of calamitous self harm

In Theresa Mays Brexit speech she says she would rather have no deal for Britain rather than a bad deal.

Jan 17, 2017

Anti-Trump protests take place one week before inauguration

A week of protests against President-elect Donald Trump started with a march in Washington DC. Ahead of Trump’s presidential inauguration on 20 January, Rev. Al Sharpton led a few thousand protesters to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Around 30 groups, most anti-Trump, have permits to protest the inauguration. The Women’s March on Washington on 21 January could attract up to 200,000 protesters.

Jan 15, 2017

Barack Obama makes final weekly address to the nation

After eight years in office US President Barack Obama published his final weekly message on Saturday, 14 January 2017.

Jan 14, 2017

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