Politicians in the News

Boris Johnson is planning to toughen up guidance to families seeing elderly relatives over Christmas amid warnings the virus was again spiralling out of control.The Prime Minister is expected to urge the public to “stay local” over the festive season to avoid spreading the disease across the country. Ministers will hold more urgent talks tomorrow [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 03:31PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove will resume crisis talks over the plans for up to three households to mix between December 23 and 27 with leaders of the devolved administrations on Wednesday morning.A UK Government source acknowledged the four UK nations may take differing approaches, but insisted there would be no change in the law [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 07:33PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson to be Republic Day Parade Chief Guest, First British PM in 27 Years to Grace RajpathUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade in 2021 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended an invitation to his British counterpart last month. Johnson will be the first British PM [...] Published December 15, 2020 at 06:05AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Matt Hancock announces Tier 3 restrictions for LondonProfessor Karol Sikora spoke out after the Government announced the capital would move into the toughest lockdown tier with just a week to go before Christmas. From one minute past midnight on Wednesday, all hospitality venues will be forced to close their indoor seating areas and will only [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 12:35PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

December 14, 2020 On December 12, 2020, Erik Goldstein, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed by La Razon on the British “premier” and how it has lost popularity due to his chaotic management. In the article, titled “‘Los días de Boris Johnson en [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 11:59AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Well, would you look at that: Brexit talks are still on. Last week, the United Kingdom and the European Union set a Sunday deadline to negotiate the terms of their future relationship. Sunday didn’t bring a deal. But it offered — maybe — some small glimmers that the UK and the EU might just be [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 01:29PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

BORIS JOHNSON should stand down as prime minister if he fails to get a post-Brexit trade deal, a senior Tory MP said. Sir Roger Gale (pictured) argued an ‘honourable man’ would resign, as EU negotiations continued. ‘If an acceptable deal is not agreed then the prime minister will have failed. I believe his position would [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 06:39PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Evening StandardMark Wright signs for Crawley Town as Only Way is Essex star makes football returnReality television star Mark Wright has returned to professional football with former club Crawley Town. The League Two outfit announced on Monday that Wright - a TV personality, Heart FM radio presenter and Soccer Aid regular best known for being [...] Published December 14, 2020 at 11:31AM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson has approved the start of negotiations with EDF about funding a new £20 billion nuclear power plant despite concerns that taxpayers would foot the bill for any extra costs.The government is considering backing Sizewell C, a twin-reactor plant in Suffolk. It could generate 3.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough to provide 7 per cent [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 06:33PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Take That Boris Johnson... singer Robbie Williams transforms himself into Britain’s Clowning Street premier. In a new music video Robbie performs his latest single, Can’t Stop Christmas, jiving around with a Theresa May lookalike to poke fun at the Prime Minister. The video starts with a typically festive scene with Robbie sitting at home. He [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 06:26PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson must tackle the looming crisis in rough sleeping this Christmas and keep his pledge to end homelessness for good, Keir Starmer demanded tonight.In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Labour leader urged the Government to work with councils and mayors to ensure rough sleepers can find Covid-secure winter shelter. Mr Starmer tells [...] Published December 13, 2020 at 04:44PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson is said to be leaving “no stone unturned” in his quest to get a deal with the European Union.The terms offered by the European Union on a trade deal continue to be “unacceptable” to the UK, according to a Government source – with time running out to strike an agreement.Talks between chief negotiators [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 04:09PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

NHS bosses have warned Boris Johnson that relaxing Covid restrictions over Christmas could lead to cases spiraling out of control yet again.Under the Government's plans for a more-normal festive season, families are able to form a 'bubble' with two other households between December 23 and 27.And in November, the Prime Minister pledged that several areas under [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 06:25PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

As John Lennon asks us still at Christmas, “another year over, and what have you done?” In the year since his undeniably impressive general election win, Boris Johnson has done a great deal (though not yet literally in those tricky EU trade talks), has had plenty done to him and, to his credit, managed to [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 01:48PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Boris Johnson’s green revolution may have hit the skids already after it emerged only six per cent of cars owned by the Department of Environment are electric.Labour has blasted the Prime Minister for not setting an example by clearing out petrol and diesel vehicles from the Government’s fleet. Mr Johnson last month boasted of ending [...] Published December 12, 2020 at 03:08PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

"Our actions as leaders must be driven not by timidity or caution but by ambition on a truly grand scale."Green groups have accused the British government of "rank hypocrisy" for talking tough on climate change while still directing billions of pounds towards polluting projects abroad.In June, it promised nearly £900 million ($1.58 billion) in loans [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 06:08PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

It is only one year since his convincing election victory – but most voters do not expect Boris Johnson to make it until the next general election, scheduled for 2024.More than a quarter of Britons believe the Prime Minister will leave office next year, according to a new poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies. Rishi [...] Published December 11, 2020 at 04:16PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

The Port of Dover is extremely busy.At the moment 9,500 lorries are passing through every day - an unusually high number for this time of year.Earlier on Thursday, freight traffic was queuing back onto the M20 for several miles.The port isn’t certain why it’s suddenly dealing with such high volumes. Its best guess is that [...] Published December 10, 2020 at 04:57PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Jacinda Ardern this morning to congratulate her after her election win and to praise New Zealand’s tackling of Covid-19.  Your playlist will load after this ad The Prime Minister says she discussed Covid-19 and climate change with Boris Johnson. Source: 1 NEWS Ardern told reporters today the call was [...] Published December 10, 2020 at 06:23PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .

Selwin Hart, the special adviser to UN secretary-general António Guterres on climate action, said Australia had not met the threshold needed to speak."We will not be commenting on the participation of individual leaders," he said."But the three co-hosts - the UN, UK and France - provided all member states with very clear guidance from the [...] Published December 10, 2020 at 02:42PM. Read full article at Politicians in the News Portal .