Tag: Commons

The colours of Palestine are proudly on display at George Galloway's campaign headquarters next to a former Suzuki car showroom in Rochdale. The flyers bearing his face on the railings outside? Black, white and green. The giant poster next to them? Black, white and green. The leaflets stacked on ...

He has been branded a racist and a Nazi, not to mention a threat to society of such depravity that the accusations cannot be printed in a family newspaper.Were Nick Fletcher to look himself up on whatever they are calling Twitter this week, he would find himself being crucified, ...

During the pandemic, the nations of the world set about energetically strengthening borders around themselves, and within themselves, as states restricted entry. During the early lockdowns, according to the UNHCR, 168 of the world’s 195 countries partially or entirely closed their borders. This hit refugees particularly hard. “Movement is ...

As many of 30 Tory MPs are backing an amendment that would force a vote on the Prime Minister's decision to cut foreign aid from 0.7 percent to 0.5. The cut was announced last year with ministers saying the temporary reduction was necessary in light of the pandemic and ...

Backbench Tory MPs are plotting to reign in the government’s ability to implement lockdown rules without parliamentary scrutiny in a Commons showdown, it has been reported.The government is set to vote to renew the Coronavirus Bill – which gives the state its power to implement lockdown measures – in ...