'Our goal is to investigate whether there actually was a violation of Ukrainian and international law, which could be the subject for proper reaction. Or whether it is just bravado and fake information in the informal conversation between two U.S. citizens,' the ministry said in a statement Thursday. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump STILL wants a vote to dismiss his articles of impeachment without senators even asking questions and fears his defense attorneys are not aggressive enough
Votes 2016 election
Earl of Devon elected to the Lords in a poll of his hereditary peers
Only candidates who have inherited a title are eligible to stand, and only if they have put their name forward to be included on the register of hereditary peers. Out of 211 on the list only one is a woman. There is only one female hereditary peer sitting in the Lords, the Countess of Mar. … [Read more...] about Earl of Devon elected to the Lords in a poll of his hereditary peers
Sylvia Hermon to stand down as MP for North Down
Profile: Independent voice who held North DownThe 64-year-old said she was "profoundly grateful" to all those who had voted for her in the last five general elections, adding it was with "enormous sadness" that she would not be standing in the general election on 12 December. … [Read more...] about Sylvia Hermon to stand down as MP for North Down
The ‘will of the people’ on Brexit was not fixed for all time in June 2016
But let’s say you decide that 2016 trumps 2017, that the referendum somehow represents the purer democratic choice. You still have a problem. Because it’s not obvious that either of the Brexits currently on offer – May’s deal or a no-deal crash-out – truly represents the will of the people, as expressed in the referendum. After all, neither of those Brexits were on the ballot paper. The question asked only if people wanted to leave the European Union. It made no mention of the single market or customs union. There might have been a different answer if it had. … [Read more...] about The ‘will of the people’ on Brexit was not fixed for all time in June 2016
Brexit: Welsh assembly to vote against Boris Johnson’s bill
Plaid Cymru AM Delyth Jewell said her party could not support the bill because it "it threatens Welsh powers, removes parliamentary oversight of the negotiations, takes away the rights of child refugees, workers and EU citizens and unnecessarily rules out an extension to the negotiating process, making bad deal or even no deal at all the most likely outcome". … [Read more...] about Brexit: Welsh assembly to vote against Boris Johnson’s bill
