“Theoretically they could assassinate someone, if they needed to.” The Parliament’s cross-party Intelligence and Security Committee welcomed the new bill but said it was “disappointed” it had taken the Government such a long time to draft it, a spokesperson for the committee
Tourists in Mexico hoping to light up a cigarette at the beach or other public places will now possibly face hefty fines thanks to a new ordinance that recently took effect in the country. Visitors to Mexico, along with locals, can now
An end-of-year deadline for axing thousands of retained EU laws from Britain’s statute book “flies in the face of common sense”, a peer has claimed. Lord Cormack hit out at the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which passed its final
Rishi Sunak is poised to deliver a knockout blow to Nicola Sturgeon, as the Prime Minister appears to be weighing up whether or not to block the SNP’s Gender Recognition Bill. When asked whether the UK Government will block the Bill, Mr
Almost 40 Tory MPs have joined a major backbench rebellion over the Online Safety Bill with a demand that tech bosses should be imprisoned if they fail to protect children from online harm. Thirty-seven Tory MPs have signed an amendment that would
A federal judge in West Virginia has upheld a state law that prohibits biological male student athletes who identify and present themselves as female from playing on girl’s school sports teams. Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia
Rishi Sunak has been accused of attempting to “reverse Brexit” after it was claimed that the Prime Minister will be forced by the House of Lords to abandon plans for a bonfire of EU laws. Brexiteer Lord Cruddas, a Conservative peer, claimed
Ukraine has warned Russians to avoid any mobilisation this New Year in order to “save their lives”. The Ukraine Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov released an online video in which he warned that martial law will be declared and in early January,
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been accused of hiding behind an obscure law to avoid press questions. Ms Jean-Pierre invoked the Hatch Act 33 times when appearing at daily press briefings since September. The Hatch Act is a New Deal
The rhetoric of the trade union bullies remains as defiant as ever. After all the misery they have inflicted on the public over recent weeks, they now talk of escalating their industrial action in the New Year rather than backing down. Typical of this