British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced pressure in Parliament on Wednesday after Cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson was forced to quit over allegations of abusive behaviour towards colleagues. Sunak defended giving Williamson a seat at the Cabinet table, saying he was not aware of “any of the specific concerns” about Williamson’s past conduct. Opposition leader…
UK’s Sunak Under Pressure as Minister Quits Following Bullying Allegation
Sunak and Macron Discuss Illegal Migration as UK PM Promises to ‘Grip Challenge’
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and France’s President Emmanuel Macron have met at the COP27 summit in Egypt and discussed a new deal to reduce the armada of small boats bringing illegal immigrants across the English Channel. Afterwards Sunak said, “By working together with our European partners, we can make a difference, grip this challenge…
Government Borrowing Leads to Inflation, UK’s Sunak Says
The government “cannot do everything” because big government borrowing ultimately leads to soaring inflation and high interest rates, the UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday. It comes after the Bank of England raised its base interest rate to 3 percent and forecasted a two-year recession. In an interview with The Times of London, Sunak…
Boris Johnson Had Enough Nominations to Challenge Rishi Sunak in PM Race: Top UK Tory
Boris Johnson had enough nominations from Conservative MPs to mount a challenge to Rishi Sunak in last month’s race to become Tory party leader and UK prime minister, a senior Tory MP has said. Johnson dramatically pulled out of the contest on Oct. 23, saying he had secured enough nominations but admitting he would not…
UK Ditches Former PM Truss’s Plan to Relocate Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has abandoned plans by his predecessor to move the UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Downing Street has revealed. Liz Truss, when she was prime minister, ordered a review into whether the UK should follow the Trump administration in relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv. Asked whether the government…
Sunak Says UK’s Illegal Immigrant Crisis Is ‘Serious and Escalating Problem’
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the wave of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel is a “serious and escalating problem,” and admitted the Home Office has been too slow to process asylum claims. Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel this year in small boats, including 12,000 people from Albania, a peaceful country with…
UK’s Sunak Reverses Decision to Skip COP27 Climate Summit
The UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday said he will attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week, reversing his previous decision to skip the global conference. The U-turn comes after Sunak came under pressure from climate activists, opposition parties, and some Conservative MPs including his former boss Boris Johnson and the government’s…
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October 31, 2022
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Commentary I wrote an article recently which stated that Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng might have cut their careers short. I did not expect both of them to be gone so soon. Now there is a new prime minister and a new chancellor. In the rush to replace Liz Truss,…
UK Prime Minister Could U-Turn on Attending COP27
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could U-turn on his decision not to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt if progress has been made on his autumn budget, his official spokeman has confirmed. Last Thursday a Number 10 spokeswoman said: “The prime minister is not expected to attend Cop27 and this is due to other…
Russians More Likely to Tap Cables Than Cut Them: UK Defence Analyst
A British defence analyst says the recent damage to an undersea telecommunications cable off the coast of Scotland is unlikely to have been carried out by the Russians, who are more likely to be fitting devices that would extract information. Extra police officers were sent to the Shetland islands after an undersea telecommunications cable was damaged…
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