The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a dramatic late-night vote, after quelling a days-long revolt from a bloc of far-right conservatives to finally capture the gavel on a historic 15th attempt. McCarthy’s ascension to speaker came after 14 defeats and a string of concessions to ultraconservative lawmakers that would … [Read more...]
Liz Truss hounded by resignation demands at PMQs | openDemocracy
Read more here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/tagged/liz-truss/ Liz Truss’ third PMQs was marred by multiple calls for her resignation. Keir Starmer listed the measures that have already “gone” and asked why the PM was still there. Now there is word that the threshold of letters for a leadership challenge has been reached. So the calls may be coming from both sides of the … [Read more...]
First Tory MP publicly calls for Liz Truss to quit after admitting the ‘game is up’
A senior MP has become the first Tory to publicly call on Liz Truss to resign as Prime Minister following another week of chaos in her government. Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, said the "game is up" for the Tory party leader after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor on Friday after his mini-budget led to turmoil on the financial markets. He told the Channel 4's Andrew … [Read more...]
Liz Truss RESIGNS after 44 days in power marred by mini budget fiasco
LIZ Truss has dramatically announced she will RESIGN as Prime Minister after just 44 days in office. The embattled PM made a speech outside Downing Street this afternoon confirming the astonishing turn of events. A Tory leadership race will now begin and a new PM will be chosen in the next WEEK. Ms Truss’ downfall began just days into her premiership, when the disastrous … [Read more...]
Liz Truss: ‘I’m sorry for the mistakes, but I fixed them’
Liz Truss has apologised for 'mistakes' in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was finally shredded on Monday by her new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, but said she would not step down. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The prime minister and her former chancellor, … [Read more...]
Watch in full: Liz Truss resigns as PM after just 45 days in Downing Street
Watch Liz Truss's full speech as she resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom after just 45 days in charge. Ms Truss said she had "informed the king" of her intention to step down on Thursday (20 October). Watch more from Independent TV: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/editors-picks Click here to subscribe to The Independent: … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after just 44 days in power
Liz Truss said she had spoken to the King and was resigning from office. Continue reading: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-prime-minister-resign-downing-street-b1034108.html Subscribe to the Evening Standard: https://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Evening-Standard for latest breaking news from the UK, US and around the world, plus podcasts and features. Evening … [Read more...]
LIVE: Liz Truss to resign in Downing Street statement after 45 days in office
LIZ Truss will make her Downing Street statement TODAY after more than a dozen Tory MPs called on her to resign. More Tory MPs - including sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman - today lashed out at their leader as her authority drained away. Fifteen Conservative backbenchers have now publicly called for the PM to go, with dozens more saying they want her out in … [Read more...]
Bill Whittle’s Hot Mic | Laura Loomer: Bearing False Witness – 8/29/17
Conservatives in America are being targeted for their support of President Trump. Bill Whittle focuses on one story from Laura Loomer at TheRebel.Media. Loomer's reporting on the troubling case of a California Trump supporter charged with a hate crime is a shining example of the work of the growing alternative press. Watch Bill Whittle's Hot Mic Monday through Thursday at 5 … [Read more...]
Congressman breaks into auction chant to drown out conservative activist at Twitter hearing
US congressman Billy Long broke into an auction chant on Wednesday to drown out a protester who was interrupting a House energy and commerce committee hearing on social media. The protester, later identified as conservative activist Laura Loomer, stood and interrupted the hearing with complaints against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Long, a Republican from Missouri, pretended to … [Read more...]