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LABOUR is set to veto next week’s motion for an early general election after peers passed a Bill today that effectively blocks the Tories from pushing through a no-deal Brexit.
Opposition leaders have agreed to vote against or abstain from voting when PM Boris Johnson triggers Monday’s motion for a general election.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Mr Johnson was “slippery” and could not be trusted over the timing even though the prospect of an election was “extremely attractive.”
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices