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Lammy told parliament's foreign affairs select committee he would comply with the ICC's request to arrest Netanyahu if he entered Britain, insisting he had no choice to ignore the order. But Lammy said he would continue to talk to Netanyahu and other senior Israeli gov...
Earlier this week, Alicia Kearns, the Conservative chair of parliament's foreign affairs select committee, said ministers had been told by their lawyers that Israel had violated international law in its war in Gaza. The government has in the past blocked sales to Israel, such as in 20...
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The source said the desire to bend the RAF out of shape appeared to contrast with the air chief's subsequent assurance to parliament's defence select committee that "there was no compromise of entry standards". "There was no impact on the standard...
The actress, who also starred in The Royle Family, Waking The Dead, Coronation Street and Downton Abbey, gave a reading at the service at Parliament’s church, St Margaret's. "Not, how did he die, but how did he live? Not, what did he gain, but what did he give?" were ...
Mr Parton, now an adviser to the UK parliament’s foreign affairs committee, is not surprised that Beijing is taking a more confrontational tone. Under the chairmanship of Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, the committee has been highly critical of the UK’s China policy. Along with the newly cre...
On 11 August, apiecefrom Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) set out a case for the UK denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and leaving the treaty system altogether. One of the main arguments in favour of this is that it would ‘restore Parliament’s freedom, on behalf ...
UK Conservative Member of Parliament Andrew Bridgen, who has made highly public, 'off message' criticisms of the media silence about the harms causede by COVID 19 mRNA vaccines, has now urged the government and British National Health Service to discontinue use of the vaccines as they clearly ...
Posting on social media on Saturday morning, Mr Ellwood, who chairs the influential Commons Defence Select Committee, said: "MP engagement with the public: This is a vital part of our work - our accessibility with the public. "But understandable huge an...