Joe Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to Northern Ireland US president calls for return of powersharing – as his advisers reject DUP’s ‘anti-British’ claims The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
OPINION - I was shocked by Labour’s nasty ad with its inadvertent racial sub-text I knew “those adverts” had achieved “cut-through” when one of my aunties from India asked me on WhatsApp if Labour seriously thought Rishi Sunak supported child abusers. The good news is that Labour’s advertising campaign has gone global. The bad news is that lots of people think Labour is calling… Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023
Gender Bill court fight ‘only means’ of defending Scottish democracy – Yousaf The Scottish Government will take legal action after Westminster vetoed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Junior doctors’ union asks Acas to help end strike deadlock Ministers were urged to get round the table to try to break the deadlock between the parties as junior doctors began a second day of strike action. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Pictures No10 promoted of Sunak meeting Biden - and the video that tells different story Footage of Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden sharing a handshake appears to show the US president turning away from Mr Sunak - and his car blocking him from view entirely. Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023
Sunak hails US-UK relationship as Biden’s brief Belfast visit ends Rishi Sunak said the relationship between the UK and the US is in ‘great shape’ after he met the US president for a 45-minute meeting on Wednesday. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Joe Biden Belfast visit security scare as man finds top secret document in street The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed the security breach had taken place and assured they 'will put the appropriate actions in place'. This comes after pipe bombs were discovered in a cemetery in Derry Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
Joe Biden says 'enemies of peace will not prevail' in landmark Belfast speech The US President, visiting Northern Ireland to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, said the political response to the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell showed the province 'will not go back' Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
Sunak urges ‘less talk, more action’ as he hits back at Labour attack ads The Prime Minister was asked about Labour’s controversial claim that he did not want child sex abusers to be jailed. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Incite, smear, divide: why are the Tories and Labour copying the tactics of America’s vilest strategist? Lee Atwater was master of attack and dog-whistle politics. We should be alive to his methods and their effects – not emulating them, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023
Scottish Government to challenge gender Bill block in court The UK Government used powers under Section 35 of the Scotland Act to stop the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill going forward. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Rishi Sunak mocked as Joe Biden meets him for cup of tea in corner of hotel bar Critics joked that the meeting at a hotel in Belfast was not 'long enough for biscuits to be served' let alone to discuss boosting transatlantic trade Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023
UK government faces legal action after blocking Scotland’s gender recognition law Humza Yousaf’s Scottish government to challenge decision The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Starmer says ‘nobody targeting PM’s wife’ as he continues to defend attack ads The latest advert in Labour’s controversial campaign focuses on the non-dom tax status previously held by Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty. The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023
Irish Mirror · Apr 12, 2023 Six-year-old Daithi Mac Gabhann ribs British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about Ireland's Six Nations win over England Daithi Mac Gabhann, who is awaiting a heart transplant, and Mr Sunak also chatted about football when they met on Wednesday morning on the outskirts of Belfast
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 White House rejects claims Biden is anti-British as he meets Sunak in Belfast US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met for a cup of tea in a Belfast hotel.
The National (Scotland) · Apr 12, 2023 US denies Joe Biden 'hates the United Kingdom' after DUP attacks on president THE DUP have called US President Joe Biden “anti-British” and that they will not bow to pressure to accept Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for…
Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2023 Row casts shadow on Joe Biden visit to Belfast US President reaches out as a ‘friend’ to Unionists amid warnings against America intervening in power sharing row
Irish Mirror · Apr 12, 2023 Where is Joe Biden now? Exact times he’s in Dublin Airport, Louth, Phoenix Park, Dublin Castle, Mayo US President Joe Biden has landed in Ireland for a four-day visit. His schedule includes visits to Belfast, Dublin, Louth and Mayo.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023 Tory peer urges Sunak to distance party from Braverman’s ‘racist rhetoric’ Exclusive: Lady Warsi says PM should consider his legacy in handling of ‘extreme views’ on ethnicity and grooming cases
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023 Joe Biden is ‘not anti-British’, says senior presidential aide Official says Britain remains one of US’s closest allies after former DUP leader Arlene Foster claimed Biden ‘hates the UK’
The Week · Apr 12, 2023 Can Biden break the Stormont stalemate? Amid the ceremony of Joe Biden’s arrival in Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, doubts have been raised over whether the US president’s visit might end the stalemate at Stormont.
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 Joe Biden is ‘anti-British’ pro-Irish nationalist, says DUP ‘Joe Biden hates the UK’, says ex-leader Arlene Foster – while DUP MP Sammy Wilson accuses president of ‘antipathy towards Protestants’
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 US avoids post-Brexit trade deal talks with UK during Biden visit Britain is looking to strike trade agreements following its departure from the European Union, but Mr Biden’s administration has put talks on ice
The New Daily · Apr 12, 2023 US President Joe Biden to meet UK PM Rishi Sunak at start of Irish tour US President Joe Biden will meet British PM Rishi Sunak and Northern Irish political leaders in Belfast, kicking off a three-day Irish tour.