Lib Dems could boycott second Scottish independence referendum unless approved by Westminster

The constituency of Bolton North East had been held by Labour for more than 20 years. But the power of the Boris Johnson electoral machine made it one of the many red wall seats to turn blue in 2019 - with promises of 'getting Brexit done' and 'Levelling Up'.

Scott Bryan This has been the weirdest week in British television in a long time.In the days leading up to Boris Johnson’s resignation, the number of gaffes and surreal moments captured on live television became almost impossible to track. But in many ways, these moments reflected the surreal mood of the country as the prime minister refused to step down, despite more than 50 government resignations.Take the political coverage from College Green, a public park in Westminster and a popular location for interviews with politicians.

Brits all across the country could in for a chance of winning some life-changing money this Friday.

A timetable for Boris Johnson’s replacement will be announced next week, as the embattled PM delivers his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, stating: “In politics, no one is indispensable.”

It was all change on Good Morning Britain as well as in government as the fallout from Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak's departure from the cabinet began. Susanna Reid and Ed Balls were back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Wednesday (July 6).

Vladimir Putin would welcome the break-up of the United Kingdom, Anas Sarwar has suggested.

Nicola Sturgeon laid out her plans to hold a second independence referendum on Scotland's future earlier this week.

Nicola Sturgeon has been told to "focus on what really matters" instead of pushing another referendum on Scottish independence.

A new poll has found that more than half of people in Scotland do not want another independence referendum next year.

The SNP has challenged the Tory government in Westminster to “make the case for the Union” as it embarks on a second independence referendum campaign.

Lorna Slater has refused to say if she was aware of the contents of Nicola Sturgeon's independence speech in advance yesterday.

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of “taking a wrecking ball to the idea of the United Kingdom” as she prepares to announce her new plans for a Scottish independence referendum.

A senior Labour MP has insisted that Keir Starmer will not strike an election deal with SNP to defeat Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson has been branded delusional after saying he was already planning for his third term as prime minister, just two days after the Tories suffered a catastrophic double by-election defeat.

Oliver Dowden has resigned as chairman of the Conservative Party after it suffered two by-election defeats.

K.J. Yossman Director James Marsh is set to direct a new hybrid animated documentary feature for Submarine and Sandpaper Films.“Oasis, Saving the Baghdad Zoo” (working title), is a feature-length animated documentary partly based on “Babylon’s Ark,” the book about a year-long rescue mission of animals abandoned across Baghdad by Saddam Hussein and his son Uday.Billed as a 21st century Noah’s Ark, the film will show how a team of American soldiers, Iraqi zookeepers, and international volunteers tended to lions, camels, bears, exotic birds, monkeys, pigs and even an ocelot in the middle of a brutal war, risking their own lives in the process.

Nicola Sturgeon kick-started a new Scottish independence campaign earlier this week with a pledge to hold a referendum by autumn next year.