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Question of the Day Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss on stage at the Conservative Party Conference being held in Manchester, England, Sunday Sept.29, 2019. The Conservative Party is committed to Britain’s Brexit split from the European Union leaving on the scheduled date of . more > By David R. Sands - The Washington Times - Sunday, January 31, 2021
The United Kingdom announced plans to apply for membership in a Pacific Rim free-trade pact that former President Donald Trump rejected for the U.S. in one of his first acts as president.
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An independent Scotland would have the largest deficit in the EU and it “would break member state rules”, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said.
Facing down SNP questions over the granting of a second independence referendum, Mr Jack told MPs the Conservatives “respect democracy”.
Speaking during Scotland questions in the Commons, SNP MP Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) claimed Brexit had been “bulldozed through”, asking: “If he’s so sure of the strength of the union, why he is so afraid to test that strength with another independence referendum?”
Mr Jack replied: “The referendum took place in 2014, we respect that, it was a democratic outcome… The referendum in 2016, again a democratic outcome. We’re the party that respect democracy.”
Boris Johnson plans to promote a raft of female ministers in a reshuffle aimed at addressing his ‘woman problem’.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is set to be handed a more senior Cabinet post after impressing the Prime Minister.
Junior ministers Kemi Badenoch, Lucy Frazer, Gillian Keegan and Victoria Atkins are also seen by No 10 as rising stars.
Mr Johnson’s fiancee Carrie Symonds and press secretary Allegra Stratton are understood to be among those encouraging him to refresh his top team.
An ally said: ‘Boris has a woman problem. The only way you solve that is to put more women in the top jobs.’