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...Discontent had been growing among the MPs partly over Blackford’s close links to Sturgeon. One SNP MP said: “There was very much a challenge [to Blackford’s position] . . . Ian knew it was coming.”...
...Sir John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde university, said Labour was enjoying a bounce in opinion polls because of the SNP’s difficulties....
...Sir John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, said it was unclear whether Forbes’s relatively conservative views on issues such as gender recognition would be an electoral disadvantage...
...Ian Blackford, SNP Westminster leader, said independence offered Scotland an escape route from Tory “sleaze, cronyism and corruption”....
...Ian Blackford told the Telegraph newspaper: “Obviously we’re keen to take steps to get back to normality . . ....
...Almost all Conservative MPs approved the agreement after the Eurosceptic European Research Group gave the treaty its backing on Tuesday; former cabinet ministers John Redwood and Owen Paterson abstained....
...“A lot of our supporters aspire to owning John Lewis furniture.”...
...The 110 signatories include Ed Davey, acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ian Blackford, Westminster leader of the Scottish National party, senior Labour figures such as former shadow chancellor John...
...John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, told GQ magazine in an interview on Friday that Labour would not strike any deals to secure a majority if there is a hung parliament after the next election....
...Ian Blackford, the SNP leader in Westminster, said opposition MPs should have the “courage of their convictions” and move swiftly to remove the “toxic” Mr Johnson from Downing Street....
...A jubilant Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP, emerged after the verdict punching the air and called for Mr Johnson to resign, while Green party MP Caroline Lucas called for a written constitution so that...
...Lucas, Change UK leader Anna Soubry, Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville-Roberts and John Bercow, the Speaker....
...“The good news of extra officers was overshadowed by the media coverage of other events,” said John Robins, chief constable of West Yorkshire....
...The cross-party initiative has been signed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, SNP Commons spokesman Ian Blackford, Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable, Plaid Cymru head Liz Saville-Roberts and Caroline Lucas, the...
...John Major, the former Tory prime minister, suggested Britain could be heading towards a “cross-party government”....
...The Labour leader was meant to hold a meeting with Caroline Lucas of the Greens, Liz Saville Roberts of Plaid Cymru, Vince Cable of the Liberal Democrats and Ian Blackford of the Scottish National party...
...But Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP in Westminster, said there was a “constitutional crisis unparalleled in modern times”....
...Speaker John Bercow said he would not hear Mr Blackford’s question, and after ordering Mr Blackford to resume his seat, which Mr Blackford refused, he ordered the SNP leader to leave the House of Commons...
...Mr Blackford nevertheless waved aside suggestions that the much-vaunted cohesion of the SNP had cracked....
...Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP in Westminster, said there was a “constitutional crisis unparalleled in modern times”....
...Some Conservatives drew parallels with the “sleaze” scandals that sapped John Major’s authority in the 1990s and demoralised his party....
...“It’s hard to compete when you’re being outspent two to one,” says Paul Blackford, party chairman in Crawford County, Ohio....
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