Archiv: Yvette Cooper (Labour Party personified)


12.05.2026 - 07:34 [ Middle East Eye ]

US and UK discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz

Talks between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz ahead of a meeting involving defence ministers from around 40 countries, according to the United States Department of State.

The discussions come amid continued disruption to global shipping and energy flows linked to the conflict involving Iran.

British Defence Secretary John Healey and French counterpart Catherine Vautrin are expected to co-chair the coalition meeting later on Tuesday.

17.04.2026 - 20:56 [ theGuardian.com ]

After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one?

During the opposition years, his defenders countered that a stolid technocrat was exactly what the country needed. They sold the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service as the polar opposite of Boris Johnson, who was driven from Downing Street in part by Starmer’s own forensic questioning. If only Starmer had lived up to the billing of his detractors, reluctantly conceded by his allies, he wouldn’t be in the hole he finds himself this weekend.

Instead, he now has to rely on a defence that is lawyerly in the worst sense of that word. To have knowingly misled parliament is, in political terms, a capital crime. So the PM has to proceed on two tracks, one for “knowingly” the other for “misled”.

17.04.2026 - 20:38 [ BBC ]

Starmer sacks top Foreign Office official after Mandelson vetting revelations

The BBC understands Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper lost confidence in Sir Olly Robbins and was effectively sacked after a Guardian investigation revealed Mandelson had not been security cleared.

The PM is facing calls to resign amid claims he misled MPs when he told them „full due process“ had been followed.

Senior minister Darren Jones said Sir Keir had not been told of the vetting recommendation until Tuesday this week, had not misled MPs and would not be resigning.

17.04.2026 - 20:21 [ UnioneSarda.it ]

Epstein-Fall, neue hochrangige Rücktritte in England. Starmer unter Druck: „Er sollte zurücktreten.“

(April 16, 2026)

„Es ist unverzeihlich, dass kein Minister, nicht einmal Downing Street, informiert wurde“, kommentierte Premierminister Keir Starmer. Doch Starmer selbst geriet ins Visier der Opposition, die seinen Rücktritt fordert. Der Chef von Downing Street scheint jedoch nicht zurücktreten zu wollen. „Er wird nicht zurücktreten“, versicherte Starmers engster Vertrauter, Darren Jones.

17.04.2026 - 20:13 [ theGuardian.com ]

Revealed: Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision

(Thu 16 Apr 2026 19.16 CEST)

In September, in a letter co-signed with foreign secretary Yvette Cooper, Robbins told MPs that “conducted to the usual standard set for developed vetting.

The Guardian understands that Robbins was told he had to resign after Starmer and Cooper lost confidence in the civil servant.

Mandelson’s failure to secure vetting approval has not previously been publicly revealed, despite intense scrutiny over his appointment and the release by the government of 147 pages of documents supposed to shed light on the case.

19.11.2025 - 19:17 [ Consortium News ]

What Did Palestine Action Do to be Named Terrorists?

Shortly after midnight on June 20, activists from Palestine Action cut through the outer fence of Brize Norton and sped across the tarmac on electric scooters.

Undetected by guards, they proceeded to spray red paint into the turbines of two Voyager aircraft, used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) for air-to-air refueling and strategic air transport missions. Crowbars were also reportedly used.

Three days later, Britain’s home secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament that she had decided to proscribe Palestine Action under Section 3 of the Terrorism Act.

17.10.2025 - 16:01 [ Middle East Eye ]

UK Home Office loses bid to block Palestine Action from challenging ban as terror group

During the judgement, four judges, including the Lady Chief Justice, also granted Palestine Action‘s co-founder, Huda Ammori, two further grounds to challenge the ban, that were previously rejected.

These grounds include that the Home Secretary, at the time, failed to consider relevant information or/and considered irrelevant information, and that she failed to follow her published policy „which prescribes that certain factors may be taken into account“.

Following Friday‘s judgement, Ammori praised the decision and described it as an „authoritarian ban“ that must be opposed.

09.09.2025 - 04:39 [ BBC ]

Who‘s moved where in Starmer‘s cabinet

(September 6, 2025)

– David Lammy has moved from his post as foreign secretary to replace Angela Rayner as deputy prime minister. He has also been appointed justice secretary
– Taking Lammy‘s place at the top of the foreign office is Yvette Cooper, who was previously the home secretary
– Filling Cooper‘s old job as home secretary is Shabana Mahmood, who was previously justice secretary

02.09.2025 - 17:42 [ Morning Star ]

Raging grannies become Yvette Cooper’s worst nightmare

(August 19, 2025)

La Pethick, an 89-year-old retired psychotherapist, became the poster granny of the August 8 Parliament Square protest when a photo of her in her white hat being carried away by police spread like wildfire across the internet. Pethick, a retired psychotherapist from near Hastings, East Sussex, told the Times, “We are having our right to peaceful protest being taken away.”

Claudia Cotton, 89, a Jewish refugee also interviewed by the Times and whose family fled Nazi Germany in 1939, told the newspaper: “I am prepared to be arrested. In fact, I think it’s a good thing because it shows how ordinary people are willing to go to prison to oppose governments that are doing evil things.”

Grandmother Manji Mansfield, observed in an interview with Al Jazeera during the August 8 protest, “This isn’t the Britain that I grew up in. We are now living in an alternative universe.”

18.07.2025 - 00:46 [ George Monbiot / theGuardian.com ]

Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper is

(July 4, 2025)

No one can be trusted with power. Any government will oppress its people if not constantly and inventively challenged. And the task becomes ever-more urgent as new technologies of surveillance and control are developed.

The UK government is run by a former human rights lawyer. Its home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has expressed her admiration for the Suffragettes in parliament. Yet such credentials do nothing to defend us from attacks on our fundamental rights. With a huge majority, no formal constitutional checks and a ruthless, scarcely accountable governing machine, this administration is abusing its power to an even greater extent than its Conservative predecessors.

09.04.2019 - 09:58 [ Guido Hawkes ]

Cooper in 2017: Not Respecting Referendum Result Would Be Trumpian

Yvette Cooper, who has been conspiring for weeks to create the conditions whereby the result could be reversed, had a very different attitude before the snap General Election.

09.04.2019 - 09:06 [ Standard.co.uk ]

Brexit delay bill receives royal assent and is signed into law after it is raced through Parliament

Yvette Cooper‘s backbench Bill aimed at forcing Theresa May to request a Brexit extension rather than leave the EU with no deal has been signed into law.

The cross-party European Union (Withdrawal) (No 5) Bill received royal assent after it was backed by MPs and peers on Monday night.

09.04.2019 - 09:05 [ UK House of Commons ‏/ Twitter ]

The House of Commons approves Lords Amendment 5 to the #EUWithdrawal5Bill by 390 votes to 81. This concludes debate on Lords amendments to the #EUWithdrawal5Bill. The Bill now awaits Royal Assent.

(vor 9 Stunden)

09.04.2019 - 09:03 [ House of Lords ‏/ Twitter ]

#HouseofLords passes #EUWithdrawal5Bill and sends back to @HouseofCommons. If Commons agrees Lords changes, bill gets royal assent and becomes law. If Commons disagrees or suggests alternative changes, the bill returns to the Lords.

(vor 12 Stunden)

05.04.2019 - 08:25 [ House of Lords ‏/ Twitter ]

Remaining Lords stages of the #EUWithdrawal5Bill are expected to take place on Monday 8 April (5/6)

05.04.2019 - 08:24 [ Yahoo.com ]

Brexit delay law will not complete House of Lords stages on Thursday -Labour

Labour Lords said on Twitter that, following internal discussions, the bill would pass the initial stages on Thursday with the remaining stages taking place on Monday.

04.04.2019 - 18:40 [ #StandUp4Brexit ‏/ Twitter ]

“This is a most appalling day. I’ve served in Parliament for 45yrs; there’s never been an instance of constitutional vandalism of this scale “I’m deeply concerned at the growing rift between Parliament and the People with the refusal to accept the people‘s judgement” Lord Lawson

04.04.2019 - 18:31 [ theGuardian.com ]

Labour‘s Lords deputy accuses Tories of filibuster over no-deal Brexit bill

Lady Hayter, the Labour peer steering the bill to extend article 50 through the Lords after its narrow victory in the Commons late on Wednesday night, said the bill would not stop Brexit but would prevent a no-deal scenario.

04.04.2019 - 18:28 [ FT.com ]

House of Lords attacks bill aimed at preventing no-deal Brexit

The legislation, proposed by Labour MP Yvette Cooper and the Conservative Oliver Letwin, passed the House of Commons by just one vote late on Wednesday night.

The bill moved to the Lords on Thursday, but Eurosceptic peers proposed seven procedural amendments to a business motion about it, in an attempt to prevent the legislation being debated.

04.04.2019 - 18:09 [ Spiked ]

The war on No Deal is a war on democracy

The political elite’s hysterical hatred of No Deal is a cover for their contempt for Brexit itself.

04.04.2019 - 08:27 [ Leave.EU / Twitter ]

The „Conservatives“ who voted to block Brexit this evening. Are you a Conservative member in one of these constituencies? Sign up to our deselection campaign below and help us oust the Remainers!

Support us at leave.eu/get-involved

04.04.2019 - 08:05 [ Leave.EU ‏/ Twitter ]

WATCH | Mark Francois: „It‘s difficult to argue that you‘ve had a considered debate when you‘ve rammed a Bill through the Commons in barely four hours. The public won‘t be impressed by this. Forgive them Father for they know not what they do!“

04.04.2019 - 07:51 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Brexit minister warns that vote by MPs last night to kill off No Deal has actually INCREASED the risk of it ‚accidentally‘ happening because new timetable does not allow enough time to sign it off

The PM would be expected to get an extension with the EU at a European Council meeting on April 10 and MPs would vote to support it the following day.

However, Mr Walker warned that this would not leave enough time time to complete the necessary paperwork before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU on April 12.

04.04.2019 - 07:40 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Drohender No-Deal-Austritt: Unterhaus stimmt für Brexit-Verschiebung

Das britische Unterhaus hat am späten Abend ein Gesetz gebilligt, das die Regierung zu einem weiteren Brexit-Aufschub verpflichten soll. Der Gesetzesvorschlag durchlief an nur einem Tag alle drei Lesungen im Unterhaus. Er wurde in dritter Lesung mit 313 zu 312 Stimmen angenommen.

04.04.2019 - 07:37 [ Sky News ]

MPs back delay bill by just one vote to rule out 12 April no-deal Brexit

However, this does not bind the European Union to the decision, who could reject the outcome of the vote and not offer an extension.

The bill raced through parliament in under six hours, as backbench MPs took control of the parliamentary agenda from the government.

04.04.2019 - 07:31 [ BBC ]

Brexit: MPs back delay bill by one vote

Labour‘s Yvette Cooper led the move, which the Commons passed in one day.

The bill will need Lords approval to become law, while it is the EU who decides whether to grant an extension.

03.04.2019 - 20:21 [ BrexitCentral ‏/ Twitter ]

BREAKING: MPs PASS by 315 votes to 310 (maj: 5) Second Reading of Yvette Cooper’s EU Withdrawal (No. 5) Bill which seeks to mandate the PM to seek an Article 50 extension.

Committee Stage follows immediately