Theresa May has announced she will form a Government that will “provide certainty”, despite having no majority. The Conservative leader, who was facing calls from Labour and the Liberal Democrats to step down, has pledged to form a Government with support from the Democratic Unionist Party. Britain currently has a hung […]
You may find it depressing, confusing or amazing – either way, SRNews have collated the funniest tweets from election night to bring you some light relief. Some poked fun at Theresa May’s “no deal is better than a bad deal” Brexit sentiment – Perhaps the British public decided no Government […]
UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall, has stepped down as leader of the party after they failed to win a single seat in the general election. Nuttall has resigned with immediate effect, leaving Pete Whittle, London Assembly member as acting leader. The UKIP vote share plummeted to 2% and the party had lost £30,000 […]
As Britain wakes up to a hung parliament, here’s how the North East reacted to election night and the results on Twitter. Sunderland Central MP, Julie Elliott, held her seat with 55.5% of the vote. She tweeted to say she will “continue to fight our corner at every opportunity.” Thank […]
Britain has a hung parliament, with no party able to reach the 326 MP’s needed to achieve an absolute majority in the House of Commons. Prime Minister, Theresa May, called a snap election in the hopes of increasing the Conservative party’s majority and strengthening their position for Brexit negotiations. However, as the […]
SRNews and Spark Sunderland have the North East covered with our election Snapchat channel – SnapElectionNE Add the channel via our username or by holding your Snapchat camera over the above image and tapping the ghost! We will have round the clock radio coverage, as well as reporters at counts, […]