| No Images? Click here   David Gauke has accused Boris Johnson of attempting a “purge” of his own MPs in order to turn the Conservative Party into a “Brexit party”.The former justice secretary warned on Monday morning there was a “95% chance” of a no-deal Brexit on October 31 if parliament did not this week act to block it.  A no-deal Brexit ‘will have a devastating impact on the NHS’, the British Medical Association have warned.Leaving on October 31 without a deal at a time when the health service is preparing for winter – when hospitals and GP surgeries face the greatest strain on their services – could push the system to the ‘brink’, the union have stated.  Since the public voted to leave the EU three years ago, there have been plenty of dramatic weeks in parliament.But after Boris Johnson revealed shock plans last week to suspend (or ‘prorogue’) parliament, MPs’ return to Westminster on Tuesday after the summer recess is expected to mark the start of the mother of all showdowns.  Six boys aged between 14 and 17 have been arrested after a man died following an alleged assault in Neath, South Wales Police said.The 58-year-old man died from his injuries after the incident on Main Road in Neath Abbey at 12.55am on September 1.  Led by Donkeys have escalated their guerrilla anti-Brexit campaign with a portrait of Michael Gove so large the group claims it was “visible from space”.The picture was drawn into the sand on Redcar beach in North Yorkshire, and features a quote from the cabinet minister in which he said the UK “didn’t vote to leave without a deal” in the 2016 EU referendum.   I didn’t think I would be emotional on my daughter’s first day of school.After all, she was always so confident. She was the type of baby I’d happily volunteer to be held by the person teaching paediatric first aid when they needed someone to demonstrate on. Rather than cry and cling to me, she would giggle, laugh and play with the teacher’s glasses.  Parliament resumes this week amid the most ferocious political storm in recent memory. Emotions are running high all across the county. The coming days risk further inflaming the tempers of even those who normally remain calm in the face of bitter political controversy.We can fully understand why people are feeling angry and frustrated. But as a nation we are not used to talk of coups, dictators, saboteurs or collaborators. In these circumstances there are genuine reasons to fear for the health of our democracy. As Britain faces its biggest constitutional crisis in a century with the proroguing of parliament, I am being questioned as to what would Winston Churchill do to steer us through these troubled waters. The current prime minister or any potential successor should take heed from his original views and the lessons learnt from his long, varied, well-lived life.In the 1930s Churchill, alarmed at the risks the world faced, sounded a call to arms. As we all know, his message was for years received with only scorn and derision. What would he think especially now in one of most crucial weeks in British political history in the last hundred years? I was 19 when I first started to experience abdominal pain, fatigue, urgency and bleeding when going to the toilet. At first, I thought it was stress – I was working, studying and not sleeping a lot because of noisy neighbours, not to mention taking a host of antibiotics for skin infections.The doctors I saw dismissed my symptoms as a stomach bug, then a lingering stomach bug, then IBS and then, more shockingly, ‘just hormone related and common for women my age’.  New to this email? You can sign up here.©2019 Oath (UK) | Midcity Place, 71, High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA |
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