#like when LEO VARADKAR is one of the only european leaders speaking publicly about this you know it’s bad

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actually speechless watching the way eu leaders are carrying on about supporting israel completely off their own bat

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Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party – Politics live | Politics | The Guardian

Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party – Politics live | Politics | The Guardian

Conservatives MPs cast their ballots after the PM spoke at an emotional party meeting. Skip to main content The Guardian – Back to home Support The Guardian Contribute Subscribe Contribute Search jobs Sign in My account Comments & replies Public profile Account details Emails & marketing Membership Contributions Digital Pack Sign out Search switch to the International edition switch to the UK edition switch to the US edition switch to the Australia edition current edition: International edition News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show More News World news UK news Science Cities Global development Football Tech Business Environment Obituaries Opinion The Guardian view Columnists Cartoons Opinion videos Letters Sport Football Rugby union Cricket Tennis Cycling F1 Golf US sports Culture Books Music TV & radio Art & design Film Games Classical Stage Lifestyle Fashion Food Recipes Love & sex Health & fitness Home & garden Women Family Travel Money What term do you want to search? 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LIVE Updated Play Video 0:00 Sir Graham Brady announces no-confidence vote result – watch live Andrew Sparrow (now) and Matthew Weaver (earlier) Wed 12 Dec 2018 21.01 GMT First published on Wed 12 Dec 2018 08.01 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Key events Show 9.00pm GMT 21:00 Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party 8.03pm GMT 20:03 Counting starts 7.44pm GMT 19:44 DUP demands ‘fundamental legal text changes’ to Brexit withdrawal agreement 7.39pm GMT 19:39 How to decide what amounts to good result for May 6.23pm GMT 18:23 May rules out leading Tories into 2022 general election 5.57pm GMT 17:57 Tory MPs start voting in confidence ballot on May’s leadership 5.26pm GMT 17:26 May ‘tells Tory MPs she won’t fight next election’ Live feed Show 9.00pm GMT 21:00 Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party. A majority of Conservative MPs backed her in a secret ballot after the prime minister signalled she would step down before the 2022 election. Updated at 9.01pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.56pm GMT 20:56 Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) Chief whip in room. Smiling December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.55pm GMT 20:55 The Telegraph’s Steven Swinford says May’s critics are not giving up. Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) So what next for the Tory rebels, assuming that they lose tonight? Eurosceptics already thinking about the ‘nuclear option’ – a non-binding motion of no confidence against their own PM, removing her with backing of Labour, SNP & Lib Dems. They’re not giving up… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.51pm GMT 20:51 … Unlike Mark Francois , a leading figure in the European Research Group, who is also here and looking a bit glum. Updated at 8.51pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.48pm GMT 20:48 We might get a better picture soon. The Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan has just stood on a desk to taking a photograph of the waiting journalists. He is in a very jovial mood. Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.47pm GMT 20:47 From the FT’s Jim Pickard Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) not allowed to take a photo but if you’re wondering this is what committee room 14 looks like….over 100 journalists at one end, a gaggle of Tory MPs chatting at the other…we will find out May’s fate in 15 minutes pic.twitter.com/KJstqOPpVu December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.45pm GMT 20:45 From my colleague Dan Sabbagh Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) Seema Kennedy, May’s PPS, is here in the result room, smiling looking relaxed. If she knows the result, via the PM, then May has won decently. If… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.41pm GMT 20:41 It looks as if Theresa May will deliver a statement too. Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) Mic out in Downing St for PM statement… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.40pm GMT 20:40 We have now been admitted into committee room 14. It is the largest committee room in the building, and it is laid out like a mini debating chamber. On one side, there are deep windows overlooking the Thames and there are rows of benches, three rows on each side, facing each other. There is a raised bit at one end for the committee chair, and five rows of seats at the other end for the press and public. There are about 60 more reporters here, and they have parked us mostly in the seats at the “public gallery” end. A handful of Conservative MP are at the other end, where a single camera has been set up to film Sir Graham Brady announce the result. Updated at 8.50pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.32pm GMT 20:32 Two workmen have just walked past, in overalls and carrying what looked like paint. What is not often appreciated outside this building is how it has become a permanent building site. It’s falling to pieces (literally). Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.29pm GMT 20:29 The Irish PM, Leo Varadkar, and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, have insisted that the withdrawal agreement “cannot be reopened or contradicted”. As the Press Association reports, the pair spoke by telephone on Wednesday evening and an Irish government spokesman said “both agreed that the withdrawal agreement is a balanced compromise and the best outcome available”. He went on: While they agreed to work to provide reassurance to the UK, the agreement cannot be reopened or contradicted. Updated at 8.42pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.26pm GMT 20:26 In the absence of facts, you get … speculation. Here are some of the result estimates doing the round. From Jonathan Isaby , editor of BrexitCentral Jonathan Isaby (@isaby) Tory MPs are not for nothing known as the most duplicitous electorate in Christendom. But for what it’s worth, when voting closes at 8pm my guesstimate is that Theresa May will have secured the support of around 170-195 colleagues, with 122-147 against her. December 12, 2018 From assorted lobby journalists Tom McTague (@TomMcTague) Lobby room 12 sweepstakes. Votes against the PM: @CharlieCooper8 : 88 @IanDunt : 105 @AdamBienkov : 101 @TomMcTague : 73 @NewsAnnabelle : 106 @thepatrickdaly : 95 December 12, 2018 Updated at 8.50pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.23pm GMT 20:23 Theresa May has arrived back in Downing Street. She is not going to be in committee room 14 to hear the result in person. Theresa May arrives back in Downing Street, following a confidence vote on her leadership. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.21pm GMT 20:21 Peter Walker Jacob Rees-Mogg , the Tory Brexiter, said Theresa May had notably “hedged her bets” on whether she might stay on long enough if not ousted to fight the next election. Speaking after the 1922 Committee meeting earlier, he said: She said that in her heart she would like to fight the 2022 election, but that she recognised the party did not want her to, and therefore it was not her intention to. But the word ‘intention’ is a classic politician’s words, because intentions can change. She didn’t say, ‘I will not be the leader in 2022,’ she said it was not her intention. She was asked, if there was an election within the next year, would you stand down, and she mumbled. Rees-Mogg sought to play down the impact of a narrow May victory. If you look at the payroll – ministers, PPSs, trade envoys, deputy chairmen of the party – she needs to carry more than half of the genuine backbenchers. If she doesn’t, that shows that the only people really supporting her are people who receive the Queen’s shilling. Updated at 8.29pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.17pm GMT 20:17 Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) Told 100% turnout in no con vote December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.10pm GMT 20:10 Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) One minister ‘I’d like to punch the ERG in the face – this is our moment to show that they are NOT the Tory party’ – their challenge to PM seems to have failed, but they still certainly have numbers to carry on blocking her in Parliament December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 1 of 16 Newest Newer Older Oldest Topics Theresa May Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Brexit European Union Conservatives PMQs Europe House of Commons

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Pope says ‘outrage’ justified over Irish Church abuse

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Pope Francis spoke during his visit to Ireland Saturday of his shame over the “appalling crimes” of historic child abuse in the Catholic Church and said outrage was justified.

However, he failed to specifically mention the current scandal raging over a US grand jury report documenting at least 1,000 cases of clerical pedophilia.

“The failure of ecclesiastical authorities — bishops, religious superiors, priests and others — adequately to address these appalling crimes has rightly given rise to outrage, and remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community. I myself share those sentiments,” the Pope said.

He was speaking to a hall in Dublin Castle packed with hundreds of political and religious dignitaries along with foreign diplomats.

Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who spoke before the Pope, did not skirt the current abuse revelations that have emerged in Pennsylvania.

“In recent weeks, we have all listened to heart-breaking stories from Pennsylvania of brutal crimes perpetrated by people within the Catholic Church, and then obscured to protect the institution at the expense of innocent victims,” he said. “It is a story all too tragically familiar here in Ireland.”

Varadkar called for “zero tolerance” of Church sexual abuse and urged the Pope “to adopt stringent norms meant to ensure that they do not happen again.”

“Holy Father, I ask that you use your office and influence to ensure this is done here in Ireland and across the world,” Varadkar said, and asked the Pope to listen to the victims.

The Pope is expected to meet later with some Irish victims of clerical sexual predators.

CNN’s Vatican analyst John Allen said the Pope’s statement on abuse scandals likely will leave survivors disappointed. “He didn’t offer any concrete new plan of action, including over the vexed issue of accountability for the cover-up of abuse crimes. If Francis was in any doubt that child sexual abuse would form the key issue of this trip, it was dispelled when he was greeted by Varadkar, who publicly recalled the Church’s failures and urged the Pope to action.”

The 32-hour trip is the first papal visit to the majority Roman Catholic Ireland in 39 years, a country that has undergone seismic social changes in that time, with the introduction of divorce, gay marriage and more recently the legalization of abortion, as well as a growing rejection of religion.

Varadkar, who is openly gay, said the country was more diverse, less religious and had modernized its laws, “understanding that marriages do not always work, that women should make their own decisions, and that families come in many different, wonderful forms, including those headed by a grandparent, lone parent or same-sex parents, or parents who are divorced.”

He said the changes meant the time had come “for us to build a new, more mature relationship between church and state in Ireland — a new covenant for the 21st century.”

In his speech, the Pope also paid tribute to the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland, which some fear could be threatened by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.

“We can give thanks for the two decades of peace that followed this historic agreement, while expressing firm hope that the peace process will overcome every remaining obstacle and help give birth to a future of harmony, reconciliation and mutual trust.”

The Argentinian Pope remains highly popular in Ireland, and tens of thousands of people are expected at Dublin’s Croke Park stadium Saturday evening for a concert-style event.

Hundreds of thousands more will attend a Mass celebrated by the Pope at the city’s Phoenix Park on Sunday afternoon, with all 500,000 tickets for the free event booked out.

However, Pope Francis is also expected to face unprecedented protests over the clerical abuse scandals and the Church’s handling of them. One protest, dubbed “Stand for Truth,” will take place at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin’s Parnell Square at the same time as the Mass is celebrated.

Some protesters also say they have booked tickets to the event in Phoenix Park but will deliberately not use them as a form of silent protest against the Catholic Church and its actions. Organizers of the “Say Nope to the Pope” protest said on Facebook they hoped to show solidarity to abuse victims and “show the Church they don’t have the control they used to.”

On Tuesday the grand jury in Pennsylvania issued a report that 300 Catholic priests across the US state sexually abused children over seven decades, protected by church leaders.

The investigation, one of the broadest inquiries into church sex abuse in American history, identified 1,000 child victims, but said there were likely thousands more.

“Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all,” the grand jury wrote.

On Sunday morning, the Pope will make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock in County Mayo, more than 100 miles west of Dublin, where he will lead prayers for families around the world. All 45,000 tickets for this event are also booked out.

The last papal visit to Ireland was by Pope John Paul II in September 1979. More than a million people gathered for the papal Mass in Phoenix Park on that occasion, according to the Irish Times, representing about a third of the country’s population at the time.

‘We abandoned them’

On Monday, Francis acknowledged “with shame and repentance” the Catholic Church’s failure to act over clerical abuse. In an unusually blunt letter, he wrote: “We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them.”

The letter directly referred to the Pennsylvania report, which “detailed the experiences of at least 1,000 survivors, victims of sexual abuse, the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests over a period of approximately 70 years,” the Pope wrote.

Meanwhile, memories of Ireland’s own abuse scandal are still vivid. And survivors have been critical of Francis’ response so far.

Colm O’Gorman, an abuse survivor who is now executive director of Amnesty International Ireland, is behind the Stand for Truth protest.

He told CNN that the Vatican’s announcement this week had created a “soap opera” in Ireland, with members of the media repeatedly calling survivors to ask whether they had been granted an audience with the pontiff.

Clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins, who resigned last year from a special Vatican commission created by Pope Francis to tackle child abuse, saying that senior clerics in the Church refused to implement their suggested safety policies, said she wanted to see action, not words.

“What I would like to see when the Pope comes to Ireland, is to come out, not make these sort of ‘we’re sorry,’ type of statements, but to tell us what is he going to do — and do it,” Collins, who was assaulted by a priest when she was 13, told CNN.

“And it must be something concrete.”

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Theresa May wins confidence vote after 200 MPs back her leadership – Politics live | Politics | The Guardian

Theresa May wins confidence vote after 200 MPs back her leadership – Politics live | Politics | The Guardian

Conservatives MPs cast their ballots after the PM spoke at an emotional party meeting. Skip to main content The Guardian – Back to home Support The Guardian Contribute Subscribe Contribute Search jobs Sign in My account Comments & replies Public profile Account details Emails & marketing Membership Contributions Digital Pack Sign out Search switch to the International edition switch to the UK edition switch to the US edition switch to the Australia edition current edition: International edition News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show More News World news UK news Science Cities Global development Football Tech Business Environment Obituaries Opinion The Guardian view Columnists Cartoons Opinion videos Letters Sport Football Rugby union Cricket Tennis Cycling F1 Golf US sports Culture Books Music TV & radio Art & design Film Games Classical Stage Lifestyle Fashion Food Recipes Love & sex Health & fitness Home & garden Women Family Travel Money What term do you want to search? Search with google Make a contribution Subscribe International edition switch to the UK edition switch to the US edition switch to the Australia edition Search jobs Dating Holidays Digital Archive The Guardian app Video Podcasts Pictures Newsletters Today’s paper Inside the Guardian The Observer Guardian Weekly Crosswords Facebook Twitter Search jobs Dating Holidays Digital Archive World Europe US Americas Asia Australia Middle East Africa Inequality Cities Global development More Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Theresa May Theresa May wins confidence vote after 200 MPs back her leadership – Politics live Conservative MPs cast their ballots after the PM spoke at an emotional party meeting May signals she will step down before 2022 election Majority of Tory MPs publicly back May Tories reinstate MPs suspended over sex claims for May vote What happened in previous Tory leadership challenges? LIVE Updated Play Video 0:00 Sir Graham Brady announces no-confidence vote result – watch live Andrew Sparrow (now) and Matthew Weaver (earlier) Wed 12 Dec 2018 21.04 GMT First published on Wed 12 Dec 2018 08.01 GMT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Key events Show 9.00pm GMT 21:00 Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party 9.01pm GMT 21:01 May wins confidence ballot by 200 votes to 117 8.03pm GMT 20:03 Counting starts 7.44pm GMT 19:44 DUP demands ‘fundamental legal text changes’ to Brexit withdrawal agreement 7.39pm GMT 19:39 How to decide what amounts to good result for May 6.23pm GMT 18:23 May rules out leading Tories into 2022 general election 5.57pm GMT 17:57 Tory MPs start voting in confidence ballot on May’s leadership Live feed Show 9.01pm GMT 21:01 May wins confidence ballot by 200 votes to 117 Sir Graham Brady is here. He is standing at end with the podium, surrounded by other members of the 1922 Committee. He announces the result. The result of the ballot this evening is that the parliamentary party does have confidence in .. And at that point we could not hear the rest, because of the cheering. Here are the results. For May: 200 Against May: 117 Updated at 9.02pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 9.00pm GMT 21:00 Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party Theresa May has won a confidence vote in her leadership of the Tory party by 200 to 117. A majority of Conservative MPs backed her in a secret ballot after the prime minister signalled she would step down before the 2022 election. Updated at 9.04pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.56pm GMT 20:56 Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) Chief whip in room. Smiling December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.55pm GMT 20:55 The Telegraph’s Steven Swinford says May’s critics are not giving up. Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) So what next for the Tory rebels, assuming that they lose tonight? Eurosceptics already thinking about the ‘nuclear option’ – a non-binding motion of no confidence against their own PM, removing her with backing of Labour, SNP & Lib Dems. They’re not giving up… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.51pm GMT 20:51 … Unlike Mark Francois , a leading figure in the European Research Group, who is also here and looking a bit glum. Updated at 8.51pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.48pm GMT 20:48 We might get a better picture soon. The Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan has just stood on a desk to taking a photograph of the waiting journalists. He is in a very jovial mood. Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.47pm GMT 20:47 From the FT’s Jim Pickard Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) not allowed to take a photo but if you’re wondering this is what committee room 14 looks like….over 100 journalists at one end, a gaggle of Tory MPs chatting at the other…we will find out May’s fate in 15 minutes pic.twitter.com/KJstqOPpVu December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.45pm GMT 20:45 From my colleague Dan Sabbagh Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) Seema Kennedy, May’s PPS, is here in the result room, smiling looking relaxed. If she knows the result, via the PM, then May has won decently. If… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.41pm GMT 20:41 It looks as if Theresa May will deliver a statement too. Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) Mic out in Downing St for PM statement… December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.40pm GMT 20:40 We have now been admitted into committee room 14. It is the largest committee room in the building, and it is laid out like a mini debating chamber. On one side, there are deep windows overlooking the Thames and there are rows of benches, three rows on each side, facing each other. There is a raised bit at one end for the committee chair, and five rows of seats at the other end for the press and public. There are about 60 more reporters here, and they have parked us mostly in the seats at the “public gallery” end. A handful of Conservative MP are at the other end, where a single camera has been set up to film Sir Graham Brady announce the result. Updated at 8.50pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.32pm GMT 20:32 Two workmen have just walked past, in overalls and carrying what looked like paint. What is not often appreciated outside this building is how it has become a permanent building site. It’s falling to pieces (literally). Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.29pm GMT 20:29 The Irish PM, Leo Varadkar, and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, have insisted that the withdrawal agreement “cannot be reopened or contradicted”. As the Press Association reports, the pair spoke by telephone on Wednesday evening and an Irish government spokesman said “both agreed that the withdrawal agreement is a balanced compromise and the best outcome available”. He went on: While they agreed to work to provide reassurance to the UK, the agreement cannot be reopened or contradicted. Updated at 8.42pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.26pm GMT 20:26 In the absence of facts, you get … speculation. Here are some of the result estimates doing the round. From Jonathan Isaby , editor of BrexitCentral Jonathan Isaby (@isaby) Tory MPs are not for nothing known as the most duplicitous electorate in Christendom. But for what it’s worth, when voting closes at 8pm my guesstimate is that Theresa May will have secured the support of around 170-195 colleagues, with 122-147 against her. December 12, 2018 From assorted lobby journalists Tom McTague (@TomMcTague) Lobby room 12 sweepstakes. Votes against the PM: @CharlieCooper8 : 88 @IanDunt : 105 @AdamBienkov : 101 @TomMcTague : 73 @NewsAnnabelle : 106 @thepatrickdaly : 95 December 12, 2018 Updated at 8.50pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.23pm GMT 20:23 Theresa May has arrived back in Downing Street. She is not going to be in committee room 14 to hear the result in person. Theresa May arrives back in Downing Street, following a confidence vote on her leadership. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.21pm GMT 20:21 Peter Walker Jacob Rees-Mogg , the Tory Brexiter, said Theresa May had notably “hedged her bets” on whether she might stay on long enough if not ousted to fight the next election. Speaking after the 1922 Committee meeting earlier, he said: She said that in her heart she would like to fight the 2022 election, but that she recognised the party did not want her to, and therefore it was not her intention to. But the word ‘intention’ is a classic politician’s words, because intentions can change. She didn’t say, ‘I will not be the leader in 2022,’ she said it was not her intention. She was asked, if there was an election within the next year, would you stand down, and she mumbled. Rees-Mogg sought to play down the impact of a narrow May victory. If you look at the payroll – ministers, PPSs, trade envoys, deputy chairmen of the party – she needs to carry more than half of the genuine backbenchers. If she doesn’t, that shows that the only people really supporting her are people who receive the Queen’s shilling. Updated at 8.29pm GMT Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.17pm GMT 20:17 Ross Hawkins (@rosschawkins) Told 100% turnout in no con vote December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 8.10pm GMT 20:10 Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) One minister ‘I’d like to punch the ERG in the face – this is our moment to show that they are NOT the Tory party’ – their challenge to PM seems to have failed, but they still certainly have numbers to carry on blocking her in Parliament December 12, 2018 Facebook Twitter Google plus 1 of 16 Newest Newer Older Oldest Topics Theresa May Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Brexit European Union Conservatives PMQs Europe House of Commons

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