Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan could soon be dead
Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer to the EU is not dead on arrival – but it may well be dead within the…
Boris has five days to make a Brexit deal
The prime minister is about to launch himself on the most important and arduous challenge of his time in office,…
It’s now or never for Boris Johnson if he wants a Brexit breakthrough
There is only one speech that matters this week, here in Manchester at Tory party conference. It will be Boris Johnson’s on…
We will find out in a few days whether Brexit will happen
There is probably now just a week or so from the end of the Tory conference for Boris Johnson to…
Revealed: The SNP’s plan to back Corbyn as temporary PM
The Scottish National Party has come round to the idea that Jeremy Corbyn may shortly have to become temporary caretaker…
Why Boris Johnson should request a Brexit delay from the EU
Boris Johnson wants a general election now. Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon both say they want an election but not…
Boris Johnson would be foolish to underestimate Labour
In the next election, as in the last one, McDonnellism will prove a serious challenge to the Tories. John McDonnell,…
Will the Supreme Court end the prorogation of Parliament?
At the close of Supreme Court proceedings on Thursday, there was quite a lot of to and fro about what…
Revealed: The Brexit deal Boris Johnson wants
The shape of the Brexit fix that Boris Johnson wants from the EU’s 27 leaders is now clear. Here it is: In…
Why the Supreme Court’s Brexit case is so crucial
The opening session of the epic Supreme Court hearing into whether Boris Johnson misled the Queen and broke the law…
Is Jeremy Corbyn preparing to purge moderate Labour MPs?
Ahead of the looming general election, moderate Labour MPs are understandably upset by an instruction they say the party has given to…
We are facing the biggest test of British democracy since 1939
It is almost 11 years to the minute since we reached the eye of the banking-crisis storm. And even though…
Labour will not endorse Remain in a general election
Very important breaking news. Which is that trade unions, in their TULO meeting with Jeremy Corbyn, have tonight endorsed the…
The three numbers that measure Britain’s constitutional crisis
Here in a few numbers is the measure of the catastrophic mess we are in; caused by failing to resolve…
We’re heading for a November election
Opposition parties will again vote against a general election on Monday. The debate between leaders of Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats,…
Will Jeremy Corbyn keep Boris Johnson dangling?
Jeremy Corbyn is now in charge – even though he isn’t prime minister. And he faces the most important judgement…
Boris Johnson tells rebels: back me or face an early election
Boris Johnson’s message to MPs is that if they vote tomorrow for another delay, then Wednesday there will be vote…
An election is coming – and soon
I am finding it hard to capture the scale of the parliamentary battle that will start on Tuesday – because…
It’s time for Boris Johnson’s opponents to decide what they want
Boris Johnson sees method in and admires some of Trump’s apparent madness: not the ‘send them home’ abusive chants about ethnic…
For better or worse, Boris Johnson is different
I’ve learned only one thing at the G7 summit of big rich countries here in Biarritz: Boris Johnson absolutely loves…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit opponents are playing into his hands
There is arguably the most important conflict raging in the Tory party since Churchill replaced Chamberlain as PM in 1940.…
Why Boris Johnson needs an election to deliver Brexit
What more-or-less all Tory MPs seem to have missed is that Philip Hammond, the ex-chancellor who has become the anti-no-deal…
Why a no-deal Brexit is now overwhelmingly likely
I am regularly asked whether MPs can block a no-deal Brexit, whether they will block a no-deal Brexit and whether…
Can Boris Johnson overcome Jean-Claude Juncker?
I don’t know if Boris Johnson is as surprised to be prime minister as those who’ve known him for 20…
Boris Johnson has achieved his dream. Will he mess it up?
When Boris Johnson chants his mantra of delivering Brexit, uniting the country and beating Jeremy Corbyn, it is very much…
