Brexit
Tomorrow will be the make-or-break day for Boris Johnson’s Brexit
The important vote on Tuesday will be on the timetable, or programme motion, for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the law…
Will MPs block the government’s mad dash to get the Withdrawal Agreement Bill through?
Appropriately, given the length of time it has taken politicians of all colours to continue putting off taking any sort…
Boris sends three letters to the EU – and says he does NOT want a Brexit extension
The Prime Minister will today send, but not sign, a letter requesting a Brexit delay till January 31 2020, and will…
Twelve Brexit lessons from today’s drama in the Commons
Here are the important points about today’s emergency vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – which turned into a vote on…
Boris Johnson has 72 hours to win over a dozen MPs
Today was meant to be the day that parliament decided on Brexit. But this parliament will always choose to postpone…
The question for wavering MPs: do they really trust Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson is still pursuing today’s vote as a decisive moment for the Brexit deal, rather than the start of…
The vindication of Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy
Before the referendum, David Davis thought that the Brexit process would be straightforward. ‘The first calling point of the UK’s…
Portrait of the week: Brexit uncertainty, Turkey in Syria and a Chinese threat
Home Brexit teetered from uncertainty to uncertainty. Parliament had been summoned to sit on Saturday 19 October to debate what…
Donald Trump is key to Boris Johnson’s survival
There are so many problems confronting our polity this week that it is almost impossible to write about any of…
A Brexit deal will completely change the electoral landscape
Expect the unexpected has been the rule in British politics these last few years. But even so, few would have…
Jacob Rees-Mogg: ‘I am enormously environmentally friendly by driving old Bentleys’
Jacob Rees-Mogg sits at a mahogany table in his office drinking black coffee from a Spode cup. Across from him…
It’s down to the wire – and Boris only has one chance to survive
Here is my ideal scenario. Having failed to push through a deal to leave the European Union, either in the…
The real reason Nicola Sturgeon is campaigning against Brexit
Nicola Sturgeon, who claimed this week that ‘Scotland is rich enough, strong enough and big enough’ to take its place…
The DUP is caught on the horns of a Brexit dilemma
There is a magnificent paradox – the Taj Mahal of paradoxes, let’s hope NOT the RMS Titanic of paradoxes –…
It’s time for every Brexiteer to back Boris Johnson’s deal
During my years campaigning for Brexit, I’ve bounced around quite a few different organisations in support of the great cause;…
Boris Johnson’s biggest Brexit deal victory
In order to get anywhere in life, you have to compromise. Redrafting a deal foisted on you with no time…
Boris Johnson ‘very confident’ MPs will back his deal
Boris Johnson has just given a very upbeat press conference about his Brexit deal, despite the DUP being clear that…
Five ways in which Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is better than Theresa May’s
Boris Johnson managed to defy his critics today and reach a Brexit deal with the European Union. The new agreement…
The EU might tell MPs: it’s this deal or no deal
Both the UK government and the EU are now saying that a Brexit deal has been done. There is both…
What Extinction Rebellion and the People’s Vote campaign have in common
Extinction Rebellion (XR) has announced it will finish its ‘Autumn Uprising’ earlier than planned in order to make way for…
Is hate crime really on the rise?
The Guardian ran a story on its website today headlined: ‘Hate crimes doubled in England and Wales in five years.’…
Can ministers really hold their nerve on Brexit this week?
Boris Johnson is now in what’s known in cricket as the ‘Nervous Nineties’, when a batsman becomes so anxious about…
If Boris does a Brexit deal, it will be because of the ‘Surrender Act’
Will he strike a deal with the EU allowing Britain to leave this month? Will he compromise on the Irish…
Is a deal really possible?
It is one of the most remarkable turnarounds in recent political history. On Wednesday afternoon, the Brexit talks seemed pretty…
Portrait of the week: Brexit approaches, Extinction Rebellion protests and Donald Trump tweets
Home After a telephone conversation between Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, a Downing Street…
