Brexit
There’s no deal – so what next?
There will be no last-minute deal. The talks between the UK and the EU have effectively broken down. It isn’t…
Brexit party voters will decide Boris Johnson’s fate
The fate of Boris Johnson’s premiership will be determined by Nigel Farage and the Brexit party. Even if a Brexit…
Tories fret over further election delay
Members of the One Nation caucus of Conservative MPs met with Boris Johnson this afternoon over concerns the party could…
Thwarting Brexit probably won’t stop Brexit
What if they succeed in thwarting Brexit? The odds seem weighted against Boris Johnson delivering his do-or-die (-in-a-ditch) promise to…
Can Boris Johnson survive if he breaks his Brexit promise?
It gives me no pleasure to report this of my former Daily Telegraph colleague, but some people who know Boris…
Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is probably dead
The word habitually used by EU negotiators to characterise Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is “uncertainty”. They talk of “uncertainty” about how the…
The BBC’s Brexit coverage is a disgrace
Lord Patten, rejected by voters 27 years ago, is the embodiment of a smug un-elected elite. As former chairman of…
Boris Johnson will have to win a majority to get the EU to engage with his Brexit plan
The Brexit talks between the UK and the EU are making very little progress. Number 10 say that there is…
What would Margaret Thatcher do about Brexit?
‘What would Margaret Thatcher do about Brexit?’ people keep asking me. Why do they think I would know? If I…
An invitation to carry on insulting me and my fellow Brexiteers
After appearing on Newsnight last week, an #FBPE-monikered keyboard warrior wrote a much liked comment above my picture that read:…
Will Leave voters forgive a Brexit delay?
‘It is definitely less than 50 per cent,’ says one Downing Street source when asked about the chances of a…
Brexit grifters are making a killing selling useless advice
Over the past three years, as we have torturously debated our departure from the European Union, we have heard a…
Did Radio 2 really need to give us four days of the Beatles to celebrate Abbey Road?
This Changeling Self, Radio 4’s lead drama this week, clearly ought to have gone out in August. It’s set —…
What you can tell about a man from his choice of underwear
New York It’s Indian summertime and the living is easy. There hasn’t been a cloud above the Bagel for two…
Will mindfulness turn me into a Remainer?
Mindfulness at our all-inclusive Turkish beach resort began at 11 o’clock. Our mindfulness teacher was a tiny, smiley, flexible-looking woman…
Should I return to the land of my Italian ancestors?
When I was growing up, my Italian grandfather was my favourite person. He taught me to play a mean game…
Britain is following in the footsteps of Africa’s former failed states
Kenya ‘In the past months the people of Uganda have been following with sorrow the alarming economic crisis befalling…
I’ve had my fill of brasseries: Moncks reviewed
If you review restaurants professionally you would not think Britain wanted to leave the EU. You would think she wanted…
Is Boris really going to ask for a Brexit extension?
Boris Johnson will seek an extension to Article 50 if there is no Brexit deal by 19 October, documents read…
Brexit rebels warm to Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan
The European reaction to Boris Johnson’s plan has been getting cooler today. But in parliament it has been a different…
Tony Abbott: My heart leapt when Boris Johnson became prime minister
If Britain is to be a free country, the difficulties of leaving simply have to be faced. Now, I know…
Why is the EU obsessed with forcing regulatory alignment on Britain?
I still don’t quite understand the position of some ardent Remain supporters. I do not understand why allowing the UK…
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…
Portrait of the week: A Supreme Court ruling, Labour’s messy conference and Donald Trump’s ‘impeachment’
Home Eleven justices of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that in advising the Queen to prorogue parliament ‘the Prime Minister’s…
