Brexit
Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy gives MPs a simple choice
Talking to various figures in Government today, it is clear that Boris Johnson’s team want the choice for MPs to…
Will the no-deal opponents finally get their act together?
So what now for the opponents of no deal? Boris Johnson has dramatically called their bluff, and as Mr Steerpike…
Johnson confirms he will prorogue parliament
Downing Street has just confirmed that the Prime Minister will be asking the Queen to prorogue parliament ahead of a…
Europe’s politicians should be terrified of a no-deal Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to use ‘all tactics available’ to block a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader is meeting MPs…
What would George Orwell make of Brexit?
In the London Review of Books this month, James Meek wrote a long article about Jacob Rees-Mogg and his ‘curious duality’ in…
To get a deal Boris needs to show (or fake) some humility
There were many Brexiteers who were urging Boris Johnson to travel to Washington before he went anywhere else, to underline…
Portrait of the week: back to the backstop, PC Harper’s death and the wrong kind of lightning
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, wrote to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, saying: ‘The backstop cannot…
Letters: civil servants have ruined our trains
Travelling in discomfort Sir: I don’t agree with much of what Matthew Parris says these days, but he was spot…
Why you can’t let Brexit affect your life
A couple with a first baby sought my advice: they had accepted a low offer for their cramped London flat…
Why Britain, like Iceland, will thrive outside the EU
I have no doubt that Britain will thrive after leaving the EU, whether or not it leaves with a deal.…
Stop thinking Merkel will save us, Dominic Cummings warns
Is Boris Johnson more likely to get a Brexit deal after his meetings with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron? The…
France says no deal now the most likely Brexit outcome. But why now?
Why would French government officials brief that they think it most likely Britain will leave the European Union without a…
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.…
A no-deal Brexit isn’t worth the risk
The heightened rhetoric of the past few days, from talk of collaborators, saboteurs and government of national unity, prompt me…
Emmanuel Macron could be Boris Johnson’s Brexit saviour
One thing on which Remainers and Brexiteers can agree is that Brexit delayed is Brexit denied. The government continues to…
Where’s Boris?
Before Boris Johnson became Prime Minister there was widespread expectation that his government would be chaotic. It was thought that…
Portrait of the week: All-women cabinets, employment growth and more Hong Kong protests
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, proposed an extra 10,000 prison places and the expansion of stop-and-search powers. PC Stuart…
How Boris’s Roman predecessors took back control
The Tories, allegedly a ‘one-nation’ party, are currently imposing Brexit on a divided nation. As a result, some Tory MPs…
How No. 10 is taking back control
Every Friday at 6 p.m. government aides are summoned to No. 10 Downing Street for a meeting with Dominic Cummings,…
History holds far fewer lessons for Brexit than both sides think
How we love bringing history into our political debates. It may seem strange in a country where so little history…
‘I’ll miss Brexit when it’s solved’: Frank Skinner interviewed
Only one thing makes Frank Skinner nervous. ‘Water. Water scares me. I don’t get nervous on stage. Just in swimming…
Alexander Waugh is the Brexit party’s most illustrious candidate
At the next General Election, the lucky constituents of Bridgwater and West Somerset will find an illustrious name on their…
Why October 10th is Boris Johnson’s best bet for a snap election
Boris Johnson thrives on risk. His political life so far has consisted of a succession of gambles that have paid…
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…
The real reason Corbynites turned on Caroline Lucas and the Greens
Caroline Lucas’s plan for an all-female emergency Cabinet to stop a no-deal Brexit is a fantasy, with no prospect of success.…
