Brexit
May says little new in statement as she again attacks MPs for failing to make a decision
Theresa May’s statement tonight wasn’t particularly dramatic. She had no new policies to announce or arguments to make. Rather, she…
May tries to avoid Tory meltdown by only requesting short Brexit delay
After much speculation, a furious Cabinet and the threat of another backbench rebellion, No. 10 has finally confirmed what type…
May under pressure to set an exit date to get her deal over the line
Is this the week Theresa May sets out an exit date for her departure from No. 10? There is hope…
Theresa May’s offer to the DUP
The prime minister’s frantic last attempt to persuade Northern Ireland’s DUP to back her third meaningful vote on Tuesday involves…
What the EU will say when Theresa May asks for a Brexit extension
Now that Parliament has backed an extension to the Brexit process, the ball is effectively in the EU’s court. Whether…
Are things finally looking up for Theresa May?
Theresa May’s week just got a little less bad. This evening the Government managed to successfully defeat a string of…
Why a Brexit extension spells trouble for the EU
Now that Theresa May’s deal has been decisively defeated again, the message from Brussels has been clear: the Brexit impasse…
Meaningful vote 3 in the next seven days
Theresa May’s extension motion makes clear that she intends to bring her deal back for another vote in the next…
The latest government shambles could help May pass her deal
This evening Theresa May’s week went from awful to terrible. After her deal was heavily defeated for a second time…
The Brexiteers have blown it
If, as Rod Liddle says, Brexit has been killed there is no shortage of suspects. 75 of them, in fact.…
Brexit is now dead
And that, my lovely friends, is it for Brexit. You kippers and ERGers who think we’ll leave with no deal,…
We’re now heading for a no-deal Brexit – but not just yet
A member of the Cabinet uttered just one word to me about this latest humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister…
Why we could be heading for a third vote on May’s Brexit deal
Late last night, there was a sense of optimism among ministers that the government’s revised deal might have a chance.…
What Theresa May needs to go right today to avoid another historic defeat
In order to turn things around with her Brexit deal, Theresa May needs a domino effect. She needs to somehow…
Is there any way that May’s deal could pass on Tuesday?
The government’s efforts to get changes to the backstop have run into a brick wall in Brussels. The EU thinks,…
Why MPs must hold their nose and back May’s Brexit deal
It is becoming painfully clear that on Tuesday the House of Commons will be asked to vote on an EU…
Portrait of the week: Britain’s knife crime epidemic, a trip to Brussels and Emmanuel Macron’s EU plea
Home Two 17-year-olds were stabbed to death in London and Manchester, bringing the number of teenagers killed in knife crime…
Artists are not always good people, but should their work really be boycotted?
A kind billionaire called Jeremy Hosking, whom I do not know personally, has invited us to join the Britannia Express,…
Don’t hate housebuilders who profited from Help to Buy. It wasn’t their fault
Was Help to Buy a timely market intervention with a valid social purpose or a political gimmick that unintentionally showered…
It may seem incredible, but I’d trust an Italian over a Frenchman any day
For a few years before coming to Italy, I lived in Paris and I cannot tell you the life-enhancing difference…
For many artists being propagandists has become their raison d’être
If you want to lose friends and alienate people in the art world, try telling them you support Britain leaving…
Breaking point: can either Labour or the Tories survive Brexit?
The only certainty in the Brexit process is that there is no certainty. Brexiteers had long sought solace in the…
My evening with Jacob Rees-Mogg — live at the London Palladium
A woman dressed as a nun is standing outside the London Palladium with a placard, warning about ‘an evening with…
