Our latest Conservative leadership election MP tally. May 103, Gove 23, Leadsom 22, Crabb 21, Fox 8. The Mail on Sunday gets up close and personal with May “She said: ‘Of course, we were both affected by it. You see friends who now have grown-up children, but you accept the hand that life deals you. […]
Gove joins leadership race with dig at Johnson “Michael Gove has joined the race to be the next Tory leader saying he does not believe Boris Johnson can “provide the leadership”. The former education secretary, who had repeatedly said he had no leadership ambitions, dropped the bombshell just hours before the nominations deadline on Thursday.” […]
Crabb makes his leadership pitch: freedom of movement must stop… “The verdict was clear: there is no going back. A second referendum is out of the question. What the country needs now is a clear direction, not further instability. I want to lead a government that delivers on the expectations of the 17 million people […]
Leadership Race 1) Osborne: I’m out ‘I will not be a candidate in the Conservative leadership election to come. It isn’t in my nature to do things by half-measure, and I fought the referendum campaign with everything I’ve got. I believed in this cause and fought hard for it. So it is clear that while […]
The plot to block Brexit “British and European politicians are plotting to block the UK’s exit from the EU. On a chaotic day in which the Labour Party went into meltdown, a campaign was started to force a second referendum. Tony Blair, Nicola Sturgeon, some pro-Remain MPs and a senior German official said a rethink […]
The leadership race is on ‘A member of the PM’s circle said: “There is a special place in hell reserved for Boris. He and Gove have basically engineered a right-wing coup. We need to get behind Theresa. She’s the grown-up.” Five other senior Tories also today break cover to mount “stop Boris” leadership bids. Signalling […]
The plot to block Boris “Mr Johnson was installed as odds-on favourite to replace Mr Cameron yesterday after leading the stunning campaign to get Britain out of the EU… But the former London mayor faces concerted opposition from Cameron loyalists at Westminster. One former minister last night said discussions had begun on identifying a ‘stop Boris’ […]
Independence Day. Britain votes for Brexit, Cameron to resign in October “David Cameron has resigned as prime minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The prime minister said the country required “fresh leadership” to “steer the country” out of the EU. He promised to “steady the ship” over the coming months before stepping […]
Gove’s final ‘passionate plea’ to voters: this is our D Day “In the most passionate plea of the campaign, the Justice Secretary urges the public not to ‘flinch’ or let down future generations whose lives would be diminished by Brussels. Rejecting the pessimism of the Remain camp, led by David Cameron, he told the Mail: […]
Boris: “Make Thursday our Independence Day!” “Boris Johnson urged voters to make the EU referendum Britain’s ‘Independence Day’ tonight as he was involved in brutal clashes with Sadiq Khan and fellow Tory Ruth Davidson in a crunch TV debate. With less than 36 hours left until the polls open, Mr Johnson laid into the Remain […]
Referendum 1) Hilton: Cameron has known since 2012 that we’ll never hit the migration target inside the EU ‘David Cameron was told four years ago his immigration target was ‘impossible’ while Britain is in the EU – but continued to make the promise. The claim is made today by the Prime Minister’s ex-closest aide Steve Hilton, […]
Referendum 1) Boris: Vote Leave to change the course of history ‘Whatever you say about this referendum campaign, it is a moment of fundamental decision. When you pick up your ballot paper this Thursday, you have it in your hands to transform Britain’s current democratic arrangements for the better. You can change the whole course of […]
Campaigning resumes. The polls show a move to Remain. YouGov’s explanation? Economic anxieties, not Jo Cox’s death, drove the change. You Gov: Remain 44 per cent, Leave 43 per cent “A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times puts “remain” on 44 per cent, one point ahead, after recent polls showing “leave” in the lead…YouGov said […]
Cameron and Corbyn visit Birstall “The prime minister said the nation was rightly shocked at the Batley and Spen MP’s death, adding: “Two children have lost their mother, a husband has lost a loving wife and parliament has lost one of its most passionate and brilliant campaigners.” Cameron told how he first met Cox, a former […]
Police had been ‘poised’ to increase Jo Cox’s security after three months of abuse “Mrs Cox, 41, who was shot and stabbed repeatedly by a man who allegedly shouted “put Britain first”, had been harassed in a stream of messages over three months. Additional security was being considered at her constituency surgery in Birstall, West […]