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Chris White

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Chris White was Special Advisor to Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP 2009-2012, to Rt Hon Andrew Lansley 2012-14 and to Rt Hon William Hague 2014-15. He is now Associate Director at Bellenden Public Affairs.

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Reshuffle 3) Chris White: It isn’t just Ministers who get fired. A third of SpAds are set to lose their jobs.

There will be some bruised personalities on the backbenches who will need careful managing over the next few months, and I hear that Spencer is already on the job.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 14 February 2020 at 6:20 am | 16 comments

Chris White: The Government has pitched Remainer MPs into a race against time

Downing Street has spent the summer months diligently working through the mathematics of how to eat up as much time as possible.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 29 August 2019 at 7:00 am | 203 comments

Chris White: How much of the Government’s No Deal legislation is in place? And is it all truly essential?

Ministers are wary of giving rebels the chance to introduce troublesome amendments. Some workarounds and bypasses contain their own problems.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 2 August 2019 at 6:30 am | 82 comments

Chris White: What will the new Prime Minister’s Parliamentary options be on Brexit?

If Boris Johnson wants to pursue a No Deal exit, then he will have a fight on his hands with MPs.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 24 July 2019 at 6:40 am | 100 comments

Chris White: Brexit. What will happen next now that Parliament has returned?

Technically, May still has time to avoid European elections. Politically, it is very hard indeed to see how she now can.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 24 April 2019 at 6:20 am | 48 comments

Chris White: The Letwin-Cooper Bill would have constitutional consequences far beyond Brexit

Their latest plan is to push through in a single day legislation which would involve major constitutional changes.

Comment | By Chris White | 3 April 2019 at 12:40 pm | 33 comments

Chris White: A guide to today’s indicative votes – and their significance, as the legislature seizes power from the executive

This week has seen Parliament grab control, and this has serious implications for the practices of responsible government.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 27 March 2019 at 6:20 am | 73 comments

Chris White: Brexit. May’s Commons options after Bercow’s ruling.

There’s little that Conservative MPs can do to stop the Speaker – they don’t have the votes to depose him.

Comment | By Chris White | 19 March 2019 at 11:45 am | 94 comments

Chris White: Time is getting extremely tight to pass all the required withdrawal legislation

With 45 days left, unless workarounds or extra time can be found, uncomfortable decisions may have to be made on which Brexit Bills to prioritise.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 12 February 2019 at 6:30 am | 43 comments

Chris White: The Cooper amendment threatens to damage the constitution in ways that would be very hard to repair

The constitutional crisis MPs are threatening to bring down on all our heads will have wide-ranging and severe consequences.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 24 January 2019 at 6:30 am | 269 comments

Chris White: The day the Speaker set fire to Erskine May

Even opposition parties and Bercow’s traditional supporters were taken aback by his “ridiculous” ruling. It will have serious repercussions.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 10 January 2019 at 6:30 am | 155 comments

Chris White: A guide to what could happen in the Commons this week as tomorrow’s vote on May’s deal looms

I set out the various permutations – and translate what the amendments to the Government’s motion mean.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 10 December 2018 at 6:20 am | 49 comments

Chris White: May faces a huge task – and she has made it harder for herself by neglecting the Whips’ Office

It is an extraordinarly inexperienced team. None of the four senior whips were appointed before July 2016, and no junior whip before June 2017.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 4 December 2018 at 6:20 am | 15 comments

Chris White: Why it’s time radically to reform the Private Members’ Bill system

In the wake of the row over an anti-upskirting bill and Chris Chope’s objection, we re-run the author’s 2016 piece calling on the Government to act.

Comment, Highlights | By Chris White | 17 June 2018 at 6:30 am | 19 comments

Chris White: The significance of the appointment of John Randall

Downing Street in its new incarnation will value his ability to build bridges with a Parliamentary Party still reeling from the shock election result.

Comment | By Chris White | 31 August 2017 at 2:00 pm | 13 comments

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