The Brexit negotiation and where it goes
We can begin to see how a deal can now be agreed and then pass Parliament. But the obstacles are still formidable.
A modest proposal. Let’s put Bercow in charge – and scrap democracy altogether.
It’s time to grasp the real message of the 2016 referendum: that universal suffrage has been a mistake of historic proportions.
Why resignation may be the least bad option for Johnson
Yesterday’s Downing Street briefing and the plight of the Brexit talks suggest that he will ultimately settle for extension. That could be fatal – not least for him.
Wanted in Beaconsfield: a Conservative candidate
Grieve’s intention of standing in the seat as an independent makes it a test case for early selection and local choice.
Don’t assume that this Commons will vote for a general election
MPs would thus become the elected equivalents of the welfare scroungers of tabloid legend – dragging the reputation of Parliament even deeper into the mud.
Maybe it’s because he’s a Londoner that we love Rory so
At first glance, his quest for the city’s mayoralty as an independent is merely eccentric. But it is also a logical next step for an ambitious man who is above all a soloist.
The day the Conservatives swung behind a Canada-type Brexit
The Chequers Plan has been dead for some time, but Johnson has now read the funeral rites over it.
A Commons declaratory vote on Johnson’s new Brexit plan would be a close-run thing
An agreement is unlikely to be reached at all. But these estimates, however rough, should give pause for thought.
How the whip-deprived 21 have weakened Johnson’s negotiating position
Had the Benn Act not been passed, it would be far stronger – as he presents his new “fair and reasonable compromise” to the EU.
This was the old, cuddly Boris – not the new, Trumpish Johnson – but with a difference. He was remorselessly on-message.
There is a sense with all Johnson speeches that he is somehow parodying a politician making one – that the whole thing is done tongue-in-cheek.
Strangely subdued
The mood of this conference has been supportive but apprehensive. And now we are finally seeing the outlines of Johnson’s negotiating plan.
One in two Party members say: bring back the Law Lords. Our survey.
It is possible that, in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling on prorogation, they are a kind of advance indicator: seven out of ten respondents want change.
Our survey. Last month, four in five Tory activists thought Johnson would hit his Brexit deadline. Now, it’s only half.
The Benn Act and the Supreme Court verdict have clearly had a very substantial impact on expectations.
Johnson: why a Second Referendum would be “like the Seven Years’ War”
ConservativeHome finds a sense of defiance and determination in Downing Street. But what’s its escape route from the Benn Act?
The eight MPs from whom the Conservative whip was removed who voted today against a conference recess
Steve Brine and Greg Clark, who have also been deprived of the whip, voted with the Government – which lost by 289 votes to 306.