“We need the ability to exercise a fully independent trade policy.” Fox’s trade speech: full text
“We cannot allow our future to be determined by our past. Instead, we should turn our sail and tack into the global trading winds of the future.”
“Wide-ranging devolution from Westminster as well as Brussels”. Lidington’s Brexit and the Union speech: full text.
“This would mean a very big change to the EU Withdrawal Bill that is before Parliament and a significant step forward in these negotiations.”
“We need to throw away this outdated attitude for good.” May’s higher education speech. Full Text.
“That means equality of access to an academic university education, and a much greater focus on the technical alternatives too.”
“Those who threaten our security would like nothing more than to see us fractured.” May’s security speech in Munich speech. Full text.
“If the priority becomes avoiding new cooperation with a country outside the EU, then this will have damaging real world consequences for the security of all our people.”
Exclusive: Proposed changes on associations and candidate selection are being “revised” in the face of strong opposition
Since ConservativeHome revealed the planned changes in November, concern has been growing among MPs and Party members.
“It is our stubborn attachment to running ourselves that will end up making our society fairer and more prosperous.” Johnson’s Brexit speech – full text
“It has become absolutely clear to me that we cannot take the argument for granted.”
Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.
The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.
“Why shouldn’t a mutual, a not-for-profit, or even a charity be able to bid” to run the East Coast Mainline? Tugendhat on markets.
“Competition doesn’t mean privatisation.” The full text of his speech to the Social Market Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
A complete index of swearing in Tim Shipman’s “Fallout”
The book cites bad language on an epic scale. Is there more in politics than previously? If so, why this Malcolm Tuckerisation of discourse? And does it matter?
“The ideal of a truly plural and open public sphere where everyone can take part is in danger.” May’s speech on public life. Full text.
“Each day, when I pass the portraits of my 53 predecessors, 52 of whom were men, I focus not on what I can say but on what I can do to make our country a better place.”
As fingers start to point, who might want a push to topple May?
Trips abroad are notoriously dangerous for Prime Ministers. As discipline wobbles while May visits China, we look at who might be interested in rocking the boat.
George Bridges: “The implementation period will not be a bridge to a clear destination; it will be a gangplank into thin air” – full text
The former Brexit minister argues that the Government cannot succeed in the negotiations without setting out clear goals.
David Davis: “A strictly time limited implementation period”. Speech at Teesport – full text
“Today I want to talk specifically about the bridge that we plan to build, to smooth the path to our new relationship with the European Union after Brexit.”
List of PPS’s
It doesn’t seem to be complete yet, but here are as many of the appointments as have been released to date.
Exclusive: The Conservative Party Board is set to fire the starting gun for candidate selections in target seats
After months without any news, and mounting frustration among many activists, the first tranche of seats is being presented to the Board today for their approval.