Tory activists flatly refuse to deliver leaflets backing May’s EU deal
Many Conservative Associations will not even take receipt of the boxes. And CCHQ will not say how much money it has spent on the campaign.
The legal advice row – and how the tensions between a Leave result, Remain MPs and weak government is straining our conventions.
The unwritten rules usually apply. The legislature doesn’t make foolish demands. And the executive bows to the legislature. But these are not normal times.
Johnson. Distrusted by Conservative MPs. Clung to by Party members. He extends his lead in our Next Tory Leader survey.
It may be that the former Foreign Secretary has become a kind of comfort blanket in bewilderingly unpredictable times.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Cox delivers a majestic counterblast to all those who think the Brexit deal is a sell-out
The Attorney-General gave an electrifying performance as he refused to publish the advice he has given to ministers.
Our survey. The proportion of Party members who want May out now hits over half for the first time.
This is a lamentable background against which to campaign for the deal. If the survey is right, most members have faith in neither it nor her.
Our survey. Almost seven in ten Party members say that Conservative MPs should vote against May’s deal.
And roughly a third believe that they should back it. That’s a platform for the Prime Minister to build on – but she has little time left in which to change hearts and minds.
CCHQ is printing thousands of postcards to promote the Brexit deal
The use of Party funds for this exercise is proving divisive. It encourages the public to challenge the stance taken by many Conservative MPs.
A day to honour George Herbert Walker Bush
This article was originally published on the anniversary of the former President’s election. We re-issue it today as news comes of his death.
The Commons renders the proposed television debate on Brexit utterly superfluous
It is hard to see how the different Brexit alternatives can be presented anything like as well on TV as they will be in Parliament.
Here we go again – the Government is spending taxpayers’ money promoting its EU deal online
Cameron and Osborne spent £9 million promoting Remain in 2016. Now May appears to be pursuing the same tactic.
“Over 100 Conservative MPs will rebel over May’s deal”. Are we being played?
Ponder the possible consequences of the Government losing the meaningful vote by less than expected. Disaster would be spun as triumph.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes
Never have the Prime Minister’s colleagues looked more despondent, but her backbenchers refrained from trying to defenestrate her.
Hath not a Muslim eyes?
The Government should adopt a working definition of anti-Muslim prejudice and hatred. But it must be based on objective criteria, overseen by people we elect.
Letter to Julian Smith from J.Alfred Prufrock MP
A suggestion to build further support for the Prime Minister’s deal among colleagues, based on the auctions conducted each year at the Black and White Ball.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May’s thin red lines grow thinner, yet she refuses to surrender
And her enemies are divided: can the No Dealers and the People’s Voters combine to defeat her?