The Prime Minister is meeting EU leaders to seek the “legal and political assurances” on the backstop she promised MPs yesterday.
If you’d had to guess which of their MPs would rebel on the deal, Lamont and Ross wouldn’t have made the top six.
The Labour former Solicitor General argued that the Attorney General should warn the Government that it is engaged in “breaking the rules”.
And her enemies are divided: can the No Dealers and the People’s Voters combine to defeat her?
There has been a tendency to suppose that because Britain’s power has declined in relative terms they must have become totally useless.
Losing both them and the DUP will send a very strong signal to every Conservative MP about its implications for the Union.
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Davidson and Mundell are right to be concerned that a differential Brexit deal for one part of the UK could put rocket boosters under SNP demands for similar treatment.
The British Government has repeatedly and recently confirmed that abortion law has long been a devolved matter, and it should stay that way.
In England, the Tories have a majority of nearly 60 over all the other parties. So bring on new grammar schools – and much else.
The Brexit negotiations ought to have highlighted to both sides how the Union is best served by a strong cross-water alliance.
Tacking towards the devocrat consensus and positioning for a pact with Plaid seems to be the preferred option, but it looks like a tactical cul-de-sac.
Does authority reside with Parliament or the People? And are MPs representatives or delegates? Both must be answered.