
Shaun Bailey: We can’t let London grind to a halt
Failure is not inevitable. Elsewhere, effective transport networks are being delivered. We need that in our capital.
Failure is not inevitable. Elsewhere, effective transport networks are being delivered. We need that in our capital.
“So there’s no doubt, we are the underdog. But the point is, the Mayor’s record is so terrible it’s allowed us an opportunity.”
The shock departure of Sajid Javid obscures the fact that there was much less churn than one might expect, especially at the lower levels.
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
Today I am launching a Free Trade Parliamentary Caucus, to help Parliamentarians learn about the topic – and to advocate for the policy.
Also: Democratic Unionists ‘under pressure’ over Brexit u-turn; and Gove backs Bowie’s criticism of SNP over no-deal preparations.
In the event of No Deal, we should put on hold WTO tariffs for Irish trade on those items most likely to offer opportunities to organised crime.
The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.
Those preparing to block No Deal should add our final report, to be released this week, to their summer reading list.
Also: Next Prime Minister faces tricky questions on devolution, same-sex marriage, and abortion in Ulster; and May orders a review of devolution – will it do any good?
The Commission which drew up the report will publish alongside it next month a Draft Alternative Arrangements Protocol.
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
Leavers insist correctly that the EU is a political project first and foremost. Which helps to explain why this scheme is unlikely to fly.
Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here’s a rough draft of what the top team might look like.
If you are sceptical, I understand. I was too. But this is the only viable way forward.