Having abandoned plans for an ’emergency government’, Corbyn seeks refuge in Cooper-Letwin
Unable to form a coherent alternative government, Johnson’s opponents place their hopes in yet another extension.
Unable to form a coherent alternative government, Johnson’s opponents place their hopes in yet another extension.
Downing Street has spent the summer months diligently working through the mathematics of how to eat up as much time as possible.
Their words, like Johnson’s visit itself, look more like more gambits in a blame game than a genuine change of heart.
Many of our proposals can be introduced quickly. Some might take 12 – 15 months. We don’t believe anything will take longer than two to three years.
MPs are more likely to try other means of stopping a No Deal Brexit than holding a no confidence vote in Johnson’s Government.
Patel’s aim and Johnson’s announcements will be difficult to deliver, but he is intent on proving that his Government is “on your side”.
While trade deals have taken on an important political and symbolic value, their benefits are typically smaller and slower to materialise than many realise.
Ministers are wary of giving rebels the chance to introduce troublesome amendments. Some workarounds and bypasses contain their own problems.
The new Leader of the House on how he was “gulled” by Theresa May over Brexit, and why it’s “a little bit premature” to talk about resigning if the October deadline isn’t met.
One could sense Labour MPs, and some Tory ones too, grasping that “everything is changing”.
If Boris Johnson wants to pursue a No Deal exit, then he will have a fight on his hands with MPs.
The new Prime Minister will inherit the worst political legacy in living memory – with the very barest of working majorities.
Margot James resigned as a minister following her rebellion. Meanwhile, the Chancellor joined Gauke and Clark in failing to support the Government.
Those preparing to block No Deal should add our final report, to be released this week, to their summer reading list.
It is now more than two years since the last Queen’s Speech. This simply is not good enough.