Brexit: May to publish ‘100-page dossier’ setting out her vision… “Theresa May will publish a 100-page dossier setting out the Government’s Brexit vision in detail next month in a bid to kick-start flagging trade talks. The White Paper will be the biggest Government statement on Brexit since the 2016 referendum, setting out plans on everything from trade, […]
Brexit 1) May admits impasse on reaching a customs deal “Theresa May has admitted to Conservative MPs that Brexit negotiations are at an impasse because neither of her current options for a customs deal with the EU will work. The Prime Minister invited all 214 of her backbenchers to Downing Street to explain why she […]
Comments from Gove and Hunt show continued cabinet split over customs plan “Divisions in the cabinet were exposed again yesterday as Jeremy Hunt told fellow ministers to trust Theresa May’s Brexit plan but Michael Gove said that there were “significant question marks” over her preferred customs model. The prime minister’s Brexit sub- committee, which meets […]
Brexit 1) May urges Brexiteers: ‘trust me’ “Theresa May today seeks to break the deadlock in her warring cabinet and party over their differences on Brexit by declaring “trust me to deliver” and vowing: “I will not let you down.” Writing for The Sunday Times, the prime minister adopts the language of the Brexiteers as she […]
Brexit 1) Britain has become more racist claims UN inspector “Brexit and Theresa May’s immigration policies have made Britain a more racist country, the United Nations has claimed. A UN inspector provoked a backlash yesterday after arguing that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union had left racial and ethnic minorities “more vulnerable to racial […]
May divides Cabinet to hunt for customs compromise… “Theresa May has divided her warring cabinet into two rival camps to fight out their differences on Brexit. Her top team is split over how Britain should manage its customs arrangements with the EU after it leaves the bloc. Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, has called her favoured customs partnership […]
May and Johnson stand by Iran deal, but Tory MPs dissent… “Theresa May today insisted she still believes in the Iran nuclear deal despite the dramatic withdrawal of the US. The Prime Minister said she had made her position ‘clear’ to Donald Trump before he announced his decision – and pledged to keep trying to win him over to the […]
Brexit 1) May’s Customs Partnership will ‘please no-one’, Cabinet Minister tells ConservativeHome ‘Theresa May’s proposal for a customs partnership is a “broken compromise” that risks “pleasing no one”, a Cabinet source has warned as they claimed that Downing Street may have got its numbers wrong on support for remaining in the customs union. An unnamed […]
Johnson comes out swinging against ‘crazy’ Customs Partnership scheme ‘Boris Johnson last night savaged Downing Street’s post-Brexit trade plans. In a major intervention, he branded the proposed customs partnership ‘crazy’…‘It’s totally untried and would make it very, very difficult to do free trade deals,’ he added. ‘If you have the new customs partnership, you have […]
Brexit 1) Clark says customs partnership “still on table”. Rees-Mogg calls his comments yet more “Project Fear” “The row over the UK’s customs arrangements after Brexit has intensified after a leading Tory Brexiteer accused a cabinet minister of promoting Project Fear. Greg Clark declared that a new customs partnership with the European Union is still […]
Cabinet Brexiteers “warn May” against pushing through her customs proposal… “Theresa May faces being publicly denounced by Cabinet’s most senior Brexiteers if she steamrolls their objections to her favoured plans for a customs deal with the EU, senior figures have said. Cabinet sources warned the Prime Minister not to attempt to force through a “hybrid” […]
Brexiteers see vindication in Tories’ strong performance in Leave areas “Conservative Brexiters have seized on the party’s local election results as a vindication of their hard line on the customs union, presaging the argument cabinet ministers are likely to make next week when the Brexit subcommittee meets to try and break the deadlock. The biggest Tory successes […]
Local elections 1) Good night for the Tories as they defy expectations “The Tories won Barnet Council today to cap a local election performance that defied expectations and stunted Labour’s hopes of a surge. The Conservative gain in North London will fuel new questions about Jeremy Corbyn’s response to anti-Semitism in Labour. Labour needed just […]
Javid tips balance against the Prime Minister’s ‘customs partnership’ plans… “The controversial EU ‘customs partnership’ plan looked dead in the water last night following a Eurosceptic backlash. Ministers clashed over the proposals during a tense three-hour meeting of Theresa May’s Brexit war cabinet yesterday. New Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson both voiced ‘grave concerns’ about the […]
Brexit 1) Sixty MPs tell Downing Street they oppose the Customs Partnership plan ‘Theresa May has been warned her government will “collapse” if she does not abandon plans for a post-Brexit customs partnership with the EU. Sixty eurosceptic Tory MPs from the European Research Group, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, have sent the Prime Minister a […]