Nicky Morgan: Indicative votes. If the Commons can’t reach a Brexit decision, beware a second referendum.
Whatever happens, we will need new leadership for the second stage of any agreement – namely, talks on the Political Declaration.
Whatever happens, we will need new leadership for the second stage of any agreement – namely, talks on the Political Declaration.
If we can’t think of anything that’s going to do real good, maybe we could act like true Conservatives for once – and choose to do nothing at all?
Leadsom seems to be the only one with lead in her pencil. All she needs now is to grow big fat hairy balls.
Also: Eleven candidates prepare to fight Newport West by-election; Trimble hints that backstop changes could be enough; and more.
A new book argues that the country is divided between a metropolitan elite, which rules for its own advantage – and the rest.
Even worse is the politicisation of the Speaker’s Chair. The impartiality of Britain’s Speaker was, like the impartiality of its monarch, a given.
It’s hard to see how the Conservatives can sustain their electoral position by U-turning on Brexit. Its core vote will surely completely collapse.
Critics of the deal need to compromise and accept the actual choices on offer. Refusal to do so risks an outcome far worse, or no Brexit at all.
I believe that the actions of politicians over the last two years have seriously weakened trust in the system.
To be able to move on, the candidates must first articulate an honest vision of our new relationship with the European Union.
Plus: The Chief Whip’s swift transformation from Francis Urquhart to Mr Bean. And: why I can’t bring myself to vote Tory in the local elections.
Also: Tory MPs lead the charge against prosecutions of ex-servicemen who served in Ulster; Ulster Unionist leader savages DUP; and more.
Honourable countries face up to the consequences of their actions. They don’t, like dilatory schoolboys late with their essays, simply ask for more time.
Devolution has given us the chance to solve the long-standing transport and infrastructure problems which have been holding us back.
I voted for the Prime Minister’s deal today. But the Commons didn’t – and we now all need a positive alternative.