May’s Europe speech and the pound. “The markets are always right.” Discuss.
They can wring their hands one day and ring the bells the next – or vice-versa. After all, they rejoiced when sterling joined the ERM. We know how that one ended.
Nick Timothy breaks the news to May that the first British journalist to interview President-elect Trump is…Michael Gove
It’s a scoop for the man she sacked. And, over at the Foreign Office, what will a certain fellow-journalist be thinking…?
No, no, no: May’s Maggie’s moment. No ECJ. No Single Market. No Customs Union. What her Europe speech this week will say.
She must prepare the political way for popularising MFN status if her programme is rejected by the other side of the table.
May insists that GPs must deliver the service they have signed up to
Easing pressure on A&E departments is not just about more money but good management throughout the NHS.
In Brussels, a clash is coming between dogma and pragmatism
We shouldn’t take the ideological pronouncements of the Commission as being set in stone. The member states may yet have their say.
Northern Irish elections will give us new insight into May’s unionism
Will she step up the Conservatives’ campaign in the Stormont elections, or prioritise the Party’s burgeoning relationship with the Democratic Unionists?
We need a strong American president. We may be getting a weak one.
Trump has already fallen out with parts of the intelligence and security services – and risks a rift over Russia with his own party too.
The Guardian’s opposition to Section 40 is a humiliating blow for Mosley’s anti-press campaign
Bradley should make clear that this misguided campaign to muzzle the media will not succeed.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: May has become the Miss Prism of British politics
The Prime Minister’s idea of professionalism is to be resolutely unsensational.
The Brexit negotiation. If May wants a good deal, she must be prepared to walk away – and mean it
Such a deal would, on balance, be better than Most Favoured Nation Status. But MFN would be better than a bad deal – and giving up on regaining control of our borders.
Don’t expect big solutions for the NHS – they aren’t coming any time soon
More money? There isn’t any. A grand bargain on social care? There’s no sign of agreement. A new GPs’ contract? There’s no appetite for more strikes.
Corbyn will find it hard to cope in Copeland, and risks humiliation
The traditional Labour voters in this Cumbrian by-election seem to respect May more than they respect their own leader.
Mental health: May takes up a worthy cause, but her limited room to manoeuvre is obvious
The Prime Minister only has the liberty to establish toeholds on wider issues, in the hope of addressing them properly after Brexit is delivered.
Sturgeon is playing for time with her soft Brexit ‘offer’ to May
If she thought the SNP would win another referendum, no compromise would stop her seeking one. She doesn’t.
Conservative Friends of Israel – less influential than claimed
Both the organisation and its critics have a mutual interest in suggesting otherwise.