Grieve’s demand for advisers’ correspondence touches on awkward questions of how transparency really works
He’s right that such data is public, even if in private hands. But the route he has taken to try to obtain it is full of difficulties.
If judges are seen to become political actors, corrosive media attention will surely follow
Remainer lawfare and Brexiteer backlash expose the judiciary to public and press scrutiny in unprecedented and possibly dangerous ways.
“The landing zone”
How the pro-Leave Spartans, not pro-Remain or pro-Soft Brexit Tories, could end up whipless – and barred from contesting a general election as Conservatives.
Ministers must ensure a visa regime aimed at retaining skilled graduates does just that
If it is seen as creating a back-door for low-skilled immigration it risks eroding the very public trust which has given the Government political space to liberalise the rules.
Scottish court rules prorogation unlawful. Government says that Parliament won’t be recalled.
The ruling makes it much less clear which side the Supreme Court will take on Tuesday – and drags the judiciary deeper into political controversy.
The shocking truth about Commons disorder. MPs during Brexit “have been almost shamefully well behaved”
Churchill in his Liberal days wore with pride the scar inflicted on his forehead by the copy of Commons Standing Orders hurled at him by an enraged Tory in 1912.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Johnson makes Corbyn look weak
The Prime Minister reminded everyone that he likes nothing better than to go out in rough seas.
The Duke abandons the Tories and Grieve goes for Cummings
And Bercow, bad-mannered to the end, announces that he at least will leave on 31st October
Why the best course open to Johnson may be for him to resign as Prime Minister
He must neither sign an extension nor break the law. Which could leave only one road open to him.
The Village cares about Rudd’s resignation, but the Voters may not
The former is focused on the drama of the moment. The latter don’t follow the SW1 arcana in detail, but see the Brexit landscape more clearly.
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The Benyon factor
Those of the 21 who are at least willing to explore a way back should vote with the Prime Minister for an early election.
Javid, Johnson, and Rees-Mogg hold their podium slots in our Cabinet League Table
The data for this was collected before the Government’s string of Commons defeats – next month’s may look rather different.
The Jo Johnson resignation: not fratricide, but the most logical and honourable response to an intolerable conflict of interest
He has resigned because his profound loyalty to his brother cannot be reconciled with his profound opposition to a no deal Brexit.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, Johnson is doing better than his critics like to suggest
The Prime Minister may be struggling to be heard at Westminster, but his message has resonance outside it.