Theresa May is delusional if she thinks she can win over Labour MPs March 6, 2019 Has the Prime Minister been reading “How to win friends and influence people”, by Dale Carnegie? It would make a change from “The bluffer’s guide to negotiating”. The thought came to mind when I read of Theresa May’s latest attempt to get Labour MPs to support her withdrawal agreement in the vote next week – [...]
Shadow cabinet minister Kate Osamor resigns after alleged journalist threat December 1, 2018 Kate Osamor resigned today as secretary of state for international development, she announced on Twitter. Last night Osamor allegedly threatened a journalist who doorstepped her in relation to questions about how much she knew about her son's drugs conviction. In her statement Osamor said she had resigned "to concentrate on supporting my family through the difficult time we have [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s Venezuela silence is a cold betrayal of democracy August 3, 2017 It wasn’t difficult to see where Venezuela was headed. The most oil-rich nation in the world has been slowly spiralling towards economic collapse for the better part of a decade. The socialist ideals which inspired the regimes of President Hugo Chavez and his replacement, Nicolas Maduro, have resulted in a catastrophic but sadly foreseeable predicament. [...]
Strong leadership is the key to future prosperity November 28, 2018 Time for a story that has nothing to do with Brexit. The 2018 Legatum Prosperity Index is out today, and the trends are positive: global prosperity – a metric that takes into account not just GDP, but also factors such as wellbeing, health, and security – is at its highest since the think tank launched [...]
Brexit: What happens if Theresa May loses the vote on her deal? January 14, 2019 Theresa May’s Brexit plan looks set to be defeated by a huge margin in parliament on Tuesday. Despite her warnings that voting down the deal could place Brexit itself in jeopardy, scores of anti-EU Tories seem prepared to defeat the government when they march through the voting lobbies. While defeat seems a certainty, what comes [...]
Theresa May vows to fight no confidence vote, warning leadership contest risks Brexit December 12, 2018 Theresa May has vowed to fight today’s no confidence vote “with everything I’ve got”, as she warned that a change of leadership would delay or even cancel Brexit. Addressing media outside Downing Street this morning after Sir Graham Brady of the 1922 Committee confirmed the 48-letter threshold for a no confidence vote has been reached, [...]
Theresa May tells Trump the UK can sign trade deals under her Brexit plan November 27, 2018 Theresa May has hit back at claims from Donald Trump her Brexit agreement prevents a new trade deal between the UK and US. Speaking in the garden of the White House on Monday, the US president cast doubt on the UK’s ability to have an independent trade policy after Brexit under the terms of May's deal. [...]
Brexit requires Westminster to demonstrate clarity, compromise and collaboration February 14, 2019 Fewer than 50 days separate us from 29 March, the date that Britain is formally due to leave the European Union. It has been 22 months since Article 50 was triggered, and Brexit strategising and negotiations with Brussels have taken the nation on a journey that few could have predicted. Politically, Britain is currently locked [...]
Why the EU’s approval of May’s Brexit deal failed to give sterling a boost November 26, 2018 Sterling failed to get a significant boost from the EU rubber-stamping the Prime Minister’s draft Brexit deal over the weekend, with markets awaiting the outcome of a crucial parliamentary vote next month. While EU leaders voted in favour of Theresa May’s Brexit agreement despite the threat of a Spanish veto over the future of Gibraltar, [...]
Editor’s Notes: The EU simply chooses which rules to enforce and which to ignore February 14, 2019 Allow me a moment away from our own Brexit turmoil and to focus instead on a nasty spot of rot right at the heart of the European Commission. While the Brexit process has made some of the EU’s top brass more recognisable to a British audience, it’s unlikely that many could identify one of its [...]