Speaker John Bercow blocked from leaving chair as MPs protest Boris parliament prorogue September 10, 2019 MPs protested Boris Johnson’s act to prorogue parliament last night by brandishing signs and stopping speaker John Bercow from leaving his chair. The Prime Minister last night suspended parliament for five weeks until 14 October, just two weeks beyond the UK’s scheduled departure date of 31 October. Read more: Boris denied election again as parliament [...]
Think Brexit is a mess? Imagine what Remain would look like now September 10, 2019 Stop Brexit. For those working in Westminster, this has become the song of the summer, chanted by the throng of ultra-Remainers who have pitched camp next to the media gazebos on College Green. It is the – intensely irritating – evidence of what the polls increasingly tell us. Just as Leavers are coalescing around a [...]
Boris denied election again as parliament shuts up shop for five weeks September 10, 2019 For the second time, opposition MPs denied Boris Johnson the General Election he wants in the Commons’ last act before parliament closed until 14 October. Though MPs voted in favour of an early election by 293 to 46, the government did not get the two-thirds majority of the whole house required. Read more: Speaker John [...]
EU capital markets post-Brexit will look ‘smaller, less developed and more French’ September 10, 2019 Capital markets in the European Union will look “smaller, less developed and more French” in the wake of Brexit, according to a report released this morning. Britain’s split from the EU is likely to reduce the trading bloc’s footprint in capital markets from 21 per cent of global activity to 14 per cent, putting it [...]
Duty-free shopping to be reintroduced on EU trips in event of no-deal Brexit September 10, 2019 Duty-free shopping is set to make a return if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, chancellor Sajid Javid will announce later today. Brits travelling to EU countries after a no-deal Brexit will be able to buy alcohol and tobacco without duty being applied in the UK, due to the lifting of EU regulations. “As [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins set to join Goldman Sachs September 9, 2019 Theresa May’s former Brexit negotiator will join the investment bank Goldman Sachs it was revealed today, months after the deal that he worked on was rejected by the Commons. Olly Robbins will start as a managing director for the firm’s investment banking division. Read more: Bercow’s controversial tenure comes to an end as he pledges [...]
Speaker pledges to step down on another dramatic day in Westminster September 9, 2019 Speaker John Bercow has confirmed he will stand down as early as tonight, and had a message for those working in Westminster: “We degrade parliament at our own peril”. Intervening in what promises to be a busy afternoon and evening, Bercow told MPs that he would stand down on Monday night if MPs backed Boris [...]
As politicians argue over the EU, the City is poised and ready to trade with the world September 9, 2019 It has now been more than 1,150 days since the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Many in the Square Mile have understandably found this period of such prolonged uncertainty frustrating. While there have been many twists and turns in Westminster over the past week, it remains far from clear what will [...]
Boris Johnson warned over ‘Herculean task’ of post-Brexit trade deals September 9, 2019 Boris Johnson has been warned to row back from his pledge to take the UK out of the European Union with or without a deal during his visit to Dublin. The Prime Minister arrived for talks with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this morning, with Westminster still in turmoil. Read more: Parliament will be prorogued tonight [...]
Only an election can sail the ship of state through the Brexit storms September 9, 2019 “The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?” So wrote the twentieth-century writer of sea stories, William McFee. While the quote has some of the barnacles of age, it’s a good challenge to those seeking to steer the ship of state. For the briefly-abated Brexit hurricane [...]