May’s gamble: Prime Minister faces backlash on Brexit plans July 8, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch meeting tomorrow as she attempts to keep her party onside amid grumblings of a leadership challenge and a growing backlash over her newly-revealed Brexit negotiating position. May will meet Conservative backbenchers on the party’s powerful 1922 Committee to try to persuade them to back the plan, which would [...]
Chequers: Here’s what the UK’s Brexit position is on customs, goods, ECJ, standards and the Irish border July 6, 2018 The UK government has finally agreed a position on Brexit – but who blinked, and will the EU go for it? Here are the crucial elements of today's big step forward. The transition period will remain the same Whether it was the threat from the ERG, the Prime Minister's concern of a knock-on on the [...]
Prime Minister declares Brexit unity on “business-friendly customs model” after Cabinet away-day at Chequers July 6, 2018 The government has agreed an official position on what it will seek from the next stage of Brexit talks with the EU, after the Prime Minister managed to win over her warring Cabinet today. A gruelling 12-hour day of talks – and food – at the grace-and-favour mansion Chequers, white smoke has emerged on the [...]
Brexit: German minister Horst Seehofer breaks EU ranks as he backs UK against Commission over security July 6, 2018 Theresa May has won a valuable ally in German, who has backed the UK over continued co-operation on security, marking the first cracks in the European Union's solidarity. The German interior minister Horst Seehofer, one of Angela Merkel's most senior Cabinet members, has written to the European Commission to complain about the repercussions of its [...]
Donald Trump’s July 2018 UK visit: Yes, he’s going to meet the Queen, eat at Blenheim Palace, check out Chequers and visit Scotland July 6, 2018 Practice your golf swing and dust off your giant angry baby balloon: Donald Trump is coming to town. The US President is arriving on Thursday afternoon (12 July), but instead of coming to London for one of the many protests in his honour, Trump and First Lady Melania will travel to Winston Churchill's birthplace Blenheim [...]
Prime Minister declares Brexit unity on “business-friendly customs model” after Cabinet away-day at Chequers July 6, 2018 The government has agreed an official position on what it will seek from the next stage of Brexit talks with the EU, after the Prime Minister managed to win over her warring Cabinet today. A gruelling 12-hour day of talks – and food – at the grace-and-favour mansion Chequers, white smoke has emerged on the [...]
Downing Street raises stakes over Brexit showdown with reshuffle threat July 6, 2018 Downing Street has raised the stakes for today's crunch Chequers summit, with Theresa May fully prepared for resignations as she seeks to push forward on Brexit. Last night Cabinet ministers including Boris Johnson, David Davis, Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Penny Mordaunt were said to be plotting a rebellion after May's plans to keep the [...]
Sex work bans are an affront to both safety and freedom July 6, 2018 You might have missed it this week, in the midst of open warfare in the cabinet over EU customs arrangements and a nationwide celebration of the adored NHS, but MPs on Wednesday had a new target: sex workers. Following a parliamentary report on prostitution, a cross-party group of MPs called for a ban on adult [...]
Chequers Brexit summit: Here’s what the UK’s negotiating position on customs, goods, ECJ, standards and the Irish border is July 6, 2018 The UK government has finally agreed a position on Brexit – but who blinked, and will the EU go for it? Here are the crucial elements of today's big step forward. The transition period will remain the same Whether it was the threat from the ERG, the Prime Minister's concern of a knock-on on the [...]
Downing Street raises stakes with at least one Cabinet member threatening to resign ahead of Chequers July 6, 2018 Downing Street has raised the stakes for today's crunch Chequers summit, with Theresa May fully prepared for resignations as she seeks to push forward on Brexit. Last night Cabinet ministers including Boris Johnson, David Davis, Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Penny Mordaunt were plotting a rebellion after May's plans to keep the UK "harmonised" with [...]