Opinion

Theresa May has been accused of trying to "steamroller" her Brexit deal through parliament this weekend amid calls to give people the power to instruct parliament how to proceed. It's a familiar tale this time of year. With traffic jams abound the PM is facing the usual festive gridlock as she tries to drive her deal home.  But rather than take a reasonable route she has decided to take the country off-roading in spite of the numerous hazards that lie...

The largest ad agency group in the world, WPP, has announced plans to simplify its business model by closing or merging offices and cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide. The move has led to a sharp rise in the company’s share price (currently872.0), giving it a market value of around £11 billion. Should other agencies follow its lead? The announcement comes at the end of a tumultuous year for WPP, with a change of CEO and some disappointing third-quarter figures, which led...

Theresa May narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence last night as hard right factions of the party rebelled against her Brexit deal with Brussels. The party has been split over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union ever since the referendum result was announced in 2016, and it has come to dominate internal politics over the last two years as the country’s domestic situation gets worse. Food bank use has hit record levels as we near Christmas and there is a...

Had the Economist’s “alternative awards” been next week they might have re-considered who they gave the Own-Goal Scorer of the Year gong to. DUP leader Arlene Foster walked away with the prize after she paved the way for a second referendum on Brexit and gave Jeremy Corbyn a realistic chance of winning the next General Election, two things she has passionately campaigned against. But tonight’s result proves the ERG have failed far more spectacularly. The Prime Minister will keep the...

If you still think Jeremy Corbyn is a 'danger' to Britain, a 'traitor', or just a total clown, it could be too late for you – you’ve been brainwashed by a handful of foreign billionaires. That's what I wrote more than two years ago in an article about the continual smearing of Jeremy Corbyn in the press. It turns out things haven't got better; it's worse than we imagined. At the time, the article pointed out that whilst newspapers play...

Tommy Robinson and Gerard Batten led a 5,000-strong protest in London this weekend as members of the far right took to the streets to lambaste Theresa May's 'Brexit betrayal'. The UKIP leader called on the PM to "dump the deal" while ally Robinson said this sort of uprising is "what the British establishment fears". The messages, despite being conveyed in very different ways, seem to be the same across the board. May's deal with Europe doesn't deliver on the promises...

Jacob Rees-Mogg dodged a bullet yesterday after Brits needlessly took aim at a man who spoke out after his decision to vote Leave cost him his marriage. Appearing on Channel 4 News a consultant gynaecologist said he voted Leave because he believed it would provide more money to the NHS. But the decision had destroyed his marriage to his wife, who is a German doctor and had struggled to come to terms with his decision. Rees-Mogg was able to offer little consolation, and based...

In an historic ruling on Tuesday, the government was deemed to be in contempt of Parliament for the first time in history for refusing to publish the full content of the Attorney General’s legal advice on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. At every stage of Brexit, May has kicked and screamed against offering any sort of transparency or accountability in the negotiation proceedings, even seeking unilateral powers as part of the Withdrawal Agreement, including the so-called Henry 8th powers to effectively...

"Perhaps Jacob Rees-Mogg has no clothes", Sky News political correspondent Lewis Goodall proffered in a piece published last month. The emperor of the European Research Group (ERG) - the faction of hard-line pro-Brexit Tory MPs - seems to be once again stuck between populist fantasy and cold reality as he rallies his troops against a deal that promises to deliver on the independence they so passionately fought for two years ago. After failing to cobble together the "menace of mustering letters"...