Politics

A blog by an ex-project manager has gone viral after it perfectly explained why Brexit has been so impossible to deliver. Russ, who blogs here, used his 22 years’ experience managing projects to summarise how “politically expediency” resulted in false promises in the 2016 referendum that can never be delivered. Using the “Iron Triangle” model – price, schedule, quality- he explains how the “absolutely unbreakable rule” is that you can only have two things from the triangle and never all...

Nigel Farage has bet £1,000 of his own money on his newly formed Brexit Party winning the most seats at the European Parliament Elections on May 23rd. Former UKIP leader Farage claimed to have been already given £750,000 in donations, launching the rival, “similar” but “different” party to UKIP yesterday, branding his former party as “tarnished” by the far right. “I don't think that Middle England, decent people, want to vote for a political party that is linked with extremism,...

The level of support for the Conservatives has plummeted to its lowest level in five years as turbulent Brexit talks and party divisions grip the party. According to the latest polls they have dropped 6 points to 29 per cent this week, meaning Labour now has a 7 point lead with 36 per cent of the vote. This is the lowest the Tories have scored since the European elections in May 2014, almost five years ago, and comes just two...

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has launched his new Brexit Party today, and bookmakers rate his chances of securing the most seats at the European Elections as high. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he’s registered to stand as a European Parliament...

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched a rival, "similar" but "different" party to Ukip - which he brands "tarnished" by the far right. Farage will head the Brexit Party (which sounds like something he hoped to celebrate with red, white and blue bunting last month) to fight to sit as an MEP again in the European Parliament he is campaigning for the UK to leave. But though he's registered to stand as a European Parliament candidate, he forgot to...

Jeremy Corbyn has defended Julian Assange and has demanded that America's request for him to be extradited is denied. Corbyn said that Assange had been the target of the USA because he was “exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan". His comments, in a tweet on Thursday night, came hours after Assange was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of breaching bail conditions. The extradition of Julian Assange to the US for exposing evidence of atrocities in Iraq and...

Switzerland has overturned a nationwide referendum after it was found that voters were not given full information. The Swiss, who run numerous referendums to dictate government policy, held the poll in February 2016 to decide whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax. Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8 per cent against and 49.2 per cent in favour. But the supreme court has now voided the result on the grounds that voters were not given full information,...

EU leaders announced a flexible delay until October 31, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council imploring “our British friends” not to “waste this time.” The deadline is flexible, giving the UK just about enough time to change its Brexit strategy, hold an election, a referendum, or revoke Article 50. But if the UK is still in the EU on June 1, Britain will have to participate in the May European Parliament elections like all other EU countries – which...

Brexit uncertainty continued to subdue the London housing market in March, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, March 2019.  Looking ahead, the lack of momentum is likely to persist for a while longer, although respondents still envisage modest improvements in activity twelve months ahead. In March, enquiries from new buyers saw the seventh negative reading in a row, with 16% of respondents seeing a fall rather than a rise in buyer demand in London. Significantly, demand fell across...