Michael Gove referenced the apocalyptic motto of a Game of Thrones zombie army as he warned MPs off a no deal Brexit, insisting that iof they did not vote for Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement, "winter is coming." In a change of tone from Theresa May who told workers in a ...
What exactly is so conservative about Brexit? That’s ‘small c’ conservative. And it’s a question that’s rarely been asked over the last three years. Most people, on both sides of the debate, seem to take for granted that conservatives are and ought to be in favour of leaving the European ...
Last night the House of Lords voted on an opposition motion against Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal and also a no deal Brexit by a massive majority of 169. Peers from across the political spectrum voted 321 votes to 152 for Labour peer Lady basildon’s motion to reject a no deal ...
In news you couldn’t make up, it turns out that the factory that Theresa May made her last-ditch attempt to persuade Tory rebels to vote for her Brexit deal today received £429,000 from the EU. The Prime Minister visited Stoke-on-Trent today, most of which voted to leave the EU in ...
Government whip Gareth Johnson has just quit, telling Theresa May in his letter (below) that he cannot in all conscience “reconcile his duties as a Whip” with implementing her European Withdrawal Agreement. The Brexit-supporting Conservative MP warns that the controversial "back stop" in the agreement to stop the Northern Ireland ...
Theresa May was labelled a hypocrite today after she tried to use the Welsh devolution referendum to sell her Brexit plans The Prime Minister tried to claim "both sides" accepted to endorse the creation of the Welsh Assembly - even though many Conservative MPs, including herself, voted against it. Her initial speech ...
Labour would crash to a worse defeat than it suffered under Michael Foot if the party enables Brexit, according to the most extensive survey of voters’ attitudes on the issue conducted since the 2016 referendum. A poll of more than 25,000 people shows the party risks losing millions of supporters ...
Theresa May is trying, yet again, to gather enough support for her Brexit deal, as Tuesday’s vote inches closer. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party have said they will table a motion of no confidence in the PM if she doesn’t get her deal through. Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: ...
Dr Victoria Bateman, an economics lecturer, is holding the show tomorrow (14 Jan) in Cambridge