Theresa May has been left with a Commons majority of just 32.5 per cent after last night's vote. Despite surviving a leadership contest by 200 to 117 votes she is now facing an uphill battle with a third of her own politicians having no confidence in her and the SNP, DUP, ...
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 ...
Boris Johnson was crowned the Idiot of the Year and dubbed the "most irresponsible politician the country has seen for many years" at The Economist's alternative awards last night. The former London Mayor and Foreign Secretary pipped Theresa May to the "prize idiot" gong. Citing Brexit the judges said they ...
Caroline Lucas, arguing in favour of a People's Vote in a live Brexit debate broadcast on Channel 4, looks to have walked away with the plaudits after a fiercely contested battle with senior politicians. The Green MP lined up against Jacob Rees-Mogg, who campaigned for a hard Brexit, James Cleverly, who ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Prime Minister Theresa May is no longer in charge. She will lose the 11 December vote on her Brexit agreement. Her party is in open revolt against her and she’s been forced to pluck unknown MPs from the backbenches to fill her cabinet. Just this week, opposition parties at Westminster ...
One wrote: "I'm sorry Newsnight, but I wouldn't trust Marcus Fysh to order me a pizza."
“If we look at the alternative to that deal with the European Union, we see that it will either be more uncertainty and more division, or it could risk no Brexit at all.”