Can she be Truss-ted for the job?
A previously passionate Remainer now in charge of negotiating the Northern Ireland Protocol with her Conservative Party leadership credentials in the balance? Those familiar with the story of Dune will…
Will the cabinet resignations lead to a softer Brexit?
On Friday, after months of prevaricating, May convened a cabinet meeting at Chequers to finally present to ministers a plan that committed to firm positions on some of Brexit’s most…
The SNP walkout: what have they gained?
PMQs played host to some rare political theatre yesterday as the SNP’s MPs left the chamber in a ‘spontaneous’ exodus - helpfully trailed in a tweet by Pete Wishart –…
Theresa May’s Customs Union Catch-22
Theresa May is presently juggling a multitude of political problems. First, there is the controversy surrounding her decision to join air strikes against the Syrian regime without parliamentary approval. Second,…
The Irish border and a hard Brexit
Of all the obstacles to the government’s preferred Brexit plan, the Irish border issue remains the most intractable. May’s government remains committed to leaving the EU’s single market and customs…
Boris’ Brexit speech – Right message, wrong messenger
Boris Johnson’s speech at Policy Exchange today marks the first of a series of government speeches on Brexit. The aim, presumably, is to present to the country the impression of…
Brexit analysis in a fact-free debate
Behind-the-scenes Brexit preparations continue to cause embarrassment for the government as news of a new, wholly negative Brexit analysis has leaked into the public domain. The analysis, leaked to BuzzFeed,…
Blair’s Brexit Gamble
Tony Blair today made one of his most explicit interventions into British politics since leaving political office in 2007. In an article entitled Brexit - What We Now Know written…
Brexit: Making progress or treading water?
More than eight months after May triggered the two year Article 50 withdrawal process, Brexit negotiations are worryingly static. The most complicated part of the process – negotiating a bespoke…
Finding a mandate for Brexit
For those hoping for a respite from high-stakes democratic exercises until at least 2020, today’s vote for an early election on 8 June will come as a disappointment. However, despite…