The text of May’s Brexit deal that puts a border in the Irish Sea
DUP leader Arlene Foster and her MPs have said they will vote against Theresa May’s Brexit ‘deal’ – barely a Brexit at all and more a surrender of rights to […]
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Busy Brexit week ahead – as May gambles she can manipulate the DUP
This week is going to be a busy one in Brexit terms, according to parliamentary sources. After weeks of priming the UK public to expect the worst, with much discussion […]
As SKWAWKBOX predicted, DUP set to bring down May for own ‘backstop’ purposes
Last week the SKWAWKBOX predicted that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose unwholesome ‘confidence and supply arrangement’ deal has been shoring up the Tory government since last year, was planning […]
Tory fudge and cowardice = no winnable Brexit amendment vote on Tuesday
The media has been busily talking up the ‘EEA amendment’ of Labour’s ‘backbench rebels’, building the idea that this was the only winnable amendment – and, of course, using this […]
Video: May’s freudian slip: “We will get the best deal for the Europ-“
Theresa May was completely out of her depth during today’s PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions). So much so that media including the BBC had to admit she her performance was a […]
Video: Dep Speaker’s freudian slip as May grows increasingly flustered and tongue-tied
Theresa May grew – as usual – increasingly flustered and strident under Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s questioning during today’s PMQs (Prime Minister’s questions). So marked was this loss of composure […]
Video: Peston – “Ireland undermined British govts for >100 years”
ITV political editor Robert Peston has outraged Irish viewers with a comment, during a discussion on the EU and the Irish border with hard-Brexit Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg, in which he […]
Breaking: Tories/DUP/RoI “agree border ‘fudge'” likely to spark Brexiteer outrage
Theresa May’s shambolic Brexit weakness looks set to continue if reports from SKWAWKBOX sources in Ireland are correct. Mrs May was humiliated on Monday after her team trailed a breakthrough […]
Whichever way it breaks, Ireland ‘no divergence’ deal threatens Tory govt
Opinion Earlier today, European Commission President Donald Tusk tweeted his excitement about an imminent deal between the UK and the EU on the Irish border: Shortly afterward, the Europe editor […]
Exclusive: EU’s Barnier ‘behind Irish Sea border’ bombshell
The SKWAWKBOX – along with some of the mainstream press – published this morning the news of the Irish border ‘bombshell’ that could end the Tory-DUP alliance, as the DUP […]