Breaking: Cabinet expected to make move against May
Move ‘likely’, according to Cabinet sources A move against Theresa May by members of her Cabinet is expected this afternoon, as senior Tories’ frustration over her persistent failure to find […]
Tag Archives: compromise
‘Boris lock’ key to Brexit deal as Corbyn-May talks make progress
Discussions between Labour and Tories over changes to Brexit deal make some progress – but even if May finally learns to compromise, measure to legally protect compromise from May’s successor, […]
#PeakCentrist reached as Grieve votes against own amendment. Will ‘moderates’ get point?
Tory MP Dominic Grieve was among a number of much-anticipated but ultimately non-rebelling MPs who accepted a meaningless government concession – something they would have had to do anyway – […]
Tory ‘rebels’ sided with govt – for a ‘concession’ the govt had to do anyway
The Tory so-called ‘rebels’ – again – accepted a government compromise or concession today and decided – again – not to actually rebel, handing Theresa May a free pass to […]
Govt desperation shows in cruelty as well as cowardice as Tory rebels again fail to actually rebel
The Tories’ desperation has shown in weakness and cowardice, with the government again making any promise it has to in order to give its supposed ‘rebels’ the excuse they need […]
Today will expose those using Brexit merely as a political stick
Yesterday was a disastrous and humiliating day for Labour back-bench agitators and FBPE-hashtaggers, as the Tory ‘rebels’ on whom they publicly pinned their hopes accepted a transparently-false compromise from […]
Tory non-rebelling ‘rebels’ leave #FBPE and Blairites with huge egg on face
Right-wing Labour back-benchers and FBPE obsessives ended up with huge, rotten egg on their faces on Tuesday when Tory ‘rebels’ singularly failed to do anything remotely resembling actually rebelling. Theresa […]
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 […]
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 […]
Seems we’re well-known enough for some to try buying us
It appears that the SKWAWKBOX has reached the kind of profile where people think it’s worth trying to buy it – or a piece of its credibility, at least. A […]