Tories softening up public for May to chicken out of Brexit deal vote
The Tories have long adopted a tactic of abandoning votes they fear they will lose – and they look to repeat the manoeuvre, this time in the most scandalous and […]
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Two paragraphs in govt’s legal advice that seal May’s fate with the DUP
Comment After the humiliation of three Commons defeats in a row yesterday, including an unprecedented finding of contempt against her government, Theresa May has this morning released the government’s legal […]
Raab resigns despite May ‘begging him to stay’ – seems didn’t know details of deal
Comment Dominic Raab has dealt Theresa May a devastating blow ahead of her Brexit statement to the Commons by resigning this morning – in spite of the PM reportedly humiliating […]
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 […]
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 […]
Close-up video of May’s face as she faces Irish vote-cheat grilling is revealing
Theresa May is in Ireland today – and faced a grilling from Irish journalists about the Tories’ ‘pairing breach’ vote-cheating scandal. It must have been a shock to her system […]
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 […]