Johnson has put deliberate holes in withdrawal agreement to provoke MPs to reject or amend it – and passing it may be best chance for Labour to thwart his plans […]
Sir Roger Gale’s “horse’s mouth” assessment could scarcely be more withering – but Number 10 refuses again to engage over Cummings’ actions A Tory MP who voted with Boris Johnson […]
In spite of Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom’s statement to BBC News that rebel Tory MPs would be given another chance to back Boris Johnson tomorrow before the whip is withdrawn […]
This evening, the government lost its attempt to defeat an amendment to its finance bill to force it to ask Parliament for permission for spending on any preparations for a […]
Details emerging from parliamentary sources about May’s ‘draft’ Brexit deal – which is already causing ructions among the Tory right and the DUP: the so-called ‘backstop’ will keep the whole […]
Yesterday, the SKWAWKBOX predicted a busy week for the government – and for Labour politicians and supporters – as Brexit negotiations come to a conclusion. Based on conversations with insiders […]
In the votes on Philip Hammond’s budget last week, the Establishment media chose to focus on twenty ‘moderate’ MPs whose decision to vote against a planned rise in tax thresholds […]
Twenty or so Labour MPs look set to break the party whip by voting against the increases to tax thresholds contained in Philip Hammond’s budget. Labour plans to abstain on […]
Theresa May faced a meeting with the Tories’ ‘1922 committee’ this evening – the body that by tradition makes and discards Tory leaders. Even though some political commentators had touted […]
Kate Hoey was one of four right-wing Labour MPs last week whose decision to vote with the government on a key EU trade bill almost certainly saved Theresa May and […]