Earlier today, the government narrowly defeated an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill that would have given Parliament its proper democratic say – Brexit was, after all, about taking back […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Theresa May’s government faces serious challenges this week as it tries to defeat amendments to its Brexit legislation – in particular Labour’s amendments to give MPs a ‘meaningful vote’ on […]
In the House of Commons on Tuesday, MPs defeated a Labour motion, moved by Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner, to block a planned government move that will take a free, […]
A UK pensioner living in Australia wrote to Tory MP Andrew Percy to express his fears about the government’s freeze on pensions for ex-pats in some countries – those […]
On Christmas Eve, Labour front-bencher Chris Williamson released his ‘Christmas message’. It was a tongue-in-cheek affair. Williamson releases weekly video updates on goings-on at Westminster, but his Christmas edition was […]
Ahead of a vote in the House of Commons today (Weds 18 October), Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has challenged Tory MPs to support a motion to pause the […]