Articles tagged Brexit:
An Open Letter to the European Research Group (ERG)
- 29 Jan 2019
Dear ERG, Have you gone completely stark, staring mad? Glad to have got your attention... Last week your chairman called on the Prime Minister to prorogue Parliament. This week your actions could scupper Brexit altogether. You don't want a soft Brexit. I don't want a ...
Let Me Be Clear Where I Stand on Brexit & Mrs May's Deal
- 27 Jan 2019
I've come to the conclusion that when people watch television, and they have a certain view on an issue, they hear what they want to hear. I've got used to it by now, but it really does irritate me. Take today, for example. This morning I appeared on the Andrew Marr Show for t...
Mail on Sunday Column: The Brexit Wrecking Crew
- 20 Jan 2019
Of all the many colourful scenes and events surrounding the tumultuous defeat of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal last Tuesday, one image stays with me more than any other – and for all the wrong reasons. It is the mental picture of senior hard-Brexiteers including John Red...
EDP Column: What Price Loyalty? Does Parliament Reflect the Country on Brexit?
- 19 Jan 2019
Loyalty, loyalty, what price loyalty? Given the events in Parliament this week you might think that our local MPs might have shaken off the shackles of party loyalty and allegiance, but not a bit of it. Political parties are an always have been tribes. You’re elected under a p...
I Still Couldn't Support the PM's Deal - Her Challenge is to Come Up With a Better One
- 12 Jan 2019
The headline given to my ConservativeHome diary column this week has caused a lot of comment. The comments have mainly been made by people too lazy to read the actual article and who don't realise that the author of a column doesn't write the accompanying headline. The...
Evening Standard Column: Who will step in to rescue May’s Brexit?
- 10 Jan 2019
"It’s like a middle-aged swingers party waiting for the arrival of Scarlett Johansson,” chirped Michael Gove at yesterday’s first post-Christmas Cabinet meeting. “Or Pierce Brosnan…” trilled Amber Rudd. Goodness knows what the Goves and Rudds had been up to over Christmas. The...
The Chances of Us Leaving the EU on 29 March Are Receding
- 14 Dec 2018
I said on Good Morning Britain (when I could get a word in edgeways with Labour MP Rupa Huq) that I couldn't recall a worse week for a British Prime Minister in living memory. Theresa May leaves Brussels today humiliated, and not for the first time. I have no idea why she thou...
Brexit Deal Poll Results
- 10 Dec 2018
Given the Prime Minister, in her infinite wisdom, has pulled the vote tomorrow, some questions in this poll have proved to be somewhat academic. However, I'll post them anyway. For the record, 2,318 people took part in this poll. I must emphasise that there is nothing scientif...
Poll: The Withdrawal Deal, a Second Referendum & a Government of National Unity
- 9 Dec 2018
We could be entering one of the most momentous weeks in British politics for a few decades. Or maybe not. Rumours are rife that the government might 'pull' the meaningful vote on Tuesday. Theresa May is so far resisting advice to do so, but who knows what will happen. Ther...
The Perils of a Second Referendum & Why Remain Must Not Be on the Ballot Paper
- 7 Dec 2018
Let me make this clear from the start. I am wholly opposed to a Second Referendum, a People's Vote, a Loser's Vote, call it what you will. In 2016 we were told that it was a 'once in a generation vote' and that the government would 'implement what you decide'. Since then, t...