Welcome to my day: 3 September 2018 – dancing for loose change?
I’m not one to criticise Theresa May’s dancing. You don’t want to see me on a dance floor, if truth be told. And, regardless of her prospects in “Strictly Come Dancing”, she was trying. And on that...
View ArticleTim Farron writes…Theresa, put your country first
The largely confected outrage at the EU rejecting the Chequers deal has made me reconsider my view of Theresa May. It seems she is more canny than I had thought, and not in a good way. I often stick up...
View ArticleMay’s Brexit deal is the best the Tory party can produce, but there are...
The Guardian recently offered an interactive tool which allowed readers to guess how many votes May’s deal would get in the House of Commons. (Apologies that I cannot find the link to the tool at the...
View ArticleDear Theresa, If your deal is so great, why not let the people vote on it?
As I write, the European Union has just agreed the Brexit Deal. I’m a bit sad that it’s all happening on what would have been Charles Kennedy’s 59th birthday. He’d have had something to say about all...
View ArticleSo it looks like there might be a Tory leadership contest after all…..
The rumours have been circulating all evening, but if Kuenssberg and Peston are now saying it, there has to be some plausibility to the story: Hearing that SirGraham Brady has asked to see the PM after...
View ArticlePM Confidence vote – open thread
I’m going to call it now. Theresa May is going to win and win big tonight. That is not going to mean that all is peace, harmony and love in the Conservative Party. Today’s extraordinary scene between...
View ArticleThe hunt for certainty
Theresa May has been telling MPs that they need to vote for her deal to give certainty. That has always been hogwash because the Withdrawal Agreement kicks so much about our future relationship with...
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What should Vince say to Theresa?
So Theresa May is going to be meeting with party leaders tonight and over the next few days to find a way forward on Brexit. Which party leader is best qualified for facing her down on daft ideas? Our...
View ArticleVince Cable tells Theresa May, “the votes may be there for a People’s Vote”
Yesterday, Vince Cable wrote to Theresa May, offering her a way to solve her Brexit crisis… Prime Minister I appreciate the opportunity to have had a proper conversation with you about our views on the...
View Article23-24 February 2019 – the weekend’s press release
Cable: PM fast becoming most irresponsible politician ever Responding to confirmation the Prime Minister has delayed her meaninful vote on Brexit, Liberal Democrat Leader Vince Cable said: Theresa May...
View ArticleGetting rid of May doesn’t resolve the worst thing about her deal
The papers are full of speculation that Theresa May’s days as Prime Minister are numbered. So far so like every other day for the past year or so. If current reports are to be believed, up to 11...
View Article23-24 March 2019 – the weekend’s press releases
Cable: We are now a Remain country Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable today kicked off the ‘Put It To The People’ march by declaring to supporters that the UK is a “Remain country”. The...
View Article++May to resign as PM before next phase of Brexit
Embed from Getty Images The Guardian reports: Theresa May has promised Tory MPs she will step down as prime minister before the next phase of Brexit negotiations in a bid to get Eurosceptics to back...
View Article28 March 2019 – today’s press releases
My apologies for lateness this evening, as I’ve been distracted by the Opening Day of the 2019 baseball season. And, as my beloved Cincinnati Reds won, I’m in a good mood… Tories have pushed 200,000...
View ArticleCabinet minister: ‘It is May’s inability to engage in the most basic human...
Embed from Getty Images BBC Newsnight’s political editor, Nicholas Watt, quoted a cabinet minister last night, providing perhaps the clearest insight yet into the Brexit mess. Here’s what Watt said: In...
View ArticleArticle 50: Into extra time
I suspect I was far from the only Liberal Democrat who had a stiff drink pre-arranged for 11pm last night , to drown my sorrows if the UK did crash out of the European Union. The notice of a reprieve...
View Article1 April 2019 – the overnight press releases…
Lib Dems introduce no confidence legislation to solve Brexit impasse Today Liberal Democrat Brexit Spokesperson, Tom Brake MP, will present a bill which would require the Prime Minister to resign...
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General election suggestion: Spinning the Rubik’s cube again is not going to...
This morning, Theresa May is holding an extended “political cabinet”. That is usually an indicator that the cabinet is considering initiating a general election. The meeting will start with a review...
View ArticleMay says she will work with Labour to find a scapegoat / break deadlock/kick...
An extraordinary cabinet meeting today. Robert Peston called it possibly the most important cabinet meeting in 50 years. All ministers’ phones were confiscated and ministers were locked in a cupboard...
View ArticleHow that conversation between May and Corbyn should go
Tonight, Theresa May said she wanted to unite the country behind the deal which everybody hates. She was going to talk to Jeremy Corbyn so he could share the blame when it all goes wrong. So Jeremy...
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