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Gary Gibbon
Well it wasn’t really worth the drum roll build-up. As reshuffles go this has not been transformatory. There’s more still to come tomorrow with middle and junior ranks outside the Cabinet, but Theresa may has not felt able to shift big irritants from senior jobs and, as I write, has yet to announce any Cabinet sackings.…
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn made a rare PMQs foray into Brexit focusing in his first question on Ireland.
Gary Gibbon
Everything we know about Mrs May suggests that she would be very cautious about increasing overseas involvement like a no-fly-zone.
Gary Gibbon
Mr Cameron has talked to friends about the need to avoid the bad publicity Mr Blair has had from jetting around the world and picking up massive cheques from various individuals and regimes.
Gary Gibbon
“Can we be so sure that peace is assured?” David Cameron asked today in his latest speech for Remain. You might be wondering why he hadn’t mentioned that before.
Gary Gibbon
There’s an update from Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry – but you may feel it doesn’t shed much light…
As George Osborne stands in for David Cameron at PMQs we chart how the Chancellor has positioned himself as the future leader of the Conservative party
Gary Gibbon
In countering the SNP, the Greens and Plaid Cymru, the Labour leader will have to be careful not to upset left-leaning potential Labour voters during tonight’s debate.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Polls shows David Cameron came out on top in last night’s election special. So the big question for Labour is, can they do enough in these TV appearances to make a difference?
Gary Gibbon
On the last day of parliament, Labour MPs thwart a Tory plot to introduce secret ballots to elect the speaker and thus overthrow John Bercow. It seems the order to destroy him came from the very top.
Harriet Harman is under fire over Labour’s use of a pink bus to encourage women to vote. It is not the first time politicians have been accused of sexism.
Welfare Minister Lord Freud apologises after saying some disabled people are “not worth” the minimum wage. Why did he say this and what is the reaction of disabilities charities?
She was the public face of the Yes campaign and is now running for SNP leader – just as her party becomes the UK’s third biggest. Meet the woman who used to be known as “scary”.
Gary Gibbon
I understand word has gone out to Mrs Gove to stop hitting the tweet button after a series of messages blurted out on Wednesday. They threatened to undermine the coordinated Gove/Cameron operation to minimise his pain at the reshuffle. They may have been triggered by the late realisation in the Gove household that the office of…
Barack Obama says he will send up to 300 military advisers, but not soldiers, to Iraq and will consider targeted military action in future – but calls on Iraq’s leaders to “reach out” to all Iraqis.