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Theresa May might be “irritated” by all the speculation over her leadership, but she insisted today she wanted the political debate to focus on the country’s future – rather than her own.
Eighty Conservative MPs will vote against the Chequers plan, according to the former Brexit minister Steve Baker. His European Research Group of Conservative MPs says it will set out some alternative plans for Brexit, although not a full manifesto that some had talked about. There are also Tory MPs on the other side of the Brexit argument who are…
Boris Johnson is facing a furious backlash from fellow Conservatives after claiming Theresa May’s Brexit plan had put the UK in a ‘suicide vest’.
The Prime Minister is on the first leg of a three-country mission to Africa, saying she wants the UK to overtake the US to become the G7’s biggest investor in the continent by 2022.
Theresa May meets Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in Edinburgh.
The Prime Minister has said Boris Johnson caused offence over comments he made about Muslim women – and backed calls for him to apologise.
The European Union’s Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, has given a thumbs down to the customs proposal at the heart of Theresa May’s Brexit White Paper. At a Brussels press conference with Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab he said the EU will not allow a non-member any control over its customs and excise policy. Mr Raab…
Theresa May has begun a two day visit to Northern Ireland, with her first visit to the Irish border since the Brexit vote. The Prime Minister went to Belleek, in County Fermanagh, to meet local businesses and political leaders concerned about what will happen with issues like trade and free movement after Britain leaves the…
Under attack from both sides: Theresa May’s shifting Brexit policy has faced days of criticism from Eurosceptics and Remainers on the Tory benches. Today it was the turn of newly-minted backbencher Boris Johnson. In his resignation statement, the former foreign secretary accused the Prime Minister of self-doubt; dither, and a stealthy retreat from her original…
Gary Gibbon
“We are on a cliff edge, leaning right forward, losing our centre of gravity and about to fall into the abyss of 20 years in the wilderness. I can’t see anyway round it. We are inviting Jeremy Corbyn to form a government.” One former minister, this morning, on the state of the Conservative Party. The…
Gary Gibbon
How to handle Donald Trump? What tactics work? How do you get the best out of him? Is there any relationship worth pursuing given how quickly he spins round and contradicts himself? If you’re part of the traditional liberal West, will he always undermine you? The grin/grimace and bear it approach has been tested to…
Gary Gibbon
Leo Varadkar has been hosting the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Dublin, giving the UK a taster of the sort of lines it is going to hear next week at the European Council meeting in Brussels. “There isn’t much time left,” the Taoiseach said. “There is an urgent need to make progress.” Mr Juncker echoed that…
Prime Minister Theresa May discusses Boris Johnson, Brexit, her disagreements with Donald Trump, and the UK/US relationship.
Theresa May has arrived in Canada for the G7 summit, but she hasn’t been able to escape the row back home over Europe. In an interview with this programme she had some tart words for her Foreign Secretary, telling us he “has strong views on Brexit, but so do I”. And she admitted that no-one…
Theresa May has started a round of diplomacy with her own backbenchers ahead of critical votes on the EU Withdrawal bill. And another Brexit row is brewing after the Government published an attack on the EU for attempting to exclude Britain from the Galileo satellite project.