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Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson allies say some in the Cabinet did come to his support during the exchanges on the NHS. But that’s not what it felt like in the room if you listen even to pro-Leave Cabinet members. One Cabinet minister said that Michael Gove and Chris Grayling “didn’t row towards him, they rowed past. The rest…
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox says there will be no final decision on the future of the Irish border after Brexit until there’s a trade deal between Britain and the EU. But Ireland’s minister for Europe tells Channel 4 News the Irish government will veto trade talks unless it wins guarantees on the border issue.
Gary Gibbon
And we had a weekend of “Get Boris” before Tory Conference, a flurry of “Get Theresa” just afterwards. You can already hear a bit of “Get Phil” around Westminster.
It is, according to the International Trade Secretary, a cause for celebration that Britain exports weapons around the world. Liam Fox made his remarks on the opening day of one of the world’s biggest arms exhibitions, hosted here in the UK.
Theresa May will return to work this week, after a walking holiday on the continent. Her Government is expected to publish more detail on the future of our relationship with Europe, including the UK’s negotiating position on customs arrangements and on the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The first “future partnership” paper…
Theresa May is out of the country, and tensions within Cabinet over Brexit have continued. The International Trade Secretary Liam Fox says there has been no Cabinet deal on immigration after Brexit, appearing to contradict the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, who claims free movement could continue for up to three years after we leave the EU.
Parliament has published its register of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since the election. An analysis by FactCheck shows that 123 MPs earn extra money by renting out homes and private property. Landlord MPs account for almost a fifth of all MPs. Their properties include houses, flats, farms, holiday cottages and shops. The MPs include chancellor…
Gary Gibbon
I am at the last venue for Theresa May’s campaign, just outside Birmingham. Half a dozen cabinet ministers just turned up to act as part of the backdrop for her last on camera address to voters.
Gary Gibbon
Denis MacShane always used to say, the thing you need to remember about Europe is that “we don’t read their papers but they read ours.” Ponder what they make of these.
Gary Gibbon
One diplomat said he preferred to describe Sir Tim as “very tiggerish, irrepressible, not things you’d naturally associate with Ivan (Rogers).”
Gary Gibbon
Philip Hammond is addressing business people tonight. A friend said he rather expected the cheers and gasps would happen in the very opposite places where they had in the conference hall for his speech today. For a lifelong Conservative, that’s a slightly alarming state of affairs.
Gary Gibbon
The Cabinet has agreed that triggering Brexit won’t need a vote in Parliament. Theresa May wants to push ahead and trigger Article 50 in January/February 2017.
Gary Gibbon
Is pressure from her constituency party why Sarah Champion ‘unresigned’ from the Shadow Cabinet? Will pressure from Tory backbenchers keep ministers tough on Brexit border control?
Gary Gibbon
Power passed to Theresa May in a precision switchover at Buckingham Palace. She’s now appointing new Secretaries of State – and ending the careers of others.
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn turned on the media at his speech in central London this morning when it was suggested it might be his fault that Labour supporters don’t know which way their party leadership is facing on Europe. The claim comes from the Remain campaign, supported by their own private polling and they express it with real concern.