Theresa May’s speech: a ‘horrible experience’ in the name of duty
“What a psycho drama, really sphincter-tightening,” was how one senior Tory put it to me at the end of Theresa May’s speech.
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Times columnist Philip Collins, who was chief speech writer for Tony Blair and who has just written a book on the best political speeches, and Spectator journalist Katy Balls discuss Theresa May’s conference speech.
Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi discusses Theresa May’s conference speech.
“What a psycho drama, really sphincter-tightening,” was how one senior Tory put it to me at the end of Theresa May’s speech.
Theresa May is asked: “Why is everyone at the conference so miserable?” The Prime Minister discusses social housing and says the “the voice of tenants doesn’t appear to have been heard on too many occasions”. She also talks about nurses’ pay.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling discusses the Conservatives’ challenges.
On the eve of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Theresa May is under further pressure from her foreign secretary on Brexit. Boris Johnson insists there must be no “monkeying around” over Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.
She wants a two(ish)-year “implementation period” The Prime Minister had already said she wanted some kind of transitional arrangement to continue after the current date when Britain is set to leave the EU – 29 March 2019. But this is the first time she has mentioned a specific timetable. Mrs May says she wants an…
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Conservative MP Suella Fernandes leads the European Research Group of Tory MPs who have written to Theresa May warning against any transitional deal which would keep Britain in the single market.
Theresa May’s expected speech on Brexit could be “very significant”. What would she have to say to unblock the impasse in the Brexit negotiations?
Weak, no authority – she simply can’t carry on. A damning verdict on Theresa May’s leadership from – say reports – one of her most senior backbenchers. The Prime Minister will be trying to damp down all the speculation with a bid to reassert her grip on the Tory party later this week. But are…
Theresa May was being a bit sneaky pretty much blaming the Pay Review Bodies for the one per cent pay recommendations that have come through since the government announced a one per cent pay cap.
According to NHS Digital, there were a total of 285,893 nurses and health visitors working across the whole of the NHS in March this year, compared to 280,950 in May 2010.