Gary Gibbon
Can Zac Goldsmith hold back Lib Dems?
The Lib Dem leaflets are already printed. They will argue that a Lib Dem vote is the only way to truly pressurise the Government on Heathrow.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Heathrow: a political odyssey as parties shift position
Brexit changed the dynamics of this argument for some ministers. You have to look mad keen for business opportunities, you can’t afford to play into a narrative that Britain is turning inwards.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May’s ‘prestigious’ slot for speech to EU leaders
A bumper UK/EU free trade deal has always been at the heart of Brexiteers’ assumptions about why life on the outside might be better for the UK.
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Gary Gibbon
Brexit vote: Number 10 aide’s view on why Remain lost
He praises the Leave side for early preparation and better knowledge of the arguments and for rebuttal speed.
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Gary Gibbon
Nicola Sturgeon: border checks ‘lack all credibility’
Nicola Sturgeon feels that Theresa May has gifted her a priceless argument for the second Scottish independence referendum whenever it comes.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May puts herself at the head of the angry mob
The message is that great change must come, dictated by the roar of the Brexit vote. She has determined what the roar meant.
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Gary Gibbon
Tories look to increase majority with DUP deal
The Conservatives and DUP are looking into an arrangement that could increase the Tories’ working majority.
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Gary Gibbon
PM to invoke Article 50 before end of March – but then what?
Theresa May has given herself a little more leeway on starting the Brexit negotiations with the EU partners. She’s also asked the rest of the EU for a bit more help.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris, Jim and Theresa
On Theresa May’s flight to New York one official on her team joked he’d issued instructions that Boris Johnson was to be “rugby tackled” if he looked like he was leaving their section of the plane to mingle with the media.
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FactCheck Q&A: do disabled people get a raw deal?
We know some disabled people are angry about changes to the benefits system. What are the facts?
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May’s first address at the ‘superbowl of espionage’
We are awaiting Theresa May’s first address to the UN. The UN’s mind is elsewhere. The attack on a humanitarian convoy in Syria has dominated the coverage here. Also President Obama’s farewell.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May’s UN message on refugees
Like her predecessor, Mrs May will emphasise that the solutions lay in the regions where the refugee crises are at their worst.
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Gary Gibbon
Hinkley: Government approves £18bn nuclear power station plant
Theresa May has completed her fresh look at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station and it’s now been signed off.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron stands down as MP ‘to avoid Brexit debates’
Camilla Cavendish, head of policy for David Cameron in No. 10, says it’s the thought of sitting through Brexit debates in parliament that drove David Cameron out of parliament.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron quits as MP
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.
