Gary Gibbon
Theresa May – no running commentary on Brexit
Theresa May batted away all attempts by MPs to make her spell out her Brexit renegotiation strategy. There will be no running commentary she said – repeatedly.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May talks trade at G20 summit in China
Until Theresa May mentioned, in her closing press conference, how her predecessor shared her opposition to a points based system, I hadn’t heard David Cameron’s name mentioned here once.
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Gary Gibbon
Will Angela Merkel really resist informal talks with the UK?
Does she really want to first hear about the UK’s negotiating position at round a table with 26 other countries?
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Gary Gibbon
Questions over Theresa May’s new government
While some sit nervously awaiting the call up, for the losers in this change of administration, ministers and their teams, there have been tears shed, drink taken and no shortage of bad feeling.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May takes control of her Government
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.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron will be remembered for gambling and losing
David Cameron’s last Prime Minister’s Questions showed him at his best. It was astute, witty and self-deprecating. But history will cast it aside.
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron’s last Cabinet – ‘no emoting’
Theresa May congratulated David Cameron for his achievements in office at his last Cabinet meeting. She will be a very different type of leader.
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Gary Gibbon
May to succeed Cameron as PM on Wednesday
David Cameron whizzed round to Parliament when Theresa May got back from Birmingham and at 3.20pm met her there in the office that will very soon be hers.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May to be PM after Leadsom supporters lose faith
Andrea Leadsom has withdrawn from the Tory leadership contest. Theresa May is our new Prime Minister.
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Gary Gibbon
Leadsom supporters on the march
The march from Millbank Tower to Parliament by Andrea Leadsom supporters was one of the stranger political events of recent times.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May: will the MPs’ favourite charm the members?
Even amongst Theresa May supporters you find plenty of MPs who say their candidate is not a great public performer and they worry she won’t come across well in hustings.
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Gary Gibbon
Tory leadership: no-one is taking anything for granted
The process of choosing our new Prime Minister enters a decisive phase with the first ballot of Tory MPs.
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Gary Gibbon
Leadsom opponents try to label her ‘Ukip candidate’
Ukip donor Arron Banks believes Andrea Leadsom is the best bet for getting as much distance between the UK and the EU post the referendum.
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Gary Gibbon
Farage – goodbye or au revoir again?
He said having got his country back he was now saying I want my life back.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson’s leadership hopes fade
MPs who’d already declared for Boris Johnson, with prominent seats reserved at this morning’s launch, have started deserting the Johnson camp already. Some at the London venue are wondering if his campaign launch planned for 11:30 will go ahead at all.