Gary Gibbon
Yesterday No 10 accidentally mis-briefed that the DUP deal was contingent on Stormont power-sharing getting up and running. It set a lot of hares running, briefly, before the correction was rung through. It was a particularly lively moment because DUP insiders believe that the Northern Ireland office had, at the end of last week, been…
Gary Gibbon
The DUP have rattled their sabres telling the UK government to get on with the deal that’s been sought to prop up Theresa May’s minority administration. They’re telling Downing Street to focus and there are probably a few things going on here. DUP sources have talked of finding Downing Street to be in chaos since…
The day began with former Chancellor George Osborne describing Theresa May as a “dead woman walking” and her Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon denying the controversial floated deal with the DUP was a formal coalition. It ended with the Prime Minister’s reshuffle of her cabinet and more questions about where this political impasse is headed.
Gary Gibbon
The lectern in Downing Street has been wheeled out again.
Theresa May is on her way into Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports on their meeting.
A tumultuous night on the markets: the pound has slid still further against the dollar and the Euro – although the result has sent share prices up.
Less than two weeks before the talks are due to start – where does all this leave the whole Brexit process?
Theresa May has said she intends to form a government that will provide “certainty” and guide the country through Brexit talks.
A million young people registered to vote in this election and they turned out in their droves. So what drove a generation that’s so often been written off as apathetic or just disengaged?
Theresa May’s attempt to take advantage of Labour’s weakness in the opinion polls has sensationally backfired.
She wanted “strong and stable” but ended up in her own coalition of chaos – a hung parliament. Theresa May’s gamble backfires – but for now at least she’s staying on.
Gary Gibbon
That was the most tempestuous set of results in many many years.
Voters across the country have been casting their ballots in today’s General Election – with party leaders hoping for a large turnout.
Sir Craig Oliver, David Cameron’s former communications director, says he expects Theresa May to be returned to power with a “significantly increased majority”. Tom Baldwin, a former director of communications at the Labour Party and a senior adviser to Ed Miliband at the last election, says if Labour loses seats, its campaign cannot be judged…
The Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has accused Theresa May of arrogance, as she spoke to a final rally of supporters in Leith, declaring that the election is an opportunity to stop the Tories in their tracks. Four million Scottish voters will be heading to the polls tomorrow.