Brexit
Boris Johnson rallies Tory MPs as Commons backs snap election
The House of Commons has just voted by 438 to 20 for a 12 December election. Given that amendments on extending…
SNP and LibDems join forces to pursue 9 December election
The Scottish National Party and Lib Dems have joined forces to attempt to force a general election in early December,…
What is Boris Johnson’s plan?
As Boris Johnson laid out his plan at political Cabinet on Thursday, it quickly became apparent how much of it…
Portrait of the week: More Brexit chaos, royal complaints and Syrian fighting
Home The Commons voted by 329 to 299 for a Brexit Withdrawal Bill but then stymied progress by defeating a…
Should we be blaming Balliol, rather than Eton, for our political woes?
In our house, the biggest source of tension is that I think there is an important difference between deferring a…
Letters: David Cameron’s real referendum mistake
Cameron’s fatal error Sir: Jo Johnson’s otherwise informative review of David Cameron’s For the Record (Books, 12 October) suggests Cameron’s…
The question a second referendum must ask
Mostly I stay confident the Prime Minister’s team are playing a weak hand badly, but my confidence does occasionally falter.…
Even in New York they’re going nuts over Brexit
At the New Yorker Festival party in mid-October, my astute colleague hardly needed the caution. But you know how at…
Caroline Flint: why I’m backing this Brexit deal
Nothing in Caroline Flint’s CV would have marked her out as someone who would end up marshalling 19 of her…
Brexit has at least inspired John le Carré — his thriller on the subject is a cracker
Since 1903, when Erskine Childers warned of the rising tide of German militarism that preceded the first world war in…
Dear Mary: Do I have a moral duty to allow Brexit chat at supper parties?
Q. I’ve been having friends to supper for many decades. Although I say it myself, these gatherings have often been…
Boris Johnson’s election threat to wavering Labour MPs
The key Brexit vote tonight is on the programme motion. The sense is that the government has the votes to…
Let’s be honest about what a second referendum means
A second referendum would be a political abomination. And it’s about time more of us said so. We need to…
Tomorrow will be the make-or-break day for Boris Johnson’s Brexit
The important vote on Tuesday will be on the timetable, or programme motion, for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the law…
Will MPs block the government’s mad dash to get the Withdrawal Agreement Bill through?
Appropriately, given the length of time it has taken politicians of all colours to continue putting off taking any sort…
Boris sends three letters to the EU – and says he does NOT want a Brexit extension
The Prime Minister will today send, but not sign, a letter requesting a Brexit delay till January 31 2020, and will…
Twelve Brexit lessons from today’s drama in the Commons
Here are the important points about today’s emergency vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – which turned into a vote on…
Boris Johnson has 72 hours to win over a dozen MPs
Today was meant to be the day that parliament decided on Brexit. But this parliament will always choose to postpone…
The question for wavering MPs: do they really trust Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson is still pursuing today’s vote as a decisive moment for the Brexit deal, rather than the start of…
The vindication of Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy
Before the referendum, David Davis thought that the Brexit process would be straightforward. ‘The first calling point of the UK’s…
Portrait of the week: Brexit uncertainty, Turkey in Syria and a Chinese threat
Home Brexit teetered from uncertainty to uncertainty. Parliament had been summoned to sit on Saturday 19 October to debate what…
Donald Trump is key to Boris Johnson’s survival
There are so many problems confronting our polity this week that it is almost impossible to write about any of…
A Brexit deal will completely change the electoral landscape
Expect the unexpected has been the rule in British politics these last few years. But even so, few would have…
Jacob Rees-Mogg: ‘I am enormously environmentally friendly by driving old Bentleys’
Jacob Rees-Mogg sits at a mahogany table in his office drinking black coffee from a Spode cup. Across from him…
It’s down to the wire – and Boris only has one chance to survive
Here is my ideal scenario. Having failed to push through a deal to leave the European Union, either in the…
