Politics

Banksy said his painting of politicians as chimpanzees is back on public display to “mark Brexit day”. It was put back on show at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in time for March 29 – the original date of Brexit. It was first on display there in 2009 as part of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition. An unknown collector bought the artwork, but has loaned it to the Bristol gallery. Banksy posted a photo of the chimp piece on his Instagram account on Thursday, along with a...

BBC’s Newsnight political editor repeated what he was old by a Cabinet minister and it makes despairing footage. Nick Watt had earlier asked an unnamed Cabinet minister: “why is the Prime Minister holding a vote when she is pretty sure she will lose?” He said the minister responded using "very strong language": “F*** knows. I am past caring. It is like the living dead in here.” Mr Watt said the minister then told him that May's cabinet had “completely broken down.”...

Conservative MP Jake Berry has suggested that a new Royal Yacht Britannia would act as a boon to the UK’s international trade and “unite” the country following the bitter divisions of the Brexit debate. Speaking to The House magazine he argued the vessel would "bring our country back together" and help drive the UK’s overseas trade policy outside the European Union. He said: “The rebuilding of the Royal Yacht Britannia is not government policy. However, my personal view about it is...

The numbers with a pessimistic outlook has increased from a sixth - 16 per cent - since the referendum.

Theresa May has thrown down the gauntlet to Brexiteers by giving them the chance to vote on parts of her Withdrawal Deal on what would have been Brexit day. MPs will be asked to vote again on elements of the agreement tomorrow, the initial proposed exit date, but will not vote on the UK's future relationship with the EU. They will cast a ballot on the "divorce bill", citizens' rights and the controversial Irish "backstop", which will be sufficient to...

Suggestions that Theresa May could be planning a third vote on her Brexit deal have been quashed after Andrea Leadsom appeared to make the proposal in the Commons earlier today.  According to Faisal Islam attempts to get the so-called "MV3" back for a vote failed earlier after David Lidington and Geoffrey Cox went to see the speaker this morning.  May has said she would quit as PM if Tory rebels and the DUP backed her deal. My understanding is that...

Eddie Brinsmead-Stockham was passing through Gatwick after a short golfing trip in Portugal when he was stopped by an "abrupt" Home Office official.

The odds of a second referendum are shortening significantly with one bookmaker following last night’s support for the People’s Vote. They make it just 7/4 (from 9/4) for Government to call on the British public once again to shape the country’s future relationship with the European Union. Meaningful Vote III looks like being voted down at 1/3, having looked like a close-run thing at 5/6 before last night’s parliamentary session. Theresa May is now priced to step down in the...

No majority emerged for any of the eight options tabled in the House of Commons last night.  Voting under the indicative vote process, MPs were unable to reach a consensus after they dramatically seized control of the agenda in the House of Commons from the Prime Minister. A permanent customs union and a motion tabled for a new referendum gained the most support, but still were unable to get over the line.  The voting was as follows:  139 yes 422 no...