Politics

In news you couldn’t make up, it turns out that the factory that Theresa May made her last-ditch attempt to persuade Tory rebels to vote for her Brexit deal today received £429,000 from the EU. The Prime Minister visited Stoke-on-Trent today, most of which voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum to give a speech outlining how not voting for her Brexit deal in the meaningful vote on Brexit tomorrow risked Brexit not happening at all. But the...

Government whip Gareth Johnson has just quit, telling Theresa May in his letter (below) that he cannot in all conscience “reconcile his duties as a Whip” with implementing her European Withdrawal Agreement. The Brexit-supporting Conservative MP warns that the controversial "back stop" in the agreement to stop the Northern Ireland peace agreement falling apart  "ensures we will be fettered in our ability to negotiate trade deals with other nations in future." The Tory MP resigning as a minister in the...

Theresa May was labelled a hypocrite today after she tried to use the Welsh devolution referendum to sell her Brexit plans The Prime Minister tried to claim "both sides" accepted to endorse the creation of the Welsh Assembly - even though many Conservative MPs, including herself, voted against it. Her initial speech which was sent to members of the press read: "When the people of Wales voted by a margin of 0.3%, on a turnout of just over 50%, to endorse the creation...

Labour would crash to a worse defeat than it suffered under Michael Foot if the party enables Brexit, according to the most extensive survey of voters’ attitudes on the issue conducted since the 2016 referendum. A poll of more than 25,000 people shows the party risks losing millions of supporters in two scenarios under which it either votes through some form of compromise deal or fails to order MPs to oppose Brexit. Conducted over the Christmas break when Jeremy Corbyn’s...

Parliament will convene today to kick off one of the most significant weeks in recent political history as Prime Minister Theresa May attempts to get her deal approved in order for Britain's exit terms to be set in motion. May will launch a last-ditch attempt to win support of MPs in a speech today warning them that they risk doing "catastrophic harm" to the public's faith in democracy if they block her withdrawal deal in tomorrow's crunch vote. Forecasts suggest...

Theresa May is trying, yet again, to gather enough support for her Brexit deal, as Tuesday’s vote inches closer. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party have said they will table a motion of no confidence in the PM if she doesn’t get her deal through.  Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr show: "We will table a motion of no confidence in the government at a time of our choosing, but it's going to be soon, don't worry about it." May plans to...

Dr Victoria Bateman, an economics lecturer, is holding the show tomorrow (14 Jan) in Cambridge

Sir John Major, former PM, has again waded into the Brexit debate. He said that revoking Article 50 is ‘the only sensible course,” and hopes the public will be allowed to vote again on the final deal. Major believes that a new referendum would be the ‘the definitive decision’ on whether the UK leaves the EU. Major told the Sunday Times that the benefits of a no-deal exit were "close to zero", adding: “Every single household – rich or poor...

UK yellow vest protesters listed child abuse, homelessness and wrongful arrests among the things they "stand for" in a botched flyer distributed ahead of this weekend's march. In an attempt to imitate French protests crowds of activists donning high-visibility jackets took to the streets of central London this weekend to march against government cuts, among other things. The People's Assembly Against Austerity descended on London to make their message heard, but a botched flyer distributed by the group beforehand showed...