Picture: Not the last Tory PM to have their premiership destroyed by Europe Can Mrs May’s speech today accomplish what every Tory PM has failed to achieve in the last 40 years and finally unite the Tory party over Europe? I was born a few months before Margaret Thatcher became PM, which will make me forty next year, in that time frame every Tory Prime Minister has had their premiership either ended or destroyed by European Community/Union affairs, and it…
Three council by elections tonight: one Conservative defence and two Labour.@andrewteale's previews: https://t.co/reCxOxpPMB — Britain Elects (@britainelects) September 21, 2017 TSE
Westminster voting intention: LAB: 44% (+2)CON: 40% (-1)LDEM: 9% (-)UKIP: 2% (-1)GRN: 1% (-1) via @IpsosMORI, 15 – 18 SepChgs. w July — Britain Elects (@britainelects) September 21, 2017 % of public who find [X] to be a capable leader: T. May: 45% (-23)J. Corbyn: 38% (+14) via @IpsosMORI, 15 – 18 SepChgs. w/ Sep 2016 — Britain Elects (@britainelects) September 21, 2017 % of public who find [X] to be of sound judgement: T. May: 36% (-20)J. Corbyn: 40%…
Ladbrokes have a market up on what Theresa May might say in her Florence speech tomorrow, and I get the feeling that this is another market that will help contribute to the Ladbrokes Christmas bonus fund. If I had to choose I’d back the 12/1 on ‘Global Trading Power’, but if PBers spot any value, please let me know. TSE
By acting ultra vires, Amber Rudd’s actions should worry anyone who believes in the rule of law Because of Boris Johnson’s behaviour there’s one story that hasn’t received the attention it deserves and that is the story of Amber Rudd being held in contempt of court, last Thursday The Guardian reported An asylum seeker is holed up in a hotel room in Kabul in fear for his life after the home secretary breached a high court order not to remove…
TIMES main story #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/X1wnVitWEf — Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) September 19, 2017 On resigning, it’s BoNo, I can’t leave, with or without you Prime Minister. We’ve been here before, an unpopular analogue Prime Minister in a digital world who most of their party would like to ditch, a Foreign Secretary writing a newspaper article setting out their vision which many took as the beginning of a leadership challenge but then chickened out of that challenge. I wonder like David Miliband,…
*grudging standing ovation for @PrivateEyeNews* pic.twitter.com/5fGCLStlGf — James Ball (@jamesrbuk) September 19, 2017 Scoop from @gordonrayner: Boris Johnson 'will resign before weekend' if the PM goes against his Brexit demands.https://t.co/7OF2fsCWIS — Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) September 19, 2017 Boris Johnson is now 3/1 favourite as next out of the cabinet, he was 8/1 last week. TSE
UK’s Brexit shuffle suggests Theresa May is very much in command https://t.co/kRXhfSMayI — FT UK Politics (@ftukpolitics) September 18, 2017 Theresa May tightens grip on Brexit by hiring David Davis's right hand man https://t.co/7D1ZQo7e2I — Telegraph Politics (@TelePolitics) September 18, 2017 I m told move part of May taking more control of EU negotiations as well tensions btw him and David Davis — Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 18, 2017 hope no one reads anything into fact that David Davis has…