It looks as though Mrs. May’s BREXIT strategy isn’t helping confidence on the markets

It looks as though Mrs. May’s BREXIT strategy isn’t helping confidence on the markets

Comments 0 Comment

From the markets: Markets rattled by pound’s tumble https://t.co/yV1xyrZWpz pic.twitter.com/26BAOfN86o — Financial Times (@FT) October 7, 2016 The pound’s downward spiral continues At one stage during the night the pound tumbled for a few minutes to below $1.20 on the foreign exchanges. It has recovered a bit since then but the trend from the FR chart is very clear. Before the referendum the pound was touching $1.50. Until the weekend it had kept above the $1.30 mark – a line…

Read More Read More

The other side of the table. How the EU is shaping up to approach Brexit negotiations

The other side of the table. How the EU is shaping up to approach Brexit negotiations

Comments 0 Comment

Embed from Getty Images To date, most British commentary on the impending negotiations on Brexit have concentrated on what negotiating position Britain might take, as Theresa May’s government gropes towards a tenable approach.  It takes two to tango and so we need to consider how the EU is going to negotiate also.  This has been given much less attention. Such attention as has been given to the EU’s side of the story usually alights on the same few key players. …

Read More Read More

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Sir Keir Starmer as Shadow Brexit Secretary and the Tories should be worried

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Sir Keir Starmer as Shadow Brexit Secretary and the Tories should be worried

Comments 0 Comment

Shad cabinet latest: @Keir_Starmer to shad Brexit, @jreynoldsMP to shad economic secretary. @helenlewis to live blog https://t.co/PMR5Yz1MRA — The New Statesman Politics (@TheStaggers) October 6, 2016 Labour reshuffle: Diane Abbott is shadow home secretary – latest updates from @stephenkb https://t.co/QNDHU936F9 pic.twitter.com/1JvrJROlKe — The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) October 6, 2016 Labour MP: "Diane Abbott is now in charge of our response to security, terror and immigration. Do they want anyone to vote for us again?" — Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) October 6,…

Read More Read More

Is peace breaking out in the Labour party? Don Brind hopes he’s not indulging in wishful thinking.

Is peace breaking out in the Labour party? Don Brind hopes he’s not indulging in wishful thinking.

Comments 0 Comment

Embed from Getty Images “Matt Wrack and I do our bit for Labour unity” was the caption on an arresting Twitter photo montage on the last day of the Labour conference. It showed Richard Angell, the director of Progress, donning firefighter gear for a photocall with the said Matt Wreck — general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. What made it interesting is that Angell is the man many Corbynistas love to hate. They regard Progress as indelibly “Blairite”. Wrack…

Read More Read More

All our thoughts should be focussed on wishing Steven Woolfe a speedy recovery

All our thoughts should be focussed on wishing Steven Woolfe a speedy recovery

Comments 0 Comment

  I am now told by a senior UKIP source that @Steven_Woolfe condition in a Strasbourg hospital "is life threatening" — Robert Nisbet (@MrRobertNisbet) October 6, 2016 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/784009704649392132 https://twitter.com/asabenn/status/783995028867776512 Ukip source says Woolfe and fellow MEP decided to "take it outside" after things got heated over reports he considered defecting — Asa Bennett (@asabenn) October 6, 2016 TSE   Finally some relief from the Strasbourg hospital. Senior UKIP source says: "he is now ok – waiting final scan but he…

Read More Read More

Chancellor Philip Hammond is said to believe that for the moment he is unsackable

Chancellor Philip Hammond is said to believe that for the moment he is unsackable

Comments 0 Comment

Chancellor Phillip Hammond – said by @jameskirkup to be as emerging as the "Real leader of the opposition" – listening to his leader pic.twitter.com/KXeZwo3zN3 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2016 Meet the man now being described as the “real leader of the opposition” – There’s an insightful article on the challenges ahead facing the Tories by the Telegraph’s James Kirkup. Surveying the range of hurdles ahead Kirkup makes an interesting observation about Philip Hammond who replaced George Osborne as…

Read More Read More

Great (Br)expectations, why Tories don’t want a snap election and the Clinton ’surge’ – this week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show & Podcast

Great (Br)expectations, why Tories don’t want a snap election and the Clinton ’surge’ – this week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show & Podcast

Comments 0 Comment

Can TMay really meet what voters are expecting from BREXIT This week Kieran Pedley and his guests, Rob Vance and Matt Singh, on the PB/Polling Matters TV Show & Podcast focus mostly on the Tories and the big issue that looks set to determine whether TMay is successful – the BREXIT negotiations. The polling suggests that people are expecting a lot and is the new PM going to have to disappoint? Then there’s all the talk of a snap election…

Read More Read More

A rather subdued speech by TMay which did not have much substance

A rather subdued speech by TMay which did not have much substance

Comments 0 Comment

TMay at end of speech pic.twitter.com/dJteG9XjSG — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2016 A subdued response to TMay's speech pic.twitter.com/n9NsPR6NJj — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 5, 2016 .@theresa_may is joined on stage by husband Philip at the end of her speech. No awkward kiss moment. pic.twitter.com/frHVQFqnhl — Pippa Moraitopoulos (@PippaMoraito) October 5, 2016 One thing’s for sure – she ain’t no Maggie Thatcher The first speech by a newly elected leader is always a big occasion. Its a big platform…

Read More Read More